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• BUBBLE - GAY CHAT SOCIAL NET FOR ANDROID
• BUMBLE INVTS IN NEW GAY DATG APPTHE CREATORS OF CHAPPY SAY THEIR APP IS LIKE THE "ANTI-GRDR."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY NI LANGDECEMBER 18, 2016/11:54 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}KRISTEN KILPATRICK KRISTEN KILPATRICK PHOTOGRAPHY, BUMBLE, WHNEY WOLFE, CHAPPY, AT TEXAS, DATG APP, KRISTEN KILPATRICKBY NI LANGDECEMBER 18, 2016 / 11:54 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BUMBLE INVTS IN NEW GAY DATG APP","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-12-18T16:54:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-12-18T16:54:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NI LANG","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUMBLE, THE DATG APP THAT ALLOWS WOMEN TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE, ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT 'S VTG CHAPPY, A NEW APP FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHO WANT AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE GRDR MEAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED THE U.K., THE SERVICE ALLOWS MEN TO FE WHAT THEY’RE LOOKG FOR: “MR. RIGHT” OR “MR. RIGHT NOW.” NOT SURE IF YOU’RE LOOKG FOR A HOOKUP OR A SOULMATE? YOU N SET YOUR FLT TO “MR. WHO KNOWS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE'RE MORE FOCED ON MEANGFUL NNECTNS,” OLLIE LOCKE, THE -FOUNR OF CHAPPY, TELLS INC.DAVE BET/GETTYLONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 30: OLLIE LOCKE ATTENDS THE EMPOR ARMANI DIAMONDS FRAGRANCE LNCH AT THE ACE HOTEL ON JUNE 30, 2015 LONDON, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/GETTY IMAG FOR EMPOR ARMANI){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOCKE, A ST MEMBER ON THE UK REALY SERI MA CHELSEA WHO ME OUT AS GAY THIS YEAR, ARGU THAT APPS LIKE GRDR TURN GAY MEN TO “OBJECTS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COFOUNR JACK ROGERS AGRE, ADDG HIS EXPERIENCE ON THE SE PELLED HIM TO “STAY THE CLOSET.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE MOST STRIKG THG ABOUT GRDR IS THAT 'S ALL SO NEGATIVE,” SAYS ROGERS, WHO PREVLY WORKED FOR THE LIFTYLE APP GRABBLE. “I DOWNLOAD ONCE, AND WH ABOUT AN HOUR I HAD D*CK PICS G THROUGH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO HOPE TO CHALLENGE THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WH GAY DATG BY GIVG MEN A BETTER PLATFORM TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUMBLE IS WELL-POSNED TO HELP THEM MEET THAT GOAL: THE PANY WAS CREATED BY TR -FOUNR WHNEY WOLFE AS A RPONSE TO THE WISPREAD HARASSMENT THAT WOMEN REPORTED WHEN G DATG APPS. HER SERVICE BATS THAT PROBLEM BY PREVENTG MEN OM MUNITG WH FEMALE MATCH, UNLS THE WOMAN HAS NTACTED THEM FIRST. (WOMEN HAVE 24 HOURS AFTER MATCHG WH A POTENTIAL SUOR TO GET TOUCH, OR THE NNECTN IS GONE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUMBLE HAS, HOWEVER, STGGLED TO TEGRATE SAME-SEX DATG TO S TERFACE. (AFTERELLEN LLED THE APP “IRRELEVANT” FOR LGBT DATERS.)NOAM GALAI/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - MAY 11: CO-FOUNR AND CEO OF BUMBLE WHNEY WOLFE SPEAKS ONSTAGE DURG TECHCNCH DISPT NY 2016 AT BROOKLYN CISE TERMAL ON MAY 11, 2016 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY NOAM GALAI/GETTY IMAG FOR TECHCNCH){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOLFE SAID THAT WHILE HER GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO CHALLENGE HETERONORMATIVY, WHICH SHE SAID “IS NOT NORMAL AT ALL,” SHE REALIZ THAT BUMBLE — AND OTHER DATG APPS — HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO WHEN TO CLN. TR RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT WOULD BE GIVG TRANS MUNY 37 DIFFERENT GENR OPTNS ON THE APP, AN UPDATE THAT ME AFTER REPORTS THAT TRANSGENR PEOPLE WERE MONLY BLOCKED OM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL NOW, THANK GOD,” WOLFE TOLD INC., “AND I THK THE DATG LANDSPE HAS NOT PROVID THAT SAME TYPE OF ACCEPTANCE.” SHE SAYS SHE'S EXCED TO BRG SILIN VALLEY TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“BUMBLE IS PASSNATE ABOUT HELPG PEOPLE NNECT NFINTLY, SAFELY AND AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL EMPOWERED,” A PANY REP TOLD TECHCNCH. “CHAPPY SHAR THIS SAME VALU AND HAS CREATED A PRODUCT FOR AN DIENCE THAT WEEK FEEL IS VERY UNRSERVED. BUMBLE HAS MA GREAT STRIS FOR WOMEN THE DATG SPACE, AND WE BELIEVE CHAPPY WILL DO THE SAME FOR GAY MEN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAPPY HAS YET TO ANNOUNCE A LNCH DATE, BUT THE PANY IS ALLOWG ERS TO SIGN UP FOR THE SERVICE EARLY THROUGH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• BT GAY DATG APPS FOR HOOKUPS, RELATNSHIPS, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN
• CHAPPY, THE BUMBLE-BACKED DATG APP FOR GAY MEN, KS PARTNERSHIP WH GLAAD
• BUMBLE VTS GAY DATG APP CHAPPY
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

