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    Grindr at 15: Has the app ruined gay sex forever?

    The platform is regularly criticised as a source of racism, fatphobia, depression and disordered eating. As it celebrates its 15th anniversary, we look at how it has changed gay culture, for better and for worse

    Life & Culture

    Mar 25, 2024

    James Greig
    Life & CultureRizzGPT

    Can AI finally help me to get some rizz? An investigation

    A wave of new AI-powered apps is helping people write dating app profiles, find compatible partners and send flirty messages. But is the answer to dating app fatigue more tech?

    Life & Culture

    Jan 08, 2024

    James Greig
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    This Auckland designer wants to remind you how good human touch feels

    From debuting on Grindr to documenting New Zealand‘s post-COVID gay scene, Rob Tennent is a future oracle for those of us left in lockdown

    Fashion

    Mar 23, 2021

    Daniel Rodgers
    Life & CultureSuper Straight Logo

    Transphobic TikTok users are labelling their sexuality ‘super straight’

    The ‘trend’ sees users claim they’re only attracted to ‘real’ men or women, as they call for their own ‘Super Straight Pride’

    Life & Culture

    Mar 10, 2021

    Scarlett Baker
    Art & PhotographyGrindr art and photography

    Exploring Grindr’s new feature for sharing and critiquing art

    And by art we mean dick pics

    Art & Photography

    Aug 03, 2020

    Film & TVI May Destroy You Kwame 2

    I May Destroy You’s Kwame honours the Black British gay male experience

    In Michaela Coel’s powerful new drama about consent, race, and trauma through a millennial lens, Paapa Essiedu’s character is a vital starting point for lives rarely explored in all their complexities on TV

    Film & TV

    Jul 06, 2020

    Jason Okundaye
    Life & CultureGrindr

    Grindr still hasn’t removed its ethnicity filter, despite promises

    After several updates, the controversial filter remains on the app, which pledged to remove it in solidarity with Black Lives Matter

    Life & Culture

    Jun 27, 2020

    Thom Waite
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    Grindr is finally removing its ethnicity filter

    The dating app announced the update on Twitter in alleged support of Black Lives Matter

    Life & Culture

    Jun 02, 2020

    Günseli Yalcinkaya
    Film & TVStonewall 2069, Dazed ICA film on queer tech

    A sneak peek at Stonewall 2069, our film about the future of queer tech

    Commissioned as part of the New Creatives project in partnership with the ICA and BBC, the doc imagines the intersection of technology and LGBTQ+ culture in the year 2069

    Film & TV

    Dec 16, 2019

    Joe Goodman
    Life & CultureTexas bans unsolicited nudes

    Is an unsolicited dick pic ban progressive or just lame?

    Surprise nudes are now a crime in Texas – state residents and a cyber flashing expert discuss the motive behind the crackdown, and reflect on its impact on the LGBTQ+ community

    Life & Culture

    Sep 23, 2019

    Brit Dawson
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    Five gay men from Grindr on hooking-up, body image, and self-hate

    Photographed in their homes by Dexter Lander (in various states of undress), we speak with the men of the popular gay dating app

    Masculinity

    Aug 22, 2019

    Dominic Cadogan
    Science & Techdating apps illustration

    What is the future of dating apps?

    In an age of fluidity will apps need to be so specific? Will Instagram open a dating feature? Will we even use them at all in ten years?

    Science & Tech

    Aug 06, 2019

    Amelia Abraham
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    I lived it: I went to Coachella alone

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    Life & Culture

    May 02, 2019

    Dominic Cadogan
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    Unpicking the history of gay male beauty standards

    From physique culture, through to Tom of Finland and Grindr – gay male culture always been rigid when it comes to policing body types and enforcing outdated ideas of masculinity

    Beauty

    Jan 14, 2019

    Jake Hall
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    Artist @boihugo is challenging the exoticisation of Asian men on Grindr

    How far does appearance, specifically race, define who you desire? Ladybeard co-founder and Dazed Beauty Contributing Editor Kitty Drake meets the artist exploring this uncomfortable question

    Beauty

    Oct 03, 2018

    Kitty Drake

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