Among Our People
Find your people.
Find your place.
Homestays, rooms and flatshares with a roommate finder, co-housing, local friends, places to stay and professionals near you or online, all in one LGBTQ+ community. Wherever you are in life, it's easier with the right people around you, and you choose what that looks like.
However you want to live, you shouldn't have to feel alone.
One platform. Every stage of life.
Homes
Find a room, list a spare one, or tell hosts what you're looking for. Flatshares, homeshares and coliving where you can be yourself at home, free to browse.
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Community Living
Join a co-housing project, start one with friends, or post on the notice board. From a few neighbours on one street to a planned community for later life.
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Meet local friends when you move to a new city, find someone to travel with, or arrange a bit of help at home. For people new in town and people who've been there for decades.
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Travel
Stay in a local's spare room, rent a whole place, or join a group retreat, tour or cruise. Hosts keep what you pay. We take no commission.
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LGBTQ+ Professionals
Find doctors, therapists, lawyers, accountants, plumbers and electricians from the community, or list your own work. Free to search. Free to list in your area.
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Blogs
City guides, renting advice and stories from members. Practical reading for finding a room, settling in somewhere new, or planning what comes next.
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Other booking sites take a cut from the host, the guest, or both. We take 0%. Hosts keep what guests pay. ✦
Join Among Our PeopleLife is better when you find your people.
For a lot of us, finding our people has never been automatic. Sometimes we've had to build our own families, find our own places, and make the connections other people are handed.
The answer to loneliness was never more contact. It's a place at a table. A spare room in the right house. A trip you didn't take alone. A neighbour who already understands.
We have more ways to reach each other than ever, and somehow that hasn't fixed it. So we think technology should do something different — not hold your attention, but help you find real people, in real life.
That's what we're building. Flatshares, community living, companionship, travel, and a directory of our own trusted professionals — one place, for someone finding their first room at 24 and someone looking for people to grow older near at 68, in the same voice.
We make the introduction. You build the rest. ✦
“I wanted one place where an LGBTQ+ person could find a house, a room, a community, a friend, a homestay or a trip and feel comfortable from the first day.”
We're in this for every chapter.
Among Our People is an LGBTQ+ community platform for homestays, rooms and flatshares, a roommate finder, co-housing, local friends, travel and a directory of professionals from the community. Eric Crespin founded it in 2026, and it's run from Barcelona. Creating a profile is free. On homestays, vacation rentals, retreats, tours and cruises, hosts keep what guests pay, because we take 0% commission. Professionals can list in their own area for free.
Loneliness doesn't belong to one age group. According to Meta-Gallup's 2022–23 survey across 142 countries, adults aged 19 to 29 reported more loneliness than people over 65. At the other end, AARP's 2024 survey of 2,212 LGBTQ+ Americans aged 45 and over found that 48% often or sometimes feel isolated. Both are broad surveys rather than the full picture, although the pattern is hard to miss. It starts with a profile, and that part is free.
Create your free profileWhere to start
Everything here is free to start, and there's no commission on bookings.
| You're looking for | Where to look | To start |
|---|---|---|
| A homestay with a local host | Stay with a local | Free to browse |
| A room, a flatshare or a flatmate | Roommates & Flatshares, with the roommate finder | Free to browse and list |
| Co-housing or a community project | Community Living | Free profile |
| Local friends or a travel companion | Companionship | Free profile |
| Professionals from the community | Professionals directory | Free to search and to list in your area |
| A vacation rental, retreat, tour or cruise | Travel | 0% commission on bookings |
Questions people ask
What is Among Our People?
A community platform for LGBTQ+ people to find homestays, rooms and flatshares, a roommate finder, community, companionship, travel and professionals near you or online — in one place, at any stage of life.
Who is it for?
Anyone in the LGBTQ+ community looking for somewhere to live, people to live or travel with, local friends, or LGBTQ+ professionals. Built for people in their twenties and people in their seventies alike.
How much does it cost?
Creating a profile is free, and most features are free during launch. On bookings, hosts keep what guests pay — we take 0% commission.
Is it free to find a professional?
Yes. Anyone can browse the directory. Create a free profile to see contact details.
How do you keep members safe?
Members can verify their ID with a document and selfie check. Professionals can add a credential badge, and someone on our team checks the certificate before it appears. You choose who you connect with and what you share.
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