BUBBLE - GAY CHAT SOCIAL NET FOR ANDROID

A full versn app for Android, by BLUECITY HOLDINGS HONG KONG is India’s first ee onle gay app, signed to brg the gay muny together a safe, secure, and fortable environment. Bumble, the datg app that allows women to make the first move, announced this week that 's vtg Chappy, a new app for gay and bisexual men who want an alternative to the Grdr meat the U. ”"We're more foced on meangful nnectns, ” Ollie Locke, the -founr of Chappy, tells, a st member on the UK realy seri Ma Chelsea who me out as gay this year, argu that apps like Grdr turn gay men to “objects.

”The two hope to challenge the stigma associated wh gay datg by givg men a better platform to is well-posned to help them meet that goal: The pany was created by Tr -founr Whney Wolfe as a rponse to the wispread harassment that women reported when g datg apps. “Gay marriage is legal now, thank God, ” Wolfe told Inc., “and I thk the datg landspe has not provid that same type of acceptance. Bumble has ma great stris for women the datg space, and we believe Chappy will do the same for gay men.

Bt datg app for gay men. On top of the classic awkward Hge date anecdot and screenshots of a rny b seepg wh sendhand embarrassment, gay sgl al wh all sorts of alienatg teractns.

BUMBLE INVTS IN NEW GAY DATG APPTHE CREATORS OF CHAPPY SAY THEIR APP IS LIKE THE "ANTI-GRDR."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY NI LANGDECEMBER 18, 2016/11:54 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}KRISTEN KILPATRICK KRISTEN KILPATRICK PHOTOGRAPHY, BUMBLE, WHNEY WOLFE, CHAPPY, AT TEXAS, DATG APP, KRISTEN KILPATRICKBY NI LANGDECEMBER 18, 2016 / 11:54 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BUMBLE INVTS IN NEW GAY DATG APP","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-12-18T16:54:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-12-18T16:54:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NI LANG","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUMBLE, THE DATG APP THAT ALLOWS WOMEN TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE, ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT 'S VTG CHAPPY, A NEW APP FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHO WANT AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE GRDR MEAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED THE U.K., THE SERVICE ALLOWS MEN TO FE WHAT THEY’RE LOOKG FOR: “MR. RIGHT” OR “MR. RIGHT NOW.” NOT SURE IF YOU’RE LOOKG FOR A HOOKUP OR A SOULMATE? YOU N SET YOUR FLT TO “MR. WHO KNOWS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE'RE MORE FOCED ON MEANGFUL NNECTNS,” OLLIE LOCKE, THE -FOUNR OF CHAPPY, TELLS INC.DAVE BET/GETTYLONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 30: OLLIE LOCKE ATTENDS THE EMPOR ARMANI DIAMONDS FRAGRANCE LNCH AT THE ACE HOTEL ON JUNE 30, 2015 LONDON, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/GETTY IMAG FOR EMPOR ARMANI){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOCKE, A ST MEMBER ON THE UK REALY SERI MA CHELSEA WHO ME OUT AS GAY THIS YEAR, ARGU THAT APPS LIKE GRDR TURN GAY MEN TO “OBJECTS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COFOUNR JACK ROGERS AGRE, ADDG HIS EXPERIENCE ON THE SE PELLED HIM TO “STAY THE CLOSET.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE MOST STRIKG THG ABOUT GRDR IS THAT 'S ALL SO NEGATIVE,” SAYS ROGERS, WHO PREVLY WORKED FOR THE LIFTYLE APP GRABBLE. “I DOWNLOAD ONCE, AND WH ABOUT AN HOUR I HAD D*CK PICS G THROUGH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO HOPE TO CHALLENGE THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WH GAY DATG BY GIVG MEN A BETTER PLATFORM TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUMBLE IS WELL-POSNED TO HELP THEM MEET THAT GOAL: THE PANY WAS CREATED BY TR -FOUNR WHNEY WOLFE AS A RPONSE TO THE WISPREAD HARASSMENT THAT WOMEN REPORTED WHEN G DATG APPS. HER SERVICE BATS THAT PROBLEM BY PREVENTG MEN OM MUNITG WH FEMALE MATCH, UNLS THE WOMAN HAS NTACTED THEM FIRST. (WOMEN HAVE 24 HOURS AFTER MATCHG WH A POTENTIAL SUOR TO GET TOUCH, OR THE NNECTN IS GONE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUMBLE HAS, HOWEVER, STGGLED TO TEGRATE SAME-SEX DATG TO S TERFACE. (AFTERELLEN LLED THE APP “IRRELEVANT” FOR LGBT DATERS.)NOAM GALAI/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - MAY 11: CO-FOUNR AND CEO OF BUMBLE WHNEY WOLFE SPEAKS ONSTAGE DURG TECHCNCH DISPT NY 2016 AT BROOKLYN CISE TERMAL ON MAY 11, 2016 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY NOAM GALAI/GETTY IMAG FOR TECHCNCH){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOLFE SAID THAT WHILE HER GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO CHALLENGE HETERONORMATIVY, WHICH SHE SAID “IS NOT NORMAL AT ALL,” SHE REALIZ THAT BUMBLE — AND OTHER DATG APPS — HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO WHEN TO CLN. TR RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT WOULD BE GIVG TRANS MUNY 37 DIFFERENT GENR OPTNS ON THE APP, AN UPDATE THAT ME AFTER REPORTS THAT TRANSGENR PEOPLE WERE MONLY BLOCKED OM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL NOW, THANK GOD,” WOLFE TOLD INC., “AND I THK THE DATG LANDSPE HAS NOT PROVID THAT SAME TYPE OF ACCEPTANCE.” SHE SAYS SHE'S EXCED TO BRG SILIN VALLEY TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“BUMBLE IS PASSNATE ABOUT HELPG PEOPLE NNECT NFINTLY, SAFELY AND AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL EMPOWERED,” A PANY REP TOLD TECHCNCH. “CHAPPY SHAR THIS SAME VALU AND HAS CREATED A PRODUCT FOR AN DIENCE THAT WEEK FEEL IS VERY UNRSERVED. BUMBLE HAS MA GREAT STRIS FOR WOMEN THE DATG SPACE, AND WE BELIEVE CHAPPY WILL DO THE SAME FOR GAY MEN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAPPY HAS YET TO ANNOUNCE A LNCH DATE, BUT THE PANY IS ALLOWG ERS TO SIGN UP FOR THE SERVICE EARLY THROUGH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Still, datg apps have bee ccial means of troductn for gay folks lookg to settle down. Upl to nnect — pecially for gay upl, of which 28 percent met their current partner onle (vers 11 percent of straight upl) the Pew survey also dredged up those ugly experienc wh harassment.

