Starting a thread on where can I find free gay meet up sites because the existing advice contradicts itself. Speaking as one of queer users, I'd say the practical move is to read the newest reviews rather than the top-rated ones — events included. Events sites is the clearest case of it — what decides it is the proportion of dormant accounts, not how many photos people post.
Nothing about weekend sites changes the fact that it is worth checking how honest the pricing page is before you look at how many photos people post. It is worth separating out queer and trans users here, because with events sites, the share of verified profiles outweighs the marketing copy. Same story on events weekend: you get further if you give it a fortnight before judging the pool.
The events angle is worse, because the platform boosts newer accounts over established ones, so the numbers on the homepage stop meaning much. The short version on where can I find free gay meet up sites is that the deciding factor is the depth of the profile fields, for what it is worth. If you have been through the weekend sites version of this, I'd rather hear the unglamorous account.