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Truckers don’t talk too much about gay stuff – but that doesn’t stop Tim Anderson.

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He’s unabashed about his sexuality and his love of trucks and rodeos, and he declares it on his site, too. All truckers are familiar with the meditative din of the road, but for the LGBT community, the siren song of the highways can be especially luring. But LGBT truckers face discrimination from. TruckerSucker is the online social home and dating app for REAL TRUCKERS and REAL MEN.

Our format was developed for gay, bi or straight truckers seeking friendships or dating and more. Standard membership is FREE, VIP membership is affordable. Shelle Lichti founded the industry’s largest online support group for LGBTQ truckers in to honor a close, gay trucker friend who was gang-raped and committed suicide. LGBTQ truck drivers are not new to the profession, but their visibility and rising prominence within the industry is.

Nic Richelle and Carla Grimsley are a married lesbian couple team driving a. Check back each day for a new feature. What most of the customers didn't know was that it was owner Doug Quint's first day making an ice cream cone - and things weren't going so well. We went in blind," Quint said. Regardless of their opening jitters and mishaps, he said the day was "a blast.

Running one of the city's army of ice cream trucks wasn't originally in the plans for Doug or his partner, Bryan. Doug was finishing up graduate school and simply needed a summer job, when his friend suggested the idea of running an ice cream truck. He knew that if he wanted to succeed, he had to make his truck different. Not only did he outfit the truck with posters and signs, he also made up a rotating list of specials including the Choinkwich--a classic ice cream sandwich filled with caramelized bacon and Nutella--and fan favorite, the Salty Pimp--vanilla ice cream covered with dulce de leche, sea salt, and chocolate.

As that first summer progressed, Big Gay Ice Cream created quite the following. They found their sweet spot in a regular parking space on the corner of East 17th Street and Broadway. Before they knew it, they were working hour days. What made the long hours bearable? For Quint, the answer is simple. The long hours soon gave way to a long season - running the truck from April until October wasn't enough.

Doug and Bryan started setting their eyes on having their year-round store, too. They decided on a space in the East Village, calling the neighborhood the best "reflection of us. As for the future, they're hoping to open one or two more locations around the city, but, like many other food truck vendors in the city, the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck crew said things are looking "terrifying" for the actual truck.

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