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• BT GAY HOOKUP S AND APPS
• BT GAY DATG APPS FOR HOOKUPS, RELATNSHIPS, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN
• GAY HOOKUP : 10+ BT GAY HOOKUP S AND APPS
• GRDR - GAY CHAT FOR ANDROID
• GAY HOOKUP APP GRDR MATAS HARMFUL STEREOTYP
• BEST GAY HOOKUP APP 2017
• SMMERS ARE REPORTEDLY USG GAY HOOKUP APPS TO BLACKMAIL USERS
• GAY HOOK-UP APPS TARGETED BY EXTORTNISTS CANBERRA, AIDS ACTN COUNCIL SAYS
• VENU WHERE MALE SEX WORKERS MEET PARTNERS: THE EMERGENCE OF GAY HOOKUP APPS AND WEB S
• MAP BASED GAY HOOKUP
• 13 BT GAY DATG APPS FOR HOOKUPS, LOVE, CISG & ANYTHG ELSE
• MORE THAN A HOOKUP APP: HOW GRDR FOR EQUALY HARNS S GLOBAL REACH TO FIGHT FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS BY JOHN SIEGELJUNE 6, 2017PHOTOGRAPHS BY CAROLE CARTER AT A GLANCE: GRINDR AND GRINDR FOR EQUALITYWHEN YOUR IENDS MENTN GRDR, YOU’RE LIKELY TO THK: GAY HOOKUP APP. AND YOU’D BE RIGHT TO CHARACTERIZE THAT WAY — BUT ONLY PARTLY.WHILE THE DATG PLATFORM AND WEBSE CERTALY CELEBRATE THE LIGHTER SI OF HOOKUP CULTURE (LEARN HOW TO E YOUR DOG TO BEE A GUY MAG), THE WT HOLLYWOOD-BASED STARTUP IS ALSO ON THE ONT L OF FIGHTG FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY WORLDWI.GRDR FOR EQUALY LLABORAT WH LOL LGBTQ ADVOCY GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD, G THE APP’S GLOBAL REACH TO PLOY HEALTH AND SAFETY RMATN, CLUDG TO LGBTQ PEOPLE DANGER. THANKS TO THE APP’S GEOLOTN TECHNOLOGY, GRDR FOR EQUALY N RPOND A TARGETED WAY TO SPECIFIC THREATS TO LGBTQ RIGHTS WHEN AND WHERE THEY OCCUR.“EVEN THE VERY EARLY STAG, PEOPLE VELOPG THE APP REALIZED THAT ULD HAVE HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLITNS, AND THAT ULD BE A TOOL FOR JTICE,” SAID JACK HARRISON-QUTANA, DIRECTOR OF GRDR FOR EQUALY. "WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE HIGHLY WORKED, GLOBAL GROUPS OF OPPRSED PEOPLE WHO ARE VTED THE SOCIAL JTICE MOVEMENTS? THAT’S THE QUTN I TRY TO ANSWER, AND EVERY DAY, ’S A LTLE DIFFERENT.”THIS AT A TIME OF CRISIS FOR THE GLOBAL LGBTQ MUNY. IN CERTA PARTS OF THE WORLD, LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE SUBJECT TO LAWS AGAST HOMOSEXUAL EXPRSN; FIVE UNTRI — AS WELL AS PARTS OF TWO OTHERS — PUNISH HOMOSEXUALY WH THE ATH PENALTY.IN A BTAL ANTI-LGBTQ MPAIGN CHECHNYA THIS YEAR, DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ROUND UP AND TORTURED, WH THREE ALLEGED ATHS. HARRISON-QUTANA IS WORKG WH RSIAN PRO-RIGHTS GROUPS TO GET LGBTQ PEOPLE CHECHNYA VAL SAFETY RMATN.“IT'S REALLY ABOUT SHOWG PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE NOT POWERLS — AND THAT THEY N SURVIVE WHAT IS CLEARLY A DIRE SUATN,” HE SAID. GRDR FOR EQUALY ALSO WORKS WH GROUPS WORLDWI TO MAKE HIV TTG MORE ACCSIBLE, ENURAGE VOTG AND FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA.BUILT IN LA SAT DOWN WH HARRISON-QUTANA TO DISCS HOW HE PRRIZ IATIV, WHAT HE’D LIKE TO ACHIEVE THE FUTURE AND WHY A HOOKUP APP IS ACTUALLY THE PERFECT PLACE TO HOST A NUANCED NVERSATN ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH.    GRDR OFFERS A PANY-WI TRAG PROGRAM WH THE TENT TO BEE A CERTIFIED TRANS-IENDLY WORKPLACE. EMPLOYEES: 90+WHAT THEY DO: GRDR FOR EQUALY PLOYS HEALTH AND SAFETY IATIV AND RMATN PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT NEED MOST.FOUNDED: GRDR LNCHED 2009, FOLLOWED BY GRDR FOR EQUALY 2012.WHO THEY DO IT FOR: THE GLOBAL LGBTQ MUNY.WHERE THEY DO IT: THE PACIFIC DIGN CENTER WT HOLLYWOOD.196: TOTAL UNTRI WHICH GRDR IS ED.EMPLOYEES: GRDR TENDS TO ATTRACT EMPLOYE WHO RE ABOUT SOCIAL JTICE.GOAL FOR FUTURE: TO EMPOWER, TE AND PROTECT THE GLOBAL LGBTQ MUNY.  BEST-DRESSED EMPLOYEE: THIS GUY WHO WORE A STORMTROOPER STUME FOR OUR SHOOT. THEY'RE HIRG | VIEW 10 JOBSGRDR IS HIRG | VIEW 10 JOBS  WHAT DO YOU DO AS THE DIRECTOR OF GRDR FOR EQUALY?MY JOB IS TO THK ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THAT A GLOBAL WORK OF QUEER PEOPLE N BE LEVERAGED FOR SOCIAL JTICE. I FD THE BT WAYS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GRDR’S REACH TO HELP PROMOTE LGBTQ HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS.HOW IMPORTANT ARE YOUR LLABORATNS WH LOL ACTIVIST GROUPS?OFTEN TIM, THE BT OPPORTUNY TO GET VOLVED ACTIVISM MOVEMENTS IS BY GOG LOL. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHG WHOUT THE LLABORATN OF LOL MOVEMENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.HOW DID YOU BEE VOLVED WH LGBTQ RIGHTS?I GREW UP A SMALL MUNY EAST TENNSEE, AND I KNEW I WAS GAY PRETTY YOUNG. WHEN I WAS HIGH SCHOOL, MY SIGNIFINT OTHER ME OUT AS TRANS, AND THAT REALLY CHANGED HOW I THOUGHT ABOUT LGBTQ STUFF BROADLY. IT REALLY WASN'T JT ABOUT ME ANYMORE — WAS MORE ABOUT THIS WHOLE MUNY. SEEG THE EXTREME FORMS OF DISCRIMATN THAT PEOPLE FACED OUR TOWN OPENED ME UP TO WHAT WAS REALLY GOG ON THE UNTRY WH LGBTQ STUFF. I GOT REALLY VOLVED WHEN I GOT TO LLEGE.HOW DO GRDR FOR EQUALY PRRIZE SOCIAL JTICE IATIV?I SPL MY WORK TO FOUR SECTORS: GLOBAL HEALTH, DOMTIC HEALTH, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND DOMTIC HUMAN RIGHTS. IN TERMS OF PRRI, I TRY TO KEEP ALL FOUR OF THOSE VERY ACTIVE, BUT THERE ARE A UPLE OTHER FACTORS THAT HELP ME PRRIZE: HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE A GIVEN UNTRY WHO ARE NNECTG TO THE APP? HOW DIRE IS A GIVEN SUATN?I THK THE LAST FACTOR IS INTIFYG WHERE THE ENERGY IS. WHO IS EXCED TO WORK WH ? WHO IS DOG REALLY GOOD WORK? WHERE IS SOMETHG POPPG UP? I'M A SMALL AND AGILE ENOUGH OPERATN THAT I N REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE MOMENTS AND GET THE MOST OUT OF THEM WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENG.GRDR IS PERCEIVED BY MANY AS JT A GAY HOOKUP APP, BUT THAT’S NOT THE SE.I THK MY HUMAN RIGHTS WORK EPOMIZ HOW THE APP IS MORE THAN JT ABOUT HOOKUP CULTURE. I DON’T SHY AWAY OM THE SEXUAL ASPECT. I THK THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWS TO HAVE A MORE HONT NVERSATN ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE'RE ALREADY THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE SEX IS NORMALIZED.WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE IATIVE?  ULTIMATELY, ONE THG I WANT IS FOR PEOPLE ANYWHERE THE WORLD TO BE ABLE TO FD THE CLOST PLACE TO GET AN HIV AND STI TT. IN THE UNED STAT, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CENTRALIZED, ERNMENT-OWNED DATABASE, AND ’S REALLY EASY. THAT'S NOT TE ALL UNTRI. IN INDIA, WE ARE ACTUALLY SUPPORTG A GROUP WH SOME FUNDG AS WELL AS TECHNIL SUPPORT TO BUILD THE FIRST SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF HIV TTG LOTNS THAT UNTRY.  HOW DO GRDR FOR EQUALY E GRDR’S TECHNOLOGY S MISSN?WE'RE REALLY ADDG VALUE TO WHAT A LOT OF ACTIVISTS ARE UNRTAKG ALREADY. FOR , 'S ABOUT MAKG RELATNSHIPS AND OFFERG THEM OUR PLATFORM AS A MUNITN STRATEGY FOR WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY TRYG TO DO.BEE OF THE NUMBER OF ERS WE HAVE ALL OVER THE WORLD, THE GRDR APP N BE A QUICK WAY TO GET AN UPDATE OUT TO SPECIFIC PEOPLE. WHAT'S OL ABOUT OUR GEOLOTN SYSTEM IS THAT WE N TARGET AN AREA SPECIFILLY. I N SEND A MSAGE TO AN AREA AS SMALL AS A CY BLOCK OR AS BIG AS THE WHOLE WORLD, AND WE N TARGET BY RACE, AGE OR HIV STAT TO GET TAILORED MSAG TO ERS.IN SOME UNTRI, BEG A PART OF THE LGBTQ MUNY IS ILLEGAL. HOW DO PEOPLE THOSE PLAC E GRDR?THEIR E OF THE APP IS OFTEN VERY SIAR TO WHAT IS HERE. I THK PEOPLE TAKE EXTRA PREUTNS. THEY'RE LS LIKELY TO PUT THEIR FACE AS THEIR ONT PHOTO. THEY MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A LONGER NVERSATN OVER THE URSE OF DAYS OR WEEKS BEFORE THEY'RE WILLG TO MEET SOMEONE PERSON BEE OF DIFFERENT SAFETY NCERNS.THE OTHER BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT MEANS SOMETHG DIFFERENT. IF YOU ARE LIVG A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE NO BRICK AND MORTAR LGBTQ SPAC, THEN LOGGG ONTO GRDR MAY BE YOUR ONLY LIFELE TO THE LGBTQ MUNY. IT MAY BE THE ONLY SOURCE FOR HEALTH RMATN.WHAT ARE SOME PRSG MATTERS YOU’RE WORKG ON RIGHT NOW?IN CHECHNYA, DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE BEG TARGETED AND ROUND UP, WH REPORTS OF TORTURE. AT LEAST THREE MEN ARE REPORTED AD. WHEN FEAR TAK HOLD A REGN, THERE ARE A LOT OF MORS AND PEOPLE TEND TO ISOLATE.WE’VE BEEN SENDG OUT DAILY MSAG TO GET PEOPLE ON-THE-GROUND, UP-TO-DATE RMATN ON WHAT’S HAPPENG AND HOW THEY N GET HELP. WE WORK NJUNCTN WH THE RSIAN LGBT NETWORK TO PROVI PEOPLE WH