For example, a bar or sauna creates a Club or Guide profile, to which Romeos either can join and or link their private profiles. Clubs and Guide profiles Īside from personal messaging, Romeo offers users the chance to create Club and Guide profiles as another way of connecting with gay men sharing similar interests. Sex workers and escorts can also advertise their services by creating their own profiles on the Hunqz section of the website. To access Romeo, users (affectionately referred to as Romeos) create a profile which can include a physical description, a list of sexual preferences, personal interests and one or more photographs of themselves.

In a satirical reference to the Nazis' compilation of lists of homosexual men in the 1930s, the German newspaper ' Taz' announced: 'The pink lists are back'. In Germany, due to its high number of registered users, ROMEO is often called the 'Gay Registry Office' (schwules Einwohnermeldeamt) or 'The Blue pages' (Die blauen Seiten), referring to the well known telephone directories the yellow pages and the white pages. The Romeo website, iOS app and Android app are commonly used by the male gay community to find friends, dates, love or obtain information about LGBT+ topics. In 2021, the name was changed again-from PlanetRomeo to simply Romeo. The site name was changed from GayRomeo to PlanetRomeo. located in Amsterdam, Netherlands since September 2006. The German-speaking community remains the largest community but not the majority. The website and apps are currently available in six languages. Initially, the site was available only in German and hence it used to have a majority of users being from German-speaking countries. Initially only available in German the site and later its mobile app have evolved into an international platform. The site was started as a hobby and was called GayRomeo in October 2002 by Planetromeo GmbH in Berlin, Germany. Romeo (until 2021 PlanetRomeo) is a social network for gay, bisexual, queer and transgender people. Membership fee for PLUS accounts in certain countries. English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese

Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare