Loafers

Loafers was a popular and sometimes controversial commenter who left the site under uncertain circumstances in April 2021.

Gender & Identity
Loafers Gender and Identity have been a source of great speculation and consternation. Despite claiming to be female, and providing many pics of a female claiming self-portraits, a number of users have expressed doubt as to the veracity of these claims. The doubts are generally sorted into two categories:


 * 1) Loafers is a girl, but not the girl she says she is.
 * 2) Loafers is not a girl, but in fact a gay man.

The first theory is based on the idea that the photos Loafers had posted of "herself" were of a very attractive woman, which raised alarms among many of the other male users, who found it hard to believe that a woman would frequent the board so much, much less a woman as attractive and apparently wealthy as Loafers was claiming to be.

The second theory is mainly promoted by Abe Kurland, which was perhaps an early attempt to distract away from the truth about his own sexual identity, which was not known to other users yet (Abe's sexual life was first concretely outed by - ironically - Loafers). It is worth noting that despite Abe being very open about who he is now, he is still an avid proponent of this theory.