LOS ANGELES — Grindr, the world’s largest queer mobile social network, today announced changes to its app to be more inclusive of transgender users. The changes include profile fields for gender identity and pronouns, system-wide gender-neutral language, and an FAQ to help non-transgender users interact respectfully. They were informed by a community engagement process that centered…
Warning: Video contains explicit content. Real-life exchanges from mobile dating app Grindr are at the center of a powerful new awareness campaign spotlighting HIV stigma and its effects on the LGBTI+ community. An initiative of the HIV Foundation Queensland (HIVFQ) in partnership with Queensland Positive People (QPP), the Real Conversations of Grindr campaign started as…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Since Novaya Gazeta broke the news, Grindr for Equality has used the app’s reach in the Chechen region of Russia to continuously update users who may be in danger. Along with their regular weekly Russian safety messages, Grindr has linked users in Chechnya to news sources reporting the details of the situation as…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Grindr, the largest all-male social network, have expanded their chat experience with the launch of Gaymojis by Grindr – a text-friendly package featuring 500+ emojis that bring the Grindr lifestyle to life and speak to the mobile dating generation. Grindr’s 3 million daily active users, in every country in the world,…
LOS ANGELES – Grindr, in partnership with HackerNest, have announced that Vicc Alexander and Marlon Lopez are the Grand Prize winners of their seven-week Hackathon, Hack4Equality, dedicated to solving crucial issues within the LGBTQ community. The winning concept, presented at the live demo day final, hosted at Grindr’s Los Angeles headquarters, aspires to end public LGBTQ discrimination with…
Today, Grindr debuts their first-ever full range menswear line, The Varsity Collection, in collaboration with innovative printing design studio, Print All Over Me (PAOM). In order to increase awareness and raise funds for LGBTQ athletes, all proceeds will go to Athlete Ally’s Principle 6 campaign, a non-profit focused on ending homophobia and transphobia in the…
Grindr, the hugely popular mobile hook-up site have announced that they have sold a majority stake in their company to Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech company, reports Business Insider. The deal, valued at $155 million, is the second announcement this week of a Chinese company taking over a recognizable American brand with Dalian Wang’s…
A Republican North Dakota legislator, Randy Boehning, was caught with his pants down on Grindr, the male hook-up site. Boehning’s handle was Top Man! when he had an encounter with Dustin Smith. Smith, an out gay man, identified Boehning when his picture appeared in a story about North Dakota legislators who voted against LGBT equality…
For gay men traveling abroad, mobile apps like SCRUFF, Grindr and Manjam are the new, arguably sexual, calling card for like-minded people looking for hook-ups, social interactions and new acquaintances in foreign lands. But for others, especially in countries that are hostile to the gay experience, these sites are a mixed blessing, reports David Crary…
LOS ANGELES — Grindr, the premier all-male geo-social network app, tapped its massive user base to reveal this year’s Best of 2013 Awards. Grindr users from the U.S., U.K. and Australia weighed in on everything from their favorite song, to the gay icon of the year to the biggest comeback of 2013. Grindr guys were also…
