Sugardaddy sites have been connecting heterosexual men and women seeking mutually beneficial relationships since early 2006, but it hasn't been until recently that these stunning websites have begun to accommodate gay and lesbian 'arrangements' with open arms.

Sugar daddie dating sites got their start as ways for gorgeous girls, most of which being college students, struggling artists, and entry level professionals, to form no-strings-attached relationships with often older, but always wealthy men; "sugar daddies". Seemingly unbeknownst to these new sugar daddy dating niche sites was a sweltering community of rich gay men seeking young twinks to spoil in mentor-oriented relationships of their own.

"When the first sugar daddy site added a 'gay page', there was instant activity, and their competitors quickly followed suite" -says an employee of one sugar daddy site. It started with a simple, discreet, and even parenthesized option to search for a sugar daddy or sugar baby "(gay)", but since then, things have certainly changed.

What was once a simple add-on option has become the entire premise for newer gay sugar daddy sites, though these exclusively gay sites suffer from much smaller member counts.

The model of a typical gay sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship is similar to that of a heterosexual one, with a few distinct exceptions...

Gay sugar daddies are more likely to form an on-going, semi-permanent bond with their sugar babies, right from the start, whereas hetero sugar daddies tend to prefer no-strings-attached through and through. Also, gay sugar babies are less likely to be overtly 'pampered' or 'spoiled' than their female counterparts, as the stigma of having to 'man-up' remains evident in the 21st century.

Even though a gay sugar baby isn't likely to find the same kind of spoiling as a heterosexual female, he can expect to find a more substantial commitment from his sugar daddy towards his professional advancement and character development. Gay sugar daddies tend to mentor their younger male lovers, knowing full well the difficulties of being an out gay male in a predominately straight world.

Gay twinks ranging from 18 and up can be found searching for a supportive older male companion in rapidly growing numbers. These types of relationships are largely considered normal in the gay community, especially in certain geographic regions with a high ratio of gay men per capita, such as the Castro district of San Francisco, or West Hollywood in Los Angeles.

With the advent of gay sugar daddy dating, young men and their mature gay mentors from around the world can connect on the basis of forming trusted, safe, and well-intentioned mutually beneficial relationships, providing both parties with aspects of a loving relationship that resembles a father-son bond, yet still has the passion and fun of any heterosexual sugar daddy fling.