Jacksonville Jaguars Kev Maxen be first profsnal male ach to e out as gay

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Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay.

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Grdr is the world's largt social workg app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. Download Grdr today to disver, nnect to, and explore the queer world around you. * gay grindr logo *

A new petor has also joed the field: Match Group lnched s Archer datg app on June 1, focg on gay, bisexual and queer see an improvg environment for datg apps as a whole, though Grdr learship is quick to note the platform offers more than jt that. A 'gay super-app'Grdr is also by planng the future of the app.

If you're gog to be an vtor Grdr, you need to realize that sex is a really big part of gay culture, and sex is a really big part of Grdr, " Arison said.

""We want to be the gay super-app, " he said. Simkhai, a gay man and tech entreprenr, helped lnch the groundbreakg gay hookup and datg app 2009. By retroftg gay social and romantic teractns to the digal age, Grdr brought lns of people together ways that gay bars — the longtime fol pots of LGBTQ social scen — simply uldn’t.

MEET MOTTO, THE NEW GAY DATG APP FROM THE CREATOR OF GRDR“NO MORE HEADLS TORSOS."{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;}TECHBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 3, 2022/11:59 {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:2133PX;WIDTH:3200PX;}COURTY OF MOTTOBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 3, 2022 / 11:59 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET MOTTO, THE NEW GAY DATG APP FROM THE CREATOR OF GRDR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-11-03T15:59:03.776+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-11-03T15:59:03.776+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"GRDR, DATG & SEX","ARTICLESECTN":"TECH"}{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;}GOODBYE GRDR BLOOP?{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;}BACK 2009, JOEL SIMKHAI LNCHED GRDR, THE GROUNDBREAKG GAY DATG APP WHICH REVOLUTNIZED THE QUEER HOOKUP SCENE. NOW, HIS FIRST VENTURE SCE LEAVG GRDR 2018, SIMKHAI HAS -FOUND A NEW EE MEMBERSHIP-BASED GAY DATG APP, MOTTO. THE APP LNCHED EARLIER THIS WEEK AND IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO ERS NEW YORK {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;}ACRDG TO THE PRS RELEASE, MOTTO “FOC ON FDG YOU THE RIGHT PEOPLE, NOT JT THE CLOST - ON THE QUALY OF TERACTNS, NOT THE QUANTY.” THE APP WILL SHOW ERS "FIVE TO TEN PROFIL PER DAY," SIAR TO OTHER  DATG APPS LIKE {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;}"EVERY PROFILE AND PHOTO IS REVIEWED AND VERIFIED," READS THE MOTTO SCREENSHOTS OM THE APPLE APP STORE. "EVERY PHOTO HAS A FACE. NO TFISH. NO HEADLS TORSOS."COURTY OF {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 TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND WE WANTED TO BUILD AN EXPERIENCE THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO STAND FOR THEMSELV AND REPRENT THEMSELV AND TO BE FORTABLE PUTTG THEMSELV OUT THERE," SIMKHAI TOLD GIZMODO. "WH GRDR, I THK WE REVOLUTNIZED HOW QUEER PEOPLE STARTED MEETG AGA OR HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO MEET G THEIR PHON. THAT WAS 13 YEARS AGO. A LOT HAS CHANGED. WE’RE RPONDG TO THOSE CHANG."{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;}MOTTO -FOUNR AND HEAD OF PRODUCT ALEX HOSTETLER SAID: “WE HEARD A LOT OF TRATN AND FATIGUE WH THE EXISTG APPS. FUNDAMENTALLY, WE THK HOOKUP CULTURE NEEDS A REH. THE GAY APPS ARE GOOD IF YOU’RE JT LOOKG FOR SOMEONE CLOSE, RIGHT NOW. BUT THE PROCS IS IMPERSONAL, ADDICTIVE, REPETIVE AND OFTEN TOXIC.”{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;}SIMKHAI SAYS MOTTO ERS SHOULD "SPEND NO MORE THAN 10 MUT A DAY ON THE APP AND THAT YOU ULD FD SOMEONE THAT QUICKLY AND THAT YOU’RE NOT SPENDG THE LN’S SHARE OF YOUR DAY SEARCHG FOR SOMEONE." HE ALSO ADDS HOW THEY ARE HOPG TO "CREATE A MUNY WHERE PEOPLE ARE RPECTFUL TOWARD ONE ANOTHER, WHERE THEY’RE NOT BEG DISCRIMATORY ANY FASHN. WE HAVE NO TOLERANCE FOR THAT."COURTY OF MOTTOMOTTO -FOUNRS ALEX HOSTETLER AND JOEL {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 VAST MAJORY OF GAY AND QUEER PEOPLE AREN’T SATISFIED WH THEIR ONLE HOOKUP AND DATG EXPERIENC," SIMKHAI SAID THE PRS RELEASE. "MOTTO’S GOAL IS TO HELP YOU FD SOMEONE YOU’RE TO WHOUT TRATN, RCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU SPEND ON HOOKUP APPS TO JT A FEW MUT A DAY, AND BRG PEOPLE TOGETHER THE PHYSIL WORLD."{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 BUILT MOTTO TO... SIMPLIFY THE PROCS OF HOOKG UP, AND BRG BACK THE FUN FDG SOMEONE YOU’RE TO," HE NTU. "MOTTO SHOULD BE JT AS POSIVE FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AS IS FOR YOUR SEX LIFE.”{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;}MOTTO IS LIVE NOW NEW YORK CY AND MIAMI, "WH PLANS TO EXPAND ACROSS THE UNED STAT AND GLOBALLY AS THE WALIST EACH CY GROWS." WILL YOU BE ADDG MOTTO TO YOUR DATG APP ROTATN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;WIDTH:M(100%,342PX);MARG:0 TO;POSN:RELATIVE;MARG-TOP:LC(0PX + 24PX);MARG-BOTTOM:24PX;MARG-TOP:24PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FLOAT:RIGHT;MARG-RIGHT:80PX;MARG-LEFT:24PX;}}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;GAP:6PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;MAX-HEIGHT:104PX;WIDTH:100%;LE-HEIGHT:24PX;PADDG:16PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 2PX 4PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);} A{LOR:#354A4E;TEXT-OVERFLOW:ELLIPSIS;WHE-SPACE:PRE-LE;-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:3;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;OVERFLOW:HIDN;} A:HOVER{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.6REM/1.5 "D REGULAR",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;MAX-HEIGHT:104PX;WIDTH:100%;LE-HEIGHT:24PX;PADDG:16PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 2PX 4PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);} A{LOR:#354A4E;TEXT-OVERFLOW:ELLIPSIS;WHE-SPACE:PRE-LE;-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:3;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;OVERFLOW:HIDN;} A:HOVER{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;}GRDR IS “HORRIBLE” AT PROTECTG YOUR DATA, SAYS NEW USER PRIVACY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}GRDRDATG & {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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But unr Simkhai’s watch, also laid bare, and some say worsened, the physil and racial discrimatn that has long plagued the gay muny. Gregory Sffidi / MottoSimkhai lnched a queer datg and hookup app this month lled Motto, which he says has novative featur to help prevent the “toxicy” and “discrimatn” that have st shadows over other gay datg apps, cludg the one he spearhead, amid a barrage of ntroversi for the better part of the last .