WAYS OF GETTG EVACUATED OM CHECHNYA WHEN THERE’S IMMEDIATE DANGER.HOW DO YOU GET VAL RMATN OUT WHOUT SPARKG PANIC?I DON'T KNOW IF WE ALWAYS SUCCSFULLY HELP AVOID PANIC, BUT I WORK WH SOME REALLY SKILLED TRANSLATORS THAT HELP ME PHRASE THGS SUCH A WAY THAT ULD MIGATE THAT PANIC TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.WHAT HELPS PEOPLE IS KNOWG THAT THEY DO HAVE OPTNS. IF THEY NEED TO BE EVACUATED, THEY N LL THIS TOLL EE NUMBER, 24/7, AND THE RSIAN LGBT NETWORK WILL GET THEM OUT. IT'S REALLY ABOUT SHOWG PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE NOT POWERLS AND THAT THEY N SURVIVE WHAT IS CLEARLY A DIRE SUATN.HOW DO THIS IATIVE DIFFER OM SOCIAL JTICE PROGRAMS AT OTHER PANI?THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OTHER PANI’ RPORATE SOCIAL RPONSIBILY ENTERPRIS AND OURS IS THAT GRDR FOR EQUALY IS A CLEAR F. CONCERN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS AND HEALTH ARE RE TO WHAT MEANS TO BE LGBTQ. IT'S JT A REALLY EASY F FOR EVERYTHG THAT WE DO.WANT TO WORK AT GRDR?  CHECK OUT THEIR OPEN POSNS. GRDRVIEW PROFILEWE ARE HIRG JOBS AT GRDR
• 20 GAY HOOKUP APPS TO TRY OUT ON YOUR NEXT TRAVEL ADVENTURE…?

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Chappy posns self as an app for gay men to safely nnect wh other gay men, whout fear of discrimatn or any threat to safety. Well, now ’s time to give you all a b more tail on the gay hookup s: we’ll talk about muny, featur, pricg and more. This super popular webse created 2016 is sure to help you fd whatever you’re lookg for a gay relatnship.

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It’s super simple and has no extra gadgets or gizmos: basilly all you have to do is upload a clear picture of yourself, and then check out the pictur upload by gay men your area. Lastly, we’d like to talk about a very popular and super clive gay hookup se we really love – Jack’d.

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Durg that time, gay men were typilly unable to exprs romantic attractn openly and were stead forced to nnect to one another through hookups that were almost always sexual nature. This part led to the largely harmful perceptn that gay men are hypersexual and also normalized the fetishizatn of gay sex, typilly for straight women. I’m wrg about the experienc of gay men, and I don’t want to speak on how other queer groups f to this absurd hookup system, bee I haven’t lived those experienc.

For the most part, Grdr ters to cisgenr gay men, and a perfect world, would be a place where gay guys uld all be happy and iendly and gay together. In realy, Grdr shatters this blissful gay utopia wh a system of labels that are, at bt, anxiety-ducg and, at worst, enforcg historilly harmful stereotyp about gay men and wir perceptns of the LGBTQ muny.

