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Grindr Removes Ethnicity Filter and Donates to Black Lives Matter Movement

Grindr has announced that it will remove its ethnicity filter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. The LGBTQ dating app posted the announcement on social media Monday (June 1), indicating that...

Nine Men Arrested by Georgia Police in Grindr Sting Operation

Dawson County police arrested nine men after conducting a three-day sting operation through the gay dating app Grindr, Project Q reports. At least one of the arrested men is gay and has been accused of offer...

Racism on Grindr Negatively Affects Self Esteem and Life Satisfaction, Study Finds

A new study has found that sexual racism found on hookup apps like Grindr can do serious hard to mental health. A thousand men who have sex with men were recruited from Grindr to participate in the survey on...

Gay and Bi Men Think Attractive Men Are Less Likely to Be HIV Positive, Study Finds

A new study from the University of Maryland found that gay and bisexual men are more likely to believe men they find “physically attractive” are less likely to be HIV positive. The researchers surveyed 197 m...

60% of Same-Sex Couples Meet Online, Study Says

According to a study done by sociologists Michael Rosenfeld and Sonia Hausen of Stanford University and Reuben Thomas of Arizona State University, almost 60 percent of American LGBTQ couples met online, compare...

Grindr Makes Mass Layoffs at LGBTQ News Site INTO

The entire editorial and social media staff of online LGBTQ publication INTO, owned by Grindr, were laid off in a “shift to video,” reported the Advocate. The INTO team was made aware of the cut news on Janu...

Director of Communications at Grindr Steps Down After CEO’s Statements on Gay Marriage

Grindr’s director of communications, Landen Rafe Zumwalt, resigned from his position after the app’s president said he believed marriage is between a man and woman, reported PinkNews. Zumwalt, who is gay, pu...

Delta Passenger Claims Pilot Messaged Him on Grindr Mid-Flight

A Delta passenger alleges that his pilot messaged him on Grindr while the plane was mid-air. JP Thorn, 27, told the New York Post that he took a 90-minute Delta flight from Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Chicago ...

Gay Texas Councilman Challenges Recall After Nude Photos Leak

19-year-old politician Cross Coburn, who served as an openly gay councilman in Groves, Texas, was recalled from office after his nudes from Grindr were leaked, reported the New York Times. 62 percent of vote...

Brian Kemp Advertisement Found on Grindr

An advertisement for anti-LGBTQ gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp turned up on one user’s Grindr account, according to a tip given to the AJC. Grindr is a dating and hookup app for gay, bisexual, and transg...

Oklahoma Man Arrested for Using LGBTQ Dating App to Lure and Rob Victims

31-year-old Oklahoma man Deaunte McPherson was arrested on September 16 after police found him to be involved in kidnapping and robbing several men by luring them through the gay dating app Grindr, reported New...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

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‘Orange is the New Black’ Star Taylor Schilling Comes Out in Girlfriend’s Instagram Post

Advocates Say Georgia’s New Hate Crimes Law is Tainted by Police Protection Bill

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Reddit Removes Subreddits Spreading Hate Speech, Including TERF and Pro-Trump Communities

Netflix Review: New Doc ‘Disclosure’ is Compelling, Informative

Laverne Cox, Dolly Parton, Chaka Khan and More Headline Netflix Pride