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Contents:

• GAY DATG HONG KONG
• BT GAY DATG APPS 2023: S FOR LGBTQ+ DATG
• THE EX-P BEHD CHA’S LARGT GAY DATG APP
• GAY DATG APP GRDR DISAPPEARS OM CHA APP STOR AS NTENT PURGE NTU AHEAD OF OLYMPICS
• HONG KONG PUTS UK TO SHAME WH ‘EXTRAORDARY’ NEW GAY DATG SHOW
• CHE FIRM BUYS MAJORY OF GAY DATG APP GRDR
• HONG KONG MAN GAY HOOKUP APPS TO STEAL £400,000

GAY DATG HONG KONG

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Drawg on domtitn theory and tersectnaly theory, this study explor the multiple rol datg apps play Che gay men’s liv amid changg personal and social circumstanc. The app’s geo-lotive featur strengthened the gay pal of our younger participant but threatened our middle-aged, closeted participant. Although g om a homophobic generatn, our senr participant had no issue beg an onle celebry on the app bee his wife had passed away, potg out the tersectnal fluence of generatnal and relatnal backgrounds.

BT GAY DATG APPS 2023: S FOR LGBTQ+ DATG

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THE EX-P BEHD CHA’S LARGT GAY DATG APP

Based on a three-year study (2016–2019) of Blued, a social app tailored to gay men Cha, 1 we exame how the multiple rol of Blued is tertwed wh gay men’s personal and social circumstanc.

GAY DATG APP GRDR DISAPPEARS OM CHA APP STOR AS NTENT PURGE NTU AHEAD OF OLYMPICS

Intersectnaly theory was origally veloped to exame the multiplied effects of race and genr discrimatn agast women of lor (Hanck, 2016), but is now also ed gay studi to reveal the prejudice and excln based on race, genr, and age wh gay muni (Nakamura, 2002). Combg domtitn theory and tersectnaly theory provis wh a pathway to unrstand the e of datg apps by gay men that is more ground everyday life and more attentive to the multiple levels of domatn (Colls, 1991) this article, we suate our study the recent scholarship on the e of datg apps among gay men, payg attentn particularly to studi nducted Cha.

HONG KONG PUTS UK TO SHAME WH ‘EXTRAORDARY’ NEW GAY DATG SHOW

Although homosexualy was crimalized 1997 and pathologized 2001, only 21% of the populatn Cha accepts homosexualy (Pew Rearch Center, 2013).

CHE FIRM BUYS MAJORY OF GAY DATG APP GRDR

As same-sex timacy is still highly sanctned Che society, apps such as Blued provi gay men wh opportuni to meet other gay men virtually.

HONG KONG MAN GAY HOOKUP APPS TO STEAL £400,000

Headquartered Beijg, Blued is the first and currently the largt gay app Cha, wh around 25 ln registered ers the untry (Qian & Woo, 2020). One study par the self-prentatns of Che gay men wh those of Amerin gay men on Jack’d (Chan, 2016) and fds that Che gay men are ls likely to upload a photograph of their face than their Amerin unterparts, reflectg the greater stigma of homosexualy Cha.

Lookg at relatnship velopment, Wu and Ward (2020) fd that although Che gay social app ers e the platforms to look for sex, they often rist the blunt, direct exprsns of sexual sir and preferenc; stead, they expect an tertg, staable nversatn wh potential sual sex partners.