MORE THAN A HOOKUP APP: HOW GRDR FOR EQUALY HARNS S GLOBAL REACH TO FIGHT FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS BY JOHN SIEGELJUNE 6, 2017PHOTOGRAPHS BY CAROLE CARTER AT A GLANCE: GRINDR AND GRINDR FOR EQUALITYWHEN YOUR IENDS MENTN GRDR, YOU’RE LIKELY TO THK: GAY HOOKUP APP. AND YOU’D BE RIGHT TO CHARACTERIZE THAT WAY — BUT ONLY PARTLY.WHILE THE DATG PLATFORM AND WEBSE CERTALY CELEBRATE THE LIGHTER SI OF HOOKUP CULTURE (LEARN HOW TO E YOUR DOG TO BEE A GUY MAG), THE WT HOLLYWOOD-BASED STARTUP IS ALSO ON THE ONT L OF FIGHTG FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY WORLDWI.GRDR FOR EQUALY LLABORAT WH LOL LGBTQ ADVOCY GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD, G THE APP’S GLOBAL REACH TO PLOY HEALTH AND SAFETY RMATN, CLUDG TO LGBTQ PEOPLE DANGER. THANKS TO THE APP’S GEOLOTN TECHNOLOGY, GRDR FOR EQUALY N RPOND A TARGETED WAY TO SPECIFIC THREATS TO LGBTQ RIGHTS WHEN AND WHERE THEY OCCUR.“EVEN THE VERY EARLY STAG, PEOPLE VELOPG THE APP REALIZED THAT ULD HAVE HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLITNS, AND THAT ULD BE A TOOL FOR JTICE,” SAID JACK HARRISON-QUTANA, DIRECTOR OF GRDR FOR EQUALY. "WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE HIGHLY WORKED, GLOBAL GROUPS OF OPPRSED PEOPLE WHO ARE VTED THE SOCIAL JTICE MOVEMENTS? THAT’S THE QUTN I TRY TO ANSWER, AND EVERY DAY, ’S A LTLE DIFFERENT.”THIS AT A TIME OF CRISIS FOR THE GLOBAL LGBTQ MUNY. IN CERTA PARTS OF THE WORLD, LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE SUBJECT TO LAWS AGAST HOMOSEXUAL EXPRSN; FIVE UNTRI — AS WELL AS PARTS OF TWO OTHERS — PUNISH HOMOSEXUALY WH THE ATH PENALTY.IN A BTAL ANTI-LGBTQ MPAIGN CHECHNYA THIS YEAR, DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ROUND UP AND TORTURED, WH THREE ALLEGED ATHS. HARRISON-QUTANA IS WORKG WH RSIAN PRO-RIGHTS GROUPS TO GET LGBTQ PEOPLE CHECHNYA VAL SAFETY RMATN.“IT'S REALLY ABOUT SHOWG PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE NOT POWERLS — AND THAT THEY N SURVIVE WHAT IS CLEARLY A DIRE SUATN,” HE SAID. GRDR FOR EQUALY ALSO WORKS WH GROUPS WORLDWI TO MAKE HIV TTG MORE ACCSIBLE, ENURAGE VOTG AND FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA.BUILT IN LA SAT DOWN WH HARRISON-QUTANA TO DISCS HOW HE PRRIZ IATIV, WHAT HE’D LIKE TO ACHIEVE THE FUTURE AND WHY A HOOKUP APP IS ACTUALLY THE PERFECT PLACE TO HOST A NUANCED NVERSATN ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH.    GRDR OFFERS A PANY-WI TRAG PROGRAM WH THE TENT TO BEE A CERTIFIED TRANS-IENDLY WORKPLACE. EMPLOYEES: 90+WHAT THEY DO: GRDR FOR EQUALY PLOYS HEALTH AND SAFETY IATIV AND RMATN PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT NEED MOST.FOUNDED: GRDR LNCHED 2009, FOLLOWED BY GRDR FOR EQUALY 2012.WHO THEY DO IT FOR: THE GLOBAL LGBTQ MUNY.WHERE THEY DO IT: THE PACIFIC DIGN CENTER WT HOLLYWOOD.196: TOTAL UNTRI WHICH GRDR IS ED.EMPLOYEES: GRDR TENDS TO ATTRACT EMPLOYE WHO RE ABOUT SOCIAL JTICE.GOAL FOR FUTURE: TO EMPOWER, TE AND PROTECT THE GLOBAL LGBTQ MUNY.  