Gainer House

This site is for gainers and encouragers:

gainer [gey⋅ner]
noun
1. a person who gains weight
2. a person who is sexually aroused by the idea of getting fatter

encourager [en⋅kur⋅ij⋅er]
noun
1. a person who inspires others with hope, courage, or confidence
2. a person who gives support to a person or cause
3. A person who stimulates by assistance or approval
4. A person who is sexually aroused by the idea of helping another person get fatter

Gainers and encouragers are among the most misunderstood of sexual minorities. The idea of getting fat on purpose is so unacceptable to modern society that most gainers and encouragers live in the closet, keeping their sexual desires to themselves or to a small group of close friends.

How a particular gainer or encourager responds to these sexual desires varies greatly:

• Do you consider yourself gay or straight or bisexual or something else?
• Do you actively gain or just fantasize about it?
• Do you want to gain muscle and fat or just fat?
• Do you want to gain yourself or help someone else gain or gain together with a partner?
• Do you engage in activities that simulate gaining without actually getting fatter (padding, bloating, inflating)?
• Do you seek out a partner in the community or do you pair up with a civilian?
• If you pair up with a civilian, do you share your fantasies or not?

While the response varies greatly, the desire is constant. Gainers and encouragers know who they are.

The goals of this site are to:

• Provide links to the most useful resources for gainers and encouragers
• Establish a stable site that will include information about the community including historical information
• Help to ensure that the many free resources that have been created over the years by and for gainers and encouragers will remain free

The goals are modest on purpose, applying a "less is more" philosophy. The idea is to do a few things and to do them well.

We chose the name "Gainer House" to capture a sense of community. We now have an actual Gainer House in Seattle where we have provided activities for gainers and encouragers to meet each other and to explore the many dimensions of this sexual orientation.