We need to talk about how Grdr is affectg gay men’s mental health - Vox

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

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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.

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.

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

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. Yet sce 2007, more gay men have died om suici than om HIV.

It’s time to do the same for gay hookup apps.

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

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LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

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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

As we ntue to fight to brg gay relatnships to the mastream, we need to keep an eye on Grdr and how both reflects and affects gay culture. For some background ntext, I am a young gay man livg a very populated cy, so weird thgs are bound to happen, pecially when g the gay datg app Grdr.