’” Motto is a sex-posive matchmakg app for gay and queer hookups and sual datg. ” The pany is still buildg up s team, and isn’t makg s er numbers public yet, he, meanwhile, ntu to domate the gay datg app space, wh about 11 ln monthly active ers around the world last year, acrdg to a pany news release.

In many ways, they reflect the racism, discrimatn and excln that persist more broadly wh gay culture, particularly among whe, cisgenr men.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Maxen is the first ever male ach Amerin men's sports to e out as gay. * gay grindr logo *

In fact, this was a theme of this summer’s groundbreakg film “Fire Island, ” which lled particular attentn to a racist phrase — “no fats, no femm, no Asians” — that is still pervasive on gay datg apps through d language, spe ntent moratn and discrimatn polici. The group surveyed 5, 500 people who regularly ed at least one of the apps meant for gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.

“While gay, bi, and trans people have long been subjected to discrimatn, stigma and hate speech om outsi our muni, the way we treat each other onle n also e harm, ” the report said. It’s a ncept that has rmed much of the discsn recent years about how to reform gay datg apps geared toward LGBTQ people, who, like everyone else, ntue to grapple wh the plited role social media plays the muny — spe the refuge n provi om heteronormative culture. Employe at the gay hookup app Grdr announced Thursday that they had lnched a unn.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

Grdr, the popular datg app ed by lns of gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people, on Tuday named a new CEO who is schled to take the pany * gay grindr logo *

Grdr is a digal applitn signed to accs a datg and chat se for gay, bisexual, transgenr people. Grdr is a digal social workg app for gay people. Only gay, transgenr, bisexual, transgenr, and cur people munite this muny.

