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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

Biden Takes Over, Signs LGBTQ Executive Order

Biden Announces Appointment of Trans Woman Dr. Rachel Levine to HHS

Biden, Harris Inauguration Events Mostly Virtual

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Gay Couple Directs Thriller ‘Antebellum’ While Novice Feature Director Helms Lesbian-themed ‘Two of Us’

Black History Reading List

Pandemic Brings Decrease in LGBTQ Representation on TV, GLAAD Report Finds

Grindr Removes Ethnicity Filter and Donates to Black Lives Matter Movement

Nine Men Arrested by Georgia Police in Grindr Sting Operation

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

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

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

Grindr Makes Mass Layoffs at LGBTQ News Site INTO

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

Delta Passenger Claims Pilot Messaged Him on Grindr Mid-Flight

Gay Texas Councilman Challenges Recall After Nude Photos Leak

Brian Kemp Advertisement Found on Grindr

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

Win, Lose & Live: Reunion with a Crush

History Repeats Itself

Gay Couple Directs Thriller ‘Antebellum’ While Novice Feature Director Helms Lesbian-themed ‘Two of Us’

As Horrifying as the Attack on Our Capitol Was, It Is a Comfort to Know Technology Will Hold Them Accountable

BLM Protests and the Capitol Siege Aren’t the Same

A Look at BLM in France

Black History Reading List

Shifting the Story Around Black Gay Men

Repaying the Backbone of America: The Case for Reparations After Slavery

How LGBTQ and Civil Rights Came Together with Two People

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