Gingerbeer is a London-based virtual community for lesbian and bisexual women. The name "Gingerbeer" (Cockney rhyming slang for "queer") refers to both the web site, and to the community which it supports. Gingerbeer is one of the largest and most popular social networking services for lesbian and bisexual women in the United Kingdom. It is maintained and moderated entirely by a team of volunteers. Gingerbeer has also been cited as a source of lesbian respondents for research on LGBT issues.