Origally signed for gay men, the datg app has bee more clive over the years. But while some Grdr ers wele women, others rent their Entire Post ›
Contents:
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GRDR IS AFFECTG GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH
- HOW GRDR, A POPULAR GAY DATG APP, POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
- TODAY JT SO YOU KNOW I'M NOT GAY OR ANYTHG THIS IS GRDR MY GUY I GUS PEOPLE WHO ARE LACTOSE TOLERANT N'T WALK DOWN THE FUCKG DAIRY AISLE? I'M JT LOOKG
- LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
- 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
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GRDR IS AFFECTG GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH
I’m a gay psychiatrist. Here’s why I went on Grdr to survey men. * i'm gay grindr *
Compared to tly gay or even bi guys who want to lger, maybe kiss and cuddle for a while. Even the married gay guys are no sh to go. I’m a gay psychiatrist.
As a gay psychiatrist who studi genr and sexualy, I’m thrilled wh the huge stris we’ve ma over the past to brg gay relatnships to the mastream.
HOW GRDR, A POPULAR GAY DATG APP, POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
Apps like Grdr, wh 3 ln daily active ers, and others like Scff and Jack’d, are signed to help gay men solic sex, often anonymoly, onle. I am all for sexual liberatn, but I n’t stop wonrg if the apps also have a negative effect on gay men’s mental health. It’s a small sample size, but enough to give some clu about how Grdr is affectg gay men.
TODAY JT SO YOU KNOW I'M NOT GAY OR ANYTHG THIS IS GRDR MY GUY I GUS PEOPLE WHO ARE LACTOSE TOLERANT N'T WALK DOWN THE FUCKG DAIRY AISLE? I'M JT LOOKG
Yet sce 2007, more gay men have died om suici than om HIV.
It’s time to do the same for gay hookup apps. A staggerg number of gay men suffer om prsn, wh some timat as high as 50 percent.
LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
Bee gay men’s anxiety and prsn often stem om childhood rejectn for beg gay, msag of affirmatn om other gay men are particularly appealg. “Apps like Grdr are often both a e and a nsequence of gay and bisexual men’s disproportnally poorer mental health.
The general populatn seems fortable wh the ia of gay marriage, but ’s still difficult for a gay man to fd a partner.
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
One 23-year-old er told me that the only plac he n fd gay men are clubs and Grdr, and both are hypersexualized.