10 Years SHOE! This calls for a celebration :o)
We proudly invite you to come and take a tour with us through the past 10 SHOE years. How did everything start? What did SHOE look like before? Who's behind SHOE? These and many other questions will be answered in our 10 Years SHOE Review.

And this is what we have cooked up for you:
History (What happened when), Photo Album (In 3 Parts) and Nostalgia (What did SHOE look like before)

Birthday Special:
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1997

June	18th June, First contact by Email
July	2. July, Sunci & Fab meet for the first time. The idea of SHOE is born that same evening.
July	14th July, SHOE goes online! » View
December	SHOE organizes the "SHOE Femme Party » View

1998

January	New design is launched »View
January	SHOE organizes the "Dragking Party" » View
April	SHOE organizes the "Come Out with Ellen" Videonight » View
July	SHOE makes their first public appearance at Pride Zurich / Switzerland. » View
August	SHOE participates at the Gay Games in Amsterdam. Category: Soccer. Result: VERY LAST *lol* » View
November	The idea to launch worldwide has been born whilst on vacation in Jamaica.

1999

May	SHOE now has 98 Members. After a redesign, SHOE is being launched worldwide » View
June	Market Stall at Pride Zurich / Switzerland and participation at the parade
October	New Design » View
December	New Chat » View

2000

March	SHOE has 500 Members
April	SHOE has 1'000 Members
June	Participating at the Eurogames in Zurich / Switzerland. Category: Soccer. Result: Gee... last again *lol*
June	Market Stall at Pride Zurich and participation at the parade
July	Market Stall at Pride Bern / Switzerland
August	SHOE calls out a protest after a Ruling of the Federal Court against Same Sex Partnership Rights
October	New Design and launch of the Messenger » View
November	Launch of SHOE Online Shop (Articles we were selling then: SHOE T-Shirt, 1 Sticker and 1 Prepaid Karte) *lol* » View

2001

March	SHOE has 5'000 Members
March	Media Witch Hunt against the LGBT Community in one of the Swiss Cantons. SHOE again calls out a protest worldwide through the mailinglist.
June	Market Stall at Pride Zurich with new yellow tent and participating at the parade
July	Market Stall at Pride Sion
September	Supporting Lesbian Group Sappho in India » View
September	SHOE has 10'000 Members
October	1st Official SHOE Party France (Paris)
November	1st Official SHOE Party in Germany (Mannheim) » View
December	1st Official SHOE Party in Austria (Feldkirch) » View

2002

March	SHOE has 20'000 Members
April	Fab & Sunci receive national recognizion: "Faces of the Year 2001 " » View
April	SHOE Party Berlin / Germany
June	Market Stall at Pride Zurich / Switzerland
July	Market Stall at Pride Neuchatel / Switzerland
July	Participation with Float at Europride Cologne/Germany to mark 5th Birthday of SHOE
July	SHOE is 5 years old :-)
August	SHOE has 30'000 Members
November	SHOE Party Frankfurt / Germany » View

2003

January	New Forum launched
March	SHOE Party Cologne / Germany » View
April	SHOE has 50'000 Members
May	1st Official SHOE Party in England (Brighton) » View
June	New Design » View
June	Market Stall at Pride Zurich / Switzerland
July	Market Stall at Pride Delemont / Switzerland
July	1st Official SHOE Party in USA (San Diego) » View
July	1st. SHOE Wedding taking part in Germany
November	2nd SHOE Wedding follows in Canada » View

2004

January	New IRC Chat launched » View
March	1st International SHOE Day » View
March	SHOE Party Zurich / Switzerland » View
March	3rd SHOE Wedding in Canada » View
March	New Feature: SHOE Photo Gallery » View
April	SHOE has 75'000 Members
May	SHOE Party Vienna / Austria » View
June	Nomination for Pride / Stonewall Award 04 for outstanding contributions to the lesbian and gay community » View
June	Market Stall at Pride Zurich / Switzerland
July	Market Stall at Pride Geneva / Switzerland
July	First Appeal for Donations » View
October	Miss Gay Contest. SHOE supports this event and organizes a Meet & Greet with Germanys Pop Idol Winner Elli » View
October	SHOE Party Stuttgart / Germany » View
September	SHOE Party Houston / USA » View
November	SHOE Party Berlin / Germany » View
December	SHOE Donations Party Berlin / Germany » View

2005

January	Sunci & Fab win the Fairy Awards in the category "Lesbian Personality of the Year " » View
March	2nd International SHOE Day » View
March	SHOE Day Party with Pop Idol Winner Elli » View
March	Mailingliste is being deactivated and completely revised
April	Launch of Classifieds & Personal Ads » View
May	SHOE Party Las Vegas / USA » View
May	SHOE on Tour in Germany: Market Stall at LFT Hessen
May	SHOE Party Augsburg / Germany » View
June	Market Stall at Pride Zurich / Switzerland
June/July	SHOE on Tour in Germany: Stall at Pride Berlin, Pride Cologne and Pride Frankfurt
July	SHOE has 100'000 Members
August	Launching Blogs » View
September	SHOE Party Arkansas / USA » View
November	Launching SHOELaces (Upgrade of Membership) » View

2006

March	3rd International SHOE Day » View
March	SHOE Party Zurich / Switzerland » View
July	SHOE has 125'000 Members
July	Reactivation of Mailinglist with new features » View
June	Market Stall at Pride Zurich / Switzerland
July	Market Stall at Pride Lausanne / Switzerland
July	SHOE wins Media Award in Germany for "Best Online Portal" » View
November	Launch of MyPhotoalbum » View
November	SHOE Party Lucerne / Switzerland » View

2007

February	Launch of new Forum » View
March	4th International SHOE Day » View
March	SHOE Party Zurich / Switzerland » View
April	Mona Lila Benefit Party for SHOE with Popstars Amy & Tiff from TEARs » View
April	Launching User Verification » View
July	SHOE Crash! SHOE is offline for a whole week due to hard disc failure. » View
July	Happy 10th Birthday SHOE
August	Launch of Video and Playlist Features » View
August	SHOE has 135'000 Members :-)