BEST-DRESSED EMPLOYEE: THIS GUY WHO WORE A STORMTROOPER STUME FOR OUR SHOOT. THEY'RE HIRG | VIEW 10 JOBSGRDR IS HIRG | VIEW 10 JOBS  WHAT DO YOU DO AS THE DIRECTOR OF GRDR FOR EQUALY?MY JOB IS TO THK ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THAT A GLOBAL WORK OF QUEER PEOPLE N BE LEVERAGED FOR SOCIAL JTICE. I FD THE BT WAYS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GRDR’S REACH TO HELP PROMOTE LGBTQ HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS.HOW IMPORTANT ARE YOUR LLABORATNS WH LOL ACTIVIST GROUPS?OFTEN TIM, THE BT OPPORTUNY TO GET VOLVED ACTIVISM MOVEMENTS IS BY GOG LOL. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHG WHOUT THE LLABORATN OF LOL MOVEMENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.HOW DID YOU BEE VOLVED WH LGBTQ RIGHTS?I GREW UP A SMALL MUNY EAST TENNSEE, AND I KNEW I WAS GAY PRETTY YOUNG. WHEN I WAS HIGH SCHOOL, MY SIGNIFINT OTHER ME OUT AS TRANS, AND THAT REALLY CHANGED HOW I THOUGHT ABOUT LGBTQ STUFF BROADLY. IT REALLY WASN'T JT ABOUT ME ANYMORE — WAS MORE ABOUT THIS WHOLE MUNY. SEEG THE EXTREME FORMS OF DISCRIMATN THAT PEOPLE FACED OUR TOWN OPENED ME UP TO WHAT WAS REALLY GOG ON THE UNTRY WH LGBTQ STUFF. I GOT REALLY VOLVED WHEN I GOT TO LLEGE.HOW DO GRDR FOR EQUALY PRRIZE SOCIAL JTICE IATIV?I SPL MY WORK TO FOUR SECTORS: GLOBAL HEALTH, DOMTIC HEALTH, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND DOMTIC HUMAN RIGHTS. IN TERMS OF PRRI, I TRY TO KEEP ALL FOUR OF THOSE VERY ACTIVE, BUT THERE ARE A UPLE OTHER FACTORS THAT HELP ME PRRIZE: HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE A GIVEN UNTRY WHO ARE NNECTG TO THE APP? HOW DIRE IS A GIVEN SUATN?I THK THE LAST FACTOR IS INTIFYG WHERE THE ENERGY IS. WHO IS EXCED TO WORK WH ? WHO IS DOG REALLY GOOD WORK? WHERE IS SOMETHG POPPG UP? I'M A SMALL AND AGILE ENOUGH OPERATN THAT I N REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE MOMENTS AND GET THE MOST OUT OF THEM WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENG.GRDR IS PERCEIVED BY MANY AS JT A GAY HOOKUP APP, BUT THAT’S NOT THE SE.I THK MY HUMAN RIGHTS WORK EPOMIZ HOW THE APP IS MORE THAN JT ABOUT HOOKUP CULTURE. I DON’T SHY AWAY OM THE SEXUAL ASPECT. I THK THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWS TO HAVE A MORE HONT NVERSATN ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE'RE ALREADY THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE SEX IS NORMALIZED.WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE IATIVE?  ULTIMATELY, ONE THG I WANT IS FOR PEOPLE ANYWHERE THE WORLD TO BE ABLE TO FD THE CLOST PLACE TO GET AN HIV AND STI TT. IN THE UNED STAT, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CENTRALIZED, ERNMENT-OWNED DATABASE, AND ’S REALLY EASY. THAT'S NOT TE ALL UNTRI. IN INDIA, WE ARE ACTUALLY SUPPORTG A GROUP WH SOME FUNDG AS WELL AS TECHNIL SUPPORT TO BUILD THE FIRST SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF HIV TTG LOTNS THAT UNTRY.  