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• TEXAS MAN IS SENTENCED FOR USG DATG APP TO TARGET GAY MEN
• TEXAS MAN SENTENCED TO FERAL PRISON FOR LURG AND ATTACKG GAY MEN THROUGH GRDR APP
• 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
• HOW GRDR, A POPULAR GAY DATG APP, POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
• MAN KIDNAPPED, TRIED TO KILL GAY MAN ON DATG APP AS PART OF HATE CRIME SCHEME, 'AS DAHMER HAD DONE'
• UNSEEN, PART 3: POPULAR GAY DATG APP GRDR POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
• TWO TEXAS MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO HATE CRIM CHARG AFTER G GRDR TO TARGET GAY MEN
• TEXAS MAN SENTENCED FOR HATE CRIME AND OTHER CHARG AFTER USG DATG APP TO TARGET GAY MEN FOR VLENT CRIM

TEXAS MAN IS SENTENCED FOR USG DATG APP TO TARGET GAY MEN

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe man, Daniel Jenks, was part of a group that ed the app Grdr to lure gay men to an apartment plex Dallas to rob and asslt them, prosecutors said.

20, 2021A Texas man was sentenced to 23 years feral prison on Wednday for his nnectn a scheme that ed the popular datg app Grdr to target gay men for vlent hate crim, prosecutors County's Sheriff's DepartmentThe man, Daniel Jenks, 22, of Dallas, plead guilty June to one unt of nspiracy to m hate crim, kidnappg, rjackg, one hate crime unt and one unt of g a firearm durg and relatn to a crime of vlence, the Department of Jtice said a Jenks was the last of four fendants to be sentenced the nspiracy that ed Grdr, a social media app that is ed primarily by gay men. “This fendant targeted nocent victims for vlent crim simply bee he believed they were gay, ” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Jtice Department’s Civil Rights Divisn said the statement. Jenks admted, acrdg to prosecutors, that he and others “lured multiple victims” to an apartment plex, poted a handgun at them, robbed them of their belonggs and asslted them, jurg one of Jenks told vtigators that members of his group ed gay slurs and tnted the victims and that one member attempted to sexually asslt one of the victims, the Department of Jtice said.

TEXAS MAN SENTENCED TO FERAL PRISON FOR LURG AND ATTACKG GAY MEN THROUGH GRDR APP

A Texas man has been sentenced to over 23 years feral prison on Wednday for beg part of a scheme that targeted gay men g the datg app Grdr to lure and m vlent crim agast them. Department of Jtice, 22-year-old Dallas rint Daniel Jenks plead guilty June for targetg gay men around the Dallas area.

Begng December 2017, Jenks and three people created profil on Grdr, a popular LGBTQ datg platform, to lure "men they perceived to be gay" to a Dallas apartment plex. Jenks admted other members of the nspiracy ed gay slurs, tnted the victims, and one nspirator attempted to sexually asslt one of the victims. "This fendant targeted nocent victims for vlent crim simply bee he believed they were gay, " Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Jtice Department’s Civil Rights Divisn said a statement.

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

Atkson was sentenced to 11 years, Henry was sentenced to 20 years and Ceniceros-Deleon was sentenced 22 has bee an creasgly popular datg app for the LGBTQ muny sce was released 2009, claimg to be the "world's largt social workg app for gay, bi, trans and queer people. Warng: This story ntas graphic tails that rears might fd chattg wh a man on the gay datg app Grdr on and off for a year, Holn Whe, 18, cid to meet up wh him June first, he said, he didn't notice any red flags. Experts say datg apps uld be more proactive protectg ersThere are numero exampl of vlent attacks volvg LGBTQ datg week, an Oregon man acced of beatg up a man he'd targeted on Grdr was charged wh a hate crime, prosecutors month, a man Texas who ed Grdr to lure and rob gay men was sentenced to 23 years prison.

How Grdr, A Popular Gay Datg App, Pos Exploatn Risk To Mors The datg app Grdr is supposed to be for men seekg men. How Grdr, A Popular Gay Datg App, Pos Exploatn Risk To Mors. But they were jt like to know, like, about gay men.

HOW GRDR, A POPULAR GAY DATG APP, POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS

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They were gog to e for Grdr lls self the world's largt social workg app for gay, bi, trans and queer people. I would say that I was A 2018 Northwtern Universy study found more than half of sexually active gay and bisexual adolcent boys found sexual partners on Grdr and other apps.

