Check out also our 10 Year SHOE Photo Album

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!
December	SHOE organizes the "SHOE Femme Party"

1998

January	New design is launched
January	SHOE organizes the "Dragking Party"
April	SHOE organizes the "Come Out with Ellen" Videonight
July	SHOE makes their first public appearance at Pride Zurich / Switzerland.
August	SHOE participates at the Gay Games in Amsterdam. Category: Soccer. Result: VERY LAST *lol*
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
June	Market Stall at Pride Zurich / Switzerland and participation at the parade
October	New Design
December	New Chat

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
November	Launch of SHOE Online Shop (Articles we were selling then: SHOE T-Shirt, 1 Sticker and 1 Prepaid Karte) *lol*

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
September	SHOE has 10'000 Members
October	1st Official SHOE Party France (Paris)
November	1st Official SHOE Party in Germany (Mannheim)
December	1st Official SHOE Party in Austria (Feldkirch)

2002

March	SHOE has 20'000 Members
April	Fab & Sunci receive national recognizion: "Faces of the Year 2001 "
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

2003

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

2004

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

2005

January	Sunci & Fab win the Fairy Awards in the category "Lesbian Personality of the Year "
March	2nd International SHOE Day
March	SHOE Day Party with Pop Idol Winner Elli
March	Mailingliste is being deactivated and completely revised
April	Launch of Classifieds & Personal Ads
May	SHOE Party Las Vegas / USA
May	SHOE on Tour in Germany: Market Stall at LFT Hessen
May	SHOE Party Augsburg / Germany
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
September	SHOE Party Arkansas / USA
November	Launching SHOELaces (Upgrade of Membership)

2006

March	3rd International SHOE Day
March	SHOE Party Zurich / Switzerland
July	SHOE has 125'000 Members
July	Reactivation of Mailinglist with new features
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"
November	Launch of MyPhotoalbum
November	SHOE Party Lucerne / Switzerland

2007

January	Launch of SHOE Awards for Members
February	Start of planning to overhaul the complete SHOE Site
February	Launch of new Forum
March	4th International SHOE Day
March	SHOE Party Zurich / Switzerland
April	Mona Lila Benefit Party for SHOE with Popstars Amy & Tiff from TEARs
April	Launching User Verification
April	Launching User Verification
June	Market Stall at Pride Zurich / Switzerland
July	Happy 10th Birthday SHOE
August	Launch of Video and Playlist Features
August	SHOE has 135'000 Members :-)

2008

February	Opening of PRIDE Store in Zurich / Switzerland
March	5th International SHOE Day
May	Market Stall at Pride Zurich / Switzerland
June	Market Stall at Pride Biel / Switzerland
July	Market Stall at Lesbian and Gay Openair Festival Queerfeldein / Switzerland
August	New Server
October	Closure of PRIDE Store in Zurich / Switzerland

2009

February	Relaunch of Swiss Site lesbian.ch
March	6th International SHOE Day
March	Introduction of the SHOE Lesbian News (Newsletter)
April	SHOE Party Alberta / Canada
May	SHOE Party Northwest Territories / Canada
May	SHOE Mascot Corky becomes a Celebrity in her own Right ;-)
June	Market Stall at EuroPride Zurich / Switzerland
September	SHOE has 150'000 Members :-)
October	Launch of our own Clothing Label - SHOE EDITION -
November	Relaunching SHOE after 2 1/2 years overhauling the complete site. Introduction of new features - amongst them: BUBBLES!

2010

March	7th International SHOE Day
March	SHOE Party Thun / Switzerland
June	Market Stall at Zurich Pride Festival / Switzerland
June	SHOE wins Stonewall Award for outstanding contributions to the lesbian and gay community
September	Sunci and Fab tied the knot
October	SHOE has 160'000 Members :-)
December	SHOE launches new Chat

2011

March	8th International SHOE Day
June	Market Stall at Zurich Pride Festival / Switzerland
July	Launch of Girl Power Shop
July	Big SHOE Spring Cleaning (Removel of digital skeletons)
July	Market Stall at Pride Geneve / Switzerland
August	Big SHOE Survey
August	SHOE has 170'000 Members :-)
September	Server Night Session
November	Launch of SHOE GURUS
December	Launch of SHOE Mobile

2012

February	SHOE launches new Chat - Now with Video Chat
March	9th International SHOE Day
March	SHOE goes into the Cloud
April	SHOE has 180'000 Members :-)
May	SHOE Party Hamburg / Germany
June	Market Stall at Zurich Pride Festival / Switzerland
June	Market Stall at Delemont / Switzerland
July	Happy 15th Birthday SHOE
August	Our very last Pride Market Stall at GayWest Bern, Switzerland
September	Relaunch of our SHOE Lesbian Shop http://www.shop4lesbians.com
October	1st SHOE Adventure Days in Gaschurn, Austria
December	SHOE Party Bremgarten, Switzerland

2013

January	Thanks to a change in the Law, we now both have the same Family Name :)
January	Changed our company name from SHOE International Network Gmbh to SYZZLING Gmbh
February	2nd. SHOE Adventure Days in Oberstaufen, Allgäu, Germany
April	1 month SHOE Vegan Challenge
October	3rd SHOE Adventure Days in Tirol, Austria