Back 2009, Joel Simkhai lnched Grdr, the groundbreakg gay datg app which revolutnized the queer hookup scene. Now, his first venture sce leavg Grdr 2018, Simkhai has -found a new ee membership-based gay datg app, Motto. The gay apps are good if you’re jt lookg for someone close, right now.

GAY DATG APP GRDR NAM NEW CEO AHEAD OF S PUBLIC LISTG

Gay smmers really end the year on a high note. * gay grindr logo *

"“The vast majory of gay and queer people aren’t satisfied wh their onle hookup and datg experienc, " Simkhai said the prs release. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. A group of "gay furry" hackers has been releasg rmatn om US state ernments.

SiegedSec, a self-scribed group of gay furry hackers, took s skills to state ernments late June, breachg agenci across five stat and releasg a wealth of data.The stat targeted on June 27 were Texas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and South Carola.

LOUISIANA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KIDNAPPG GAY TEEN HE MET ON GRDR ATTEMPTED MURR SCHEME

A Louisiana man admted to kidnappg a gay teenager he met on the LGBTQ datg app Grdr wh the tentn of murrg him and dismemberg his body. * gay grindr logo *

"We are also actually gay furri, I've seen untls people doubt that aspect of our group.".

"Uwu gay furri pwn you~ We'll be back aga soon to ntue our chaos and stctn!"Some news outlets, such as Them, raised ncerns that the group's actns uld expose random people to harm, not jt the targeted ernments.

A GAY LLEGE STUNT SAYS HE STILL GRDR AFTER SURVIVG HORRIFIC TORTURE AT THE HANDS OF A MAN HE MET ON THE APP — BUT HE TAK STEPS TO PROTECT HIMSELF

Grdr Logo PNG The ma them behd the logo of the popular gay hookup app are power and masculy, acrdg to the founr. We n also add that a mask has always been a symbol of anonymy. Meang and history Grdr was found the US the sprg of 2009 by Israeli entreprenr Joel * gay grindr logo *

The assistant strength and ndng ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars has bee the first male ach ever the NFL -- or Amerin men's pro sports altogether -- to publicly e out as gay. 'Stranger Thgs' Star Noah Schnapp Com Out as Gay on TikTok. NHL Prospect Le Prokop Com Out as Gay.

Madonna Appears to Come Out as Gay New Vio. Jerrod Carmichael Com Out as Gay New Stand-Up Special. Colton Unrwood Addrs Backlash After Comg Out as Gay.

GAY MAN KILLED, ANOTHER CRILLY JURED GRDR MEETUP

Grdr, the popular datg app ed by lns of gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people, on Tuday named a new CEO who is schled to take the pany public this fall wh an amb $2. ” “Their hard work and a laser foc on liverg great products to a starkly unrserved market are spirg, and liver credibly strong bs rults, ” said Arison, who is openly gay. He also tak the res after years of ntroversy that have at tim plited the inty and missn of the app, which fundamentally changed gay culture after lnched 2009.

