A fun domain with a serious mission — and a way to turn every URL into community support.
The dotMeow foundation is a queer-owned, queer-operated non-profit with one goal: to turn internet infrastructure into community support.
We’re applying to run our own generic top-level domain (gTLD — the bit after the dot, like .com). Each time someone registers a .meow domain, most of that money comes directly to us. Instead of pocketing it, we’ll funnel it straight back into queer people and projects worldwide.
Other queer-coded TLDs exist, like .lgbt and .gay, but we’re doing things differently:
All profits go to community causes – By statute, anything not spent on operations or growth must fund queer initiatives.
A Mozilla-style model (eventually) – We’ll split into a foun…
A fun domain with a serious mission — and a way to turn every URL into community support.
The dotMeow foundation is a queer-owned, queer-operated non-profit with one goal: to turn internet infrastructure into community support.
We’re applying to run our own generic top-level domain (gTLD — the bit after the dot, like .com). Each time someone registers a .meow domain, most of that money comes directly to us. Instead of pocketing it, we’ll funnel it straight back into queer people and projects worldwide.
Other queer-coded TLDs exist, like .lgbt and .gay, but we’re doing things differently:
All profits go to community causes – By statute, anything not spent on operations or growth must fund queer initiatives.
A Mozilla-style model (eventually) – We’ll split into a foundation (for grants and governance) and a technical company (to run .meow and potentially other registries). Even our technical work will generate resources for the community.
Focused on trans issues – As a trans-led team, we’re structuring .meow around the needs of the communities we’re part of.
This all started as a joke — a “how hard could it be?” over drinks. Now we’re deep in the ICANN process, with support secured to lower our costs.