HOW DO GRDR FOR EQUALY E GRDR’S TECHNOLOGY S MISSN?WE'RE REALLY ADDG VALUE TO WHAT A LOT OF ACTIVISTS ARE UNRTAKG ALREADY. FOR , 'S ABOUT MAKG RELATNSHIPS AND OFFERG THEM OUR PLATFORM AS A MUNITN STRATEGY FOR WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY TRYG TO DO.BEE OF THE NUMBER OF ERS WE HAVE ALL OVER THE WORLD, THE GRDR APP N BE A QUICK WAY TO GET AN UPDATE OUT TO SPECIFIC PEOPLE. WHAT'S OL ABOUT OUR GEOLOTN SYSTEM IS THAT WE N TARGET AN AREA SPECIFILLY. I N SEND A MSAGE TO AN AREA AS SMALL AS A CY BLOCK OR AS BIG AS THE WHOLE WORLD, AND WE N TARGET BY RACE, AGE OR HIV STAT TO GET TAILORED MSAG TO ERS.IN SOME UNTRI, BEG A PART OF THE LGBTQ MUNY IS ILLEGAL. HOW DO PEOPLE THOSE PLAC E GRDR?THEIR E OF THE APP IS OFTEN VERY SIAR TO WHAT IS HERE. I THK PEOPLE TAKE EXTRA PREUTNS. THEY'RE LS LIKELY TO PUT THEIR FACE AS THEIR ONT PHOTO. THEY MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A LONGER NVERSATN OVER THE URSE OF DAYS OR WEEKS BEFORE THEY'RE WILLG TO MEET SOMEONE PERSON BEE OF DIFFERENT SAFETY NCERNS.THE OTHER BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT MEANS SOMETHG DIFFERENT. IF YOU ARE LIVG A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE NO BRICK AND MORTAR LGBTQ SPAC, THEN LOGGG ONTO GRDR MAY BE YOUR ONLY LIFELE TO THE LGBTQ MUNY. IT MAY BE THE ONLY SOURCE FOR HEALTH RMATN.WHAT ARE SOME PRSG MATTERS YOU’RE WORKG ON RIGHT NOW?IN CHECHNYA, DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE BEG TARGETED AND ROUND UP, WH REPORTS OF TORTURE. AT LEAST THREE MEN ARE REPORTED AD. WHEN FEAR TAK HOLD A REGN, THERE ARE A LOT OF MORS AND PEOPLE TEND TO ISOLATE.WE’VE BEEN SENDG OUT DAILY MSAG TO GET PEOPLE ON-THE-GROUND, UP-TO-DATE RMATN ON WHAT’S HAPPENG AND HOW THEY N GET HELP. WE WORK NJUNCTN WH THE RSIAN LGBT NETWORK TO PROVI PEOPLE WH WAYS OF GETTG EVACUATED OM CHECHNYA WHEN THERE’S IMMEDIATE DANGER.HOW DO YOU GET VAL RMATN OUT WHOUT SPARKG PANIC?I DON'T KNOW IF WE ALWAYS SUCCSFULLY HELP AVOID PANIC, BUT I WORK WH SOME REALLY SKILLED TRANSLATORS THAT HELP ME PHRASE THGS SUCH A WAY THAT ULD MIGATE THAT PANIC TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.WHAT HELPS PEOPLE IS KNOWG THAT THEY DO HAVE OPTNS. IF THEY NEED TO BE EVACUATED, THEY N LL THIS TOLL EE NUMBER, 24/7, AND THE RSIAN LGBT NETWORK WILL GET THEM OUT. IT'S REALLY ABOUT SHOWG PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE NOT POWERLS AND THAT THEY N SURVIVE WHAT IS CLEARLY A DIRE SUATN.HOW DO THIS IATIVE DIFFER OM SOCIAL JTICE PROGRAMS AT OTHER PANI?THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OTHER PANI’ RPORATE SOCIAL RPONSIBILY ENTERPRIS AND OURS IS THAT GRDR FOR EQUALY IS A CLEAR F. CONCERN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS AND HEALTH ARE RE TO WHAT MEANS TO BE LGBTQ. IT'S JT A REALLY EASY F FOR EVERYTHG THAT WE DO.WANT TO WORK AT GRDR?  CHECK OUT THEIR OPEN POSNS. GRDRVIEW PROFILEWE ARE HIRG JOBS AT GRDR

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