There's a silent frequency between gay strangers. It comes from sensing that the other person understands something of what it took for us to become who we are. A shared identity is not a shared story, but it can mean that some part of us does not need to be explained, and there is safety in that.

Many of us have lived through a pretty wild shift in how openly and authentically we can move through the world. All the while, we have pioneered new ways of finding one another through social media and apps, making it possible to geolocate who's behind a screen 0 feet away.

But being able to find each other so easily has not necessarily made us feel closer. What we experience day to day can leave us feeling more observed than understood. It has become much easier to be seen and much harder to feel known. I wanted to create something playful that pushes against that distance.

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