TELEGRAPH.CO.UK – Sep 23 – Only 1% (240K) of the British population is gay according to a
report from the ONS. The gay ‘dating’ website Gaydar has 1.5M profiles
in the UK. Given that almost all its users are men, that means – if the
ONS figures are to be believed – that at ~1.25M heterosexual men in the
UK are registered on a site whose principal purpose is to hook men up
with each other for casual sex. Gaydar is entirely private and a bit
naughty, whereas the ONS figures come from a survey where people were
asked out of the blue to tell the government their sexuality. Whose
figures do you think are likely to be more accurate? FULL ARTICLE @ TELEGRAPH.CO.UK
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Qrushr: Grindr For Girls
SHINY SHINY – Sep 23 - Grindr is an app aimed at gay men looking for chat, dates or sexy times with other gay men nearby. Its success has prompted questions about whether there'll ever be a straight version of this. Do women date like this? Women do seem to be fine using location based dating apps – there's a lesbian equivalent of Grindr app called Qrushr Girls (different company, different app, same concept). FULL ARTICLE @ SHINY SHINY
Grindr Grows To 1 Million Members In 180 Countries
PRESS RELEASE – Sep 21 - Grindr, the all-male mobile location-based networking service, has reached yet another milestone as its member ranks swell to more than one million. Since launching only eighteen months ago in March 2009, Grindr has become a global sensation. In the US, Grindr has ~500K users. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom and Australia, ~150,000 and ~100,000 users respectively have joined Grindr . On a daily basis, Grindr counts ~250K active users who log on eight times per day and spend an average of 1.3 hours each day using the app. FULL ARTICLE @ PR NEWSWIRE
Parship Launches Its Gay Service Worldwide
PRESS RELEASE – Aug 19 – Parship
is now offering its gay service on a global scale: from now on,
gay men and lesbians around the world can go on a worldwide search for a
suitable partner by visiting gay-parship.com. The site is now available in nine
languages. FULL ARTICLE @ PARSHIP.DE
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SheDate.com, Lesbian Dating Site Gains Following
TENNESSEAN – July 29 – Advertised entirely by word of mouth, SheDate.com has grown to 23,000 members since its October launch. The website is strictly for lesbian and bisexual women seeking community, friendship, flirtation and love. Their average age is 38. Membership is $34.95 a month, with discounts for longer commitments.
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Grindr iPhone App Gets Update For Heterosexuals
GUARDIAN.CO.UK – July 4 – Grindr brought gay men together via the iPhone. Grindr 2.0 will aim at the straight sex market Grindr is the brainchild of Joel Simkhai. It took him six months and $5,000 to build Grindr, with the help of a Danish app developer and a friend who was an expert in branding, marketing and design. The rapid success of Grindr is prompting Simkhai to launch a straight version. "This notion of: 'Who is around me? Who is in this room now? Who else is like me?' – this is not just a gay thing. Gay men don't have the monopoly on loneliness and isolation." He says he gets more requests for this from women than from straight men. FULL ARTICLE @ GUARDIAN.CO.UK
The Gaydar V. Manhunt Battle Over NYC Pride
QUEERTY – July 2 - Gaydar is trying to start a fight with Manhunt over supposedly hijacking NYC Pride. Gaydar, the British-based "dating" site is all upset that after donating cash to Heritage of Pride to become a sponsor for the NYC Pride parade march, which entitled them to wave their brand around at the Pier Dance, Manhunt hired a plane to fly a banner over all the queers. "I found the Manhunt’s aerial banner hijack attempt to be a bit desperate and, with no mention of Pride on their banner, not terribly supportive of the community", said Gaydar's marketing head Phil Henricks. Does flying an airplane banner over NYC Pride's festivities count as hijacking? Well, it's certainly not kosher — but it's a standard industry practice. FULL ARTICLE @ QUEERTY
JetBlue’s Exclusive JetPride Flight
PR NEWSWIRE – Apr 20 – JetBlue Airways teams up with Joie de Vivre Hotels and myPartner.com to offer Bay Area travelers the most fabulous way to travel to Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride — JetPride, an exclusive flight featuring renowned comedian, Pam Ann, who will serve as the flight's honorary purser. A portion of the proceeds from JetPride will be donated to The Gay and Lesbian Center of Long Beach. FULL ARTICLE @ PR NEWSWIRE
Manhunt.net Launches Group Video Chat
OPW – Apr 1 – Manhunt.net just released a Beta version of a new group video chat. As of now the new feature is only available to members in New England. Once the test version is successful, Manhunt.net plans to roll out the product worldwide in a month's time.