Nearly two years to the day of its majority investment in Grindr, China-based tech firm Kunlun Group has fully acquired the gay dating app. Grindr is among the, if not the, world’s most popular LBQT dating app with a claimed 3.3 million daily users. Kunlun, which is best known for games but is part of a consortium that acquired Opera’s browser business, bought 60 percent of the… Read More
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Member of group that used Grindr to find and assault gay men gets 15 years
The first sentence has been handed down in a case centered on the use of Grindr as a platform from which to perpetrate hate crimes. Nigel Garrett was given 15 years yesterday after pleading guilty to a list of crimes including assault, carjacking…
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John Paul Brammer remembers the day he wrote the column vividly. He was standing in line for RuPaul’s DragCon. Inside, the New York City venue was decked out for the weekend-long celebration of drag culture: Aisles of wigs snaked through the convention center. Sequins sparkled throughout the hall. Drag queens mingled with fans.
Brammer, a writer, received an email from a reader of his weekly advice column asking two brief but complex questions: Do you believe that there is such a thing as “the one and only” on this planet for everyone? Do you believe in true love?
As he explored the convention, Brammer couldn’t shake them. So, midway through the first day of DragCon, he left. Read more…
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View More How Grindr — yes, Grindr — launched one of the best new magazines on the internetGrindr updates its app to be more inclusive of transgender and non-binary users
Grindr is updating its popular queer dating app to be more inclusive of transgender and non-binary users. In an announcement timed to mark the end of Transgender Awareness Week, Grindr said changes will include new profile fields for gender ident…
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