MAN KIDNAPPED, TRIED TO KILL GAY MAN ON DATG APP AS PART OF HATE CRIME SCHEME, 'AS DAHMER HAD DONE'

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That is kd of like a mon homophobic But he says there's likely hundreds of thoands of mors natnwi g Grdr and siar apps, and fai and profsnals need to talk to them about how to protect themselv onle. I'm Now Chavez is his 20s and se himself as a mentor to gay and trans youth. Meanwhile hate crim, cludg murrs of gay, trans and non-bary people are on the rise.

Also known as “The Grdr Killer” bee he met all his victims g gay and bisexual social works and datg or hookup apps, Stephen Port murred at least four men London, UK 2014 and 2015. In 2017, 22-year-old Daniel Jenks and three acplic ed Grdr to lure gay men to a vant apartment and other areas and around Dallas for robbery, rjackg, kidnappg, over the urse of a week. While progrs has been ma for gay rights around the world the last uple s, there are still plenty of untri where beg gay is a crime.

UNSEEN, PART 3: POPULAR GAY DATG APP GRDR POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS

In untri wh anti-gay laws, g a datg app is even more dangero for LGBTQ+ people. Human Rights Watch released a to lure gay, bisexual and transgenr people so they uld be arrted.

TWO TEXAS MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO HATE CRIM CHARG AFTER G GRDR TO TARGET GAY MEN

Read on to see more terrifyg Grdr horror the span of three months, Stephen Port, the Grdr serial killer, murred four victims after meetg them on the gay datg app. Not only bee of the tst that’s betrayed between closeted men, but also bee of the young age of some of the says somethg about the world we live when the general populo is hardly surprised when they hear about crim beg mted via a gay datg app. Keep scrollg if you’re prepared to read some horrifyg stori of crime related to the gay datg app Grdr.

Chance Sene, 21, admted to police that he specifilly fantasized about killg and eatg gay men. A Louisiana man will spend 45 years feral prison after pleadg guilty a kidnappg se after he kidnapped, then tried to kill and dismember a gay man he met on a datg app, acrdg to a statement om the U.

When he was apprehend and qutned, Sene admted to police that he specifilly fantasized about killg and eatg gay men, as the notor serial killer Jefey Dahmer had done. "This fascatn led him to spend months signg a murr-kidnappg scheme that mirrored the murrs of gay men mted by the notor serial killer Jefey Dahmer, " the DOJ's statement says.

TEXAS MAN SENTENCED FOR HATE CRIME AND OTHER CHARG AFTER USG DATG APP TO TARGET GAY MEN FOR VLENT CRIM

"The facts of this se are tly shockg, and the fendant's cisn to specifilly target gay men is a disturbg remr of the unique prejudic and dangers facg the LGBTQ+ muny today, " Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Jtice Department's Civil Rights Divisn — which was also volved the se agast Sene — said.

German Chavez was 14 years old when he first started g a gay datg app lled Grdr to fd adult men to pay him for need to help his troubled sgle mother pay the bills, he said, and had no trouble fdg men to purchase him on the popular lotn-based mobile 25 and years away om the sex tra, Chavez is warng other mors to stay away om Grdr, one of the most popular apps the untry for gay and bisexual men. The pany touts s mobile platform as “The World’s Largt Social Networkg App for Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer People” and says s ers have to be 18 years old and the app is teemg wh unrage gay, bisexual and qutng boys, acrdg to rearchers, child exploatn specialists and ers like Chavez who say they n easily lie about their age to ga accs to the LGBTQ teens are seekg nnectn a world that provis few safe spac, rearchers say. More than half of sexually active gay and bisexual boys between the ag of 14 and 17 fd sexual partners on Grdr and other siar apps, acrdg to a 2018 study by Northwtern Universy rearchers.

Turban recently -published an article the Journal of the Amerin Amy of Child and Adolcent Psychiatry timatg that about one quarter of all gay and bisexual adolcent mal are g Grdr and siar apps — likely hundreds of thoands of youth natnwi. He’s seen gay teens end up at an emergency room Boston — where he worked until last year — crisis after beg sexually exploed by men they met on Grdr yet too ashamed to seek help om other adults. He says he has received some phback om members of the gay muny about his foc on Grdr, when there are so many s targetg children.