IT'S OFFICIAL: GRDR IS MAKG US MISERABLE“I LETE AND RE-DOWNLOAD GRDR ONCE A WEEK." {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;}LIFEBY ZACHARY ZANEJANUARY 12, 2018/1:47 {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:3840PX;WIDTH:5760PX;}STUD PORTRA MID ADULT MAN POSG WH HEADPHONBY ZACHARY ZANEJANUARY 12, 2018 / 1:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IT'S OFFICIAL: GRDR IS MAKG US MISERABLE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-01-12T18:47:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-01-12T18:47:01.000+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":"ZACHARY ZANE","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{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;}A NEW SURVEY IS REVEALG SOME SURPRISG TTHS ABOUT HOW OUR FAVORE APPS MAKE {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;}TIME WELL SPENT POLLED 200,000 IPHONE ERS ABOUT THEIR APP AGE, AND LOOKED AT WHETHER THEY MA THEM FEEL HAPPY OR UNHAPPY. UNSURPRISGLY, MEDATN/MDFULLNS APPS LIKE HEADSPACE RANKED FAVORABLY, WH 99% PERCENT OF ERS REPORTG THEY LOGGED OFF FEELG {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;}MIC AND PODST APPS ALSO RECEIVED HIGH SR.TIME WELL {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;}TOPPG THE “UNHAPPY” LIST, THOUGH, WAS GRDR: 77% OF GRDR ERS REPORTG FEELG REGRET AFTER SURFG THE UBIQUO HOOKUP APP. THAT'S SIGNIFINTLY WORSE THAN THE NEXT TWO "UNHAPPY" APPS, CANDY CSH SAGA (71%) AND FACEBOOK (64%) {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;}ACRDG TO TIME WELL SPENT, WHICH IS DITED TO "REVERSG THE DIGAL ATTENTN CRISIS,” HOW MUCH TIME WE'RE ON GRDR MIGHT BE WHY 'S MAKG {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;}“ON AVERAGE, PARG BETWEEN ‘HAPPY' AND ‘UNHAPPY’ AMOUNTS OF AGE OF THE SAME APPS, THEIR 'UNHAPPY' AMOUNT IS 2.4 TIM THE AMOUNT OF 'HAPPY TIME,'” THE CLAIMS. PEOPLE WHO ED FACEBOOK 22 MUT A DAY, FOR EXAMPLE, REPORTED THEY WERE HAPPY WH THE EXPERIENCE. BUT THOSE WHO ED FACEBOOK FOR 59 MUT WERE UNHAPPY, A TREND THAT HELD TE FOR CANDY CSH, REDD, AND {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;}THOUGH TIME WELL SPENT DIDN'T DITE IF THIS TREND WAS TE FOR GRDR, TOO, MOST ERS REPORTED LOGGG ON THE APP FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR A DAY. CUTTG AGE BY 2.4 TIM, TO ABOUT 25 MUT A DAY, ULD MAKE FOR A HAPPIER EXPERIENCE. (OTHER SURVEYS ACTUALLY REPORT THE AVERAGE GRDR ER SPENDS TWO HOURS A DAY ON THE APP.){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;}OF URSE, TIME SPENT IS ONLY PART OF THE EQUATN: UNLIKE A PUTER SIMULATN LIKE CANDY CSH, HOOKUP APPS SEE TERACTG WH OTHER HUMANS AT OUR MOST UNGUARD. I'D HYPOTHIZE A LOT OF THAT UNHAPPS ON GRDR STEMS OM NS, RACISM, FEMME-SHAMG, FLAKG, AND OTHER ASSHOLE {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;}I HAD THIS TERACTN GRDR A FEW WEEKS {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;}SO BEGS THE QUTN: IF THEY MAKE FEEL SO TERRIBLE, WHY DO WE KEEP G GRDR, SCFF, JACK'D, AND THE LIKE?{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;}“I LETE AND RE-DOWNLOAD GRDR ONCE A WEEK," MY IEND SIMON NFSED. "I RE-DOWNLOAD WHEN I’M DNK ON THE WEEKENDS AND DON’T HAVE ANYONE TO GO HOME WH AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. THEN I WAKE UP AND LETE . SOMETIM I HAVE A GUY BED. USUALLY, I DON’T.”{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;}Y, HORNS PLAYS A PART. BUT I THK HOPE DO TO: HOPE THAT THERE’S ANOTHER LONELY SOUL OUT THERE LOOKG FOR A MEANGFUL NNECTN.GETTY IMAGTHE GAY DATG APPS SCFF, HOR, AND GRDR ARE DISPLAYED ON AN APPLE INC. IPHONE 6 TISKILWA, ILLOIS, U.S., ON TUDAY, JAN. 20, 2015. FOR GAY MEN FLOCKG TO SMARTPHONE DATG APPLITNS, MAKG A NNECTN CREASGLY WH MSAG ABOUT HIV STAT, TTG AND DG REGIMENS. SOME APPS LET ERS CLARE THEIR STAT, REMD THEM TO GET TTED AND GIVE LOTNS OF THE CLOST CLICS. PHOTOGRAPHER: DANIEL ACKER/{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;}IT'S ALSO ABOUT NECSY: IN REMOTE AREAS, HOOKUP APPS MAY BE THE ONLY WAY TO NNECT WH OTHER GAY AND BI MEN. ONE 20-YEAR-OLD TOLD ME HE'S TOO YOUNG TO GO TO THE BARS, SO “GRDR IS THE BT WAY I N MEET GAY GUYS REAL LIFE."{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;}REGARDLS, MAYBE TIME WELL SPENT IS ONTO SOMETHG: MAYBE WE JT NEED TO CUT BACK HOW MUCH TIME WE'RE ON GRDR AND OTHER HOOKUP APPS TO FEEL HAPPIER ABOUT {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;}AT THE VERY LEAST WOULD SAVE BATTERY {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

Gay smmers really end the year on a high note. On today’s show, Daniel Schroer is joed by Vox’s Alex Abad-Santos to talk about the gay smmers that emerged at the end of the year.

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