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Grindr Made A Big Change For UK users
BHOC Launches Website To Improve Hookup Apps & Public Health Interaction
LGBTQ Rights In China Looking Gloomy After Taiwan’s New Ruling On Same-sex Marriage
Grindr Asks Judge To Toss Suit Condemning Gay Dating App
ASSOCIATED PRESS – June 30 – Grindr wants a judge to dismiss the claims of a New York man who says he's been accosted at home and work by ~1k sex-hungry men after an ex-boyfriend posted fake profiles soliciting men interested in exploring violent fantasies. Herrick sued Grindr earlier this year in Manhattan federal court, saying he couldn't stop a steady stream of unwelcome visitors despite ~100 complaints. He seeks unspecified damages. Grindr said it can't be blamed and lawsuit must be dismissed because Herrick's lawyers "cannot identify any cases in which a court found that a website owed a duty to protect a plaintiff from third-party content. This is unsurprising, given Congress' explicit instruction in the CDA that no such duty exists."
by Larry Neumeister
The full article was originally published at US News, but is no longer available.
Hornet App Featuring HIV-Positive Men In New Ad
INSTINCTMAGAZINE – June 28 – In commemoration of National HIV Testing Day, gay dating app Hornet has launched an ad campaign featuring the experience of people living with HIV.
by Nigel Campbell
The full article was originally published at Instinct Magazine, but is no longer available.
With Chappy, The Approach To Dating Is A Gentlemanly Affair
THE PRIDE – June 26 – When Jack Rogers and Ollie Locke started their gay dating app Chappy, they knew exactly what they wanted it to be. It was a simple concept: An app where gay men could come out and have conversations that went beyond "top or bottom." Today, the app has 1M users in the U.K. and a growing U.S. market. With Chappy, each user has to connect their account with a Facebook profile, upload photos with their actual faces in them, and they have to be clear about what they're looking for – something forever, something for now, or something in between.
Chinese LGBTs Economy To Overtake America’s
FORBES – June 23 – China's Communist government doesn't encourage LGBT causes or other social activism. Yet China lacks strong organized religion, so the LGBT community is tacitly accepted as long it don't stand in the way of authority. China's three-year-old pink economy is one-third the size of the more mature American pink economy. China is the world's third largest LGBT market after Europe and the US and worth $300B per year. Pink spending power the U.S. came to $917B in 2015. China's Blued app for LGBT services has 27M users, making it the biggest app of its type worldwide.
Meeting A Gay Pride Grand Marshal, Founder Of Blued
NEW YORK TIMES – June 19 – The NYC Pride celebrations continue this week, leading up to the march on Sunday. Mr. Geng is a former police officer who set up one of China's first gay advice and networking sites, and later created Blued, one of the country's most popular gay dating apps. He was selected to be a grand marshal in recognition of his successful use of the Internet to raise awareness among China's gay community and of his passion for L.G.B.T. rights.
Q: What was it like growing up gay in China?
A: Until 1997, gay sex was considered a crime in China, and homosexuality was classified as a mental illness in the country until 2001. My parents still think being gay is a disease.
Q: What is it like being L.G.B.T. in China today?
A: Things have gotten better since, but the situation remains challenging. People who come out as gay risk losing their jobs.
ELLE Talks: Justine Cullen Chats To HER App Founder Robyn Exton
ELLE.COM – June 7 – Before Tinder took off, and Grindr was the main dating app around but only serviced gay men, Robyn Exton noticed a sizeable gap in the market for single lesbian, bisexual and queer people. So after moving in with her dad, taking on an extra job and selling her things, she managed to save up $16K to start her app – HER.