About Just Gay USA
Our Mission
At Just Gay USA, we champion the well-being of gay men. With love and kindness as our prime directives, we foster individual dignity and personal responsibility, affirm affinity spaces for gay men and others, celebrate diversity of thought, reject compelled speech, and may choose to stand with other causes, supporting them as proud gay men.
Location
We are located in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Projects
- Monthly Meetups: unscripted gatherings to meet, celebrate, commiserate, and simply enjoy gay male connections.
- Bathhouse Freedom Coalition: Creating the change needed to open European-style bathhouses in the United States.
- Elevated Gay Men’s Retreats: Curated space for gay men. Annual retreats designed to celebrate & empower gay men.
- Policy Advocacy: While we will always be part of the rainbow coalition, we will speak with our own voice regarding cultural and political issues.
Founder
Mike Gerle founded Just Gay USA in 2025.
Born in Nebraska, he now resides in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. He is a retired West Hollywood City Hall bureaucrat, a trained yoga instructor, International Mister Leather 2007, a trained neurolinguistic programming (NLP) coach, a JustForFans content creator, and the facilitator of a long-running Gay Men's Discussion Group at the West Hollywood Library.
He currently writes Going Deep: A Gay Guide to Reality on Substack and has authored a memoir, Drama Club, about being actively gay and Mormon during high school in 1982 Idaho.
With a deep appreciation for the strength and connection found in all-male-gay spaces, he launched this initiative to create that experience again with like-minded men.