'''Alexander Schubert''' was the first person to propose the idea of the [[.gay]] TLD to [[ICANN]] in June, 2009. <ref>[http://www.dotgay.com/team.html dotgay.com team page]</ref> He was also a founder of the [[.berlin]] initiative, along with [[Dirk Krischenowski]];<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/dotgay Linkedin]</ref> thus, he has been involved in the [[gNSO]] process for the approval of new [[gTLD]]s, and has been attending [[ICANN]] meetings since 2004. He founded [[.berlin]] in 2005, and [[.gay]] in 2009. | '''Alexander Schubert''' was the first person to propose the idea of the [[.gay]] TLD to [[ICANN]] in June, 2009. <ref>[http://www.dotgay.com/team.html dotgay.com team page]</ref> He was also a founder of the [[.berlin]] initiative, along with [[Dirk Krischenowski]];<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/dotgay Linkedin]</ref> thus, he has been involved in the [[gNSO]] process for the approval of new [[gTLD]]s, and has been attending [[ICANN]] meetings since 2004. He founded [[.berlin]] in 2005, and [[.gay]] in 2009. |