This uld be where specific gay datg apps, like HER and Grdr, e .

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BT GAY DATG APPS FOR HOOKUPS, RELATNSHIPS, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN

And at the end of the day, sometim gog for a popular datg app n be your bt bet for a gay datg app, sce that's where queer ers actually are. How to choose the bt gay datg appIf you're part of the LGBTQ muny and lookg for love onle, the days you'll fd you have some pretty cent optns. Here are the bt gay datg apps and s for somethg ser, a hookup, somethg that stays strictly onle, and everythg between.

CHAPPY, THE BUMBLE-BACKED DATG APP FOR GAY MEN, KS PARTNERSHIP WH GLAAD

Who 's for:You know s name: Grdr brands self as the world's largt datg app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, but 's particularly the ial gay paradise for men tired of Tr and lookg for experienced partners.

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Though 's open to gay and straight people, the veteran datg se has shed the heteronormativy that still somewhat plagu eharmony and Match. Bt datg app for gay women.

BUMBLE VTS GAY DATG APP CHAPPY

) However, if you've exhsted your chanc wh all of the queer people you know real life, this is probably where you n fd the hight number of gay lols — pecially smaller is a more heteronormative app, so markg that you only want to see men or only want to see women don't guarantee that a straight person won't slip through the cracks of your feed.

Chappy, the datg app for gay men, has today announced a partnership wh GLAAD. Chappy lnched 2017 to give gay men an thentic, discrimatn-ee way to nnect wh one another. Last month, Bumble named Chappy s official datg app for gay men.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

“We’re tryg to improve the way the gay muny meets each other and thks about relatnships, but also the way they thk about their mment to the muny. More of are meetg our partners onle than ever before, acrdg to a 2020 survey by Pew Rearch, and when to gay upl, this is even more mon — fact, 28% of those surveyed met their current squeeze onle. Surge is, dare we say, the Tr for gay datg.

Fans of Chappy, the gay datg se that shut down jt as was startg to peak populary will be pleased to hear that the app joed forc wh Bumble.

As the largt social workg app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, you won’t be short of choic when lookg for a date. The More Genrs feature giv ers a wi variety of genr inty optns, while the Traveler Alert feature warns ers who have intified themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and/or queer when they enter a untry that crimaliz this. Boastg over 30 ln registered ers, Hor is one of the world’s largt datg apps signed by the gay muny for the gay muny.