8hues in Orlando, FL
8hues is a map-based social community for adult (18+) gay men — in Orlando and everywhere else. Open the map, set where you are, and see who is around: message them, start a group, or start a video room. No card, no trial, no paywall.
Privacy is a setting you control, and how you present yourself is your own. The map is a tool; what people do with it is theirs.
Open the Orlando mapHow it works here
The map centres on Orlando at 28.5383, -81.3792. You'll see who else is nearby, you can message them, and you can start a video call without installing anything — 8hues runs in the browser.
Travelling to Orlando rather than living here? Changing your location is free on 8hues and always will be. Type the city into travel mode and the map moves with you. It isn't a paid feature and it isn't rationed.
Your location stays yours
Nobody is ever shown your exact position. 8hues places you at a random point inside a circle you control — anywhere from 250 feet to 13 miles wide — and that point stays put while you do, so no one can watch it drift and work out where you really are. Your own map shows your true position; theirs never does.
You can also browse invisibly, block anyone, and control who sees you. The full detail is in the privacy policy.
What it costs
Nothing. There is no payment processor connected to 8hues and no card details are collected. Messaging, video rooms, reading receipts, incognito browsing and changing your location are all simply on.
Public places around Orlando
Open spaces and venues in and near Orlando, from OpenStreetMap. Each one opens the map centred there, so you can see the area before you go anywhere.
- The Woodshed Orlando — LGBTQ+ venue
- Central Florida Fair — community centre
- Padgett Park Cir — park
- Rosemont Preserve — nature reserve
- Lake Davis Greenwood Community Garden — garden
- Lake Baldwin Park Beach — beach
- Downtown Pour House — bar
- clicks — pub
- LimeLite — club
- Champs — café
- Savoy — LGBTQ+ venue
- Engelwood Center Park — park
Nearby cities
- Miami, FL — 205 mi
- Tallahassee, FL — 218 mi
- Columbia, SC — 378 mi
- Montgomery, AL — 396 mi
- Atlanta, GA — 402 mi
- Charlotte, NC — 463 mi
Getting started in Orlando
- Open the map and allow location, or drop yourself on the map by hand.
- Set your privacy radius before you do anything else — it's in the menu.
- Add a photo and a line about yourself; profiles with neither get ignored.
- Read the safety guidance. Members are not identity-verified.
8hues is 18+. Members are not identity-verified — read the safety guidance before meeting anyone.