Wonderful Things Happen, a site exclusively for lesbians and bisexual women, made its first match last Sunday.While homosexuality remains a subject of intense debate, the country’s exclusive matchmaking website for lesbians and bisexual women - Wonderful Things Happen (www.wonderfulthingshappen. com) - made its first match last Sunday.The website’s founder, a 30-yearold heterosexual, married woman based in the US, Priyanka Singh, wouldn’t reveal the couple’s details, not even their location, but hoped last Sunday was only the beginning of ‘something wonderful’.Singh, who settled in the US post marriage in 2009, decided to launch the unique website - which is open to Indian lesbians and bisexual women across the world - after reading about the Supreme Court order of 2013, which ruled that there was no constitutional room for change in Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that holds same gender sexual relationship an offence.“I wanted to create a platform where people can find their life partner. I thought if such venture could help even one person, it was worth a shot,” Singh told Mumbai Mirror.Wonderful Things Happen’s USP is the watertight privacy it provides to its subscribers. The ‘filtering’ process is so selective that Singh approves barely three to five per cent of the people who sign up. “We only consider those looking for serious relationship and don’t entertain those looking for friendships and casual dating,” she said.Each candidate goes through a private consultation, over the phone or Skype calls. The sessions involve exhaustive questions on shared interests, past relationships, career aspirations and long-term view on relationships. They are also asked for a government-issued identity and a Facebook profile, and the data is stored offline.“If someone doesn’t provide the ID or if we see any discrepancy in what we were told and their Facebook profile/social media check, we filter them out,” Singh, who works up to 20 hours a day on the website, said.Singh usually does the filtering herself or takes the help of family and friends. When selecting a match, the filtering gets complicated. “Each individual is shaped by her experiences. There are certain things which are extremely important to an individual and she cannot compromise on them. We call those ‘non-negotiables’. Then there are things where a person shows more flexibility, which we term ‘negotiables’. We understand these and match accordingly,” Singh said.Even after a match is made, the website will not give out personal information of the subscribers, instead giving a general overview, again on the phone or Skype, and ask how they would like to connect and share details accordingly.Singh gets the maximum inquiries from India but has to filter out many because they are scared to identify themselves or just interested in casual dating/friendship.Many of Singh’s clients, including those from Tier 2 cities, are not very active in the LGBTQ community but need serious relationships. The website also has a ‘Lounge’ section where people can sign up and chat, and they also publish blog posts that offer general guidance.Singh said that Wonderful Things Happen will be conducting a lesbian speed-dating event in Mumbai on June 14, and details could be found on its Facebook page.