I’m a gay psychiatrist. Here’s why I went on Grdr to survey men.
Contents:
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GRDR IS AFFECTG GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH
- THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S
- UNSEEN, PART 3: POPULAR GAY DATG APP GRDR POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GRDR IS AFFECTG GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH
* is grindr just for gays *
Grdr is well sued for gay people but for straight people there are other awome apps that n help them fd someone special. This is a very popular app and s populary is reason why straight people wonr whether there is a siar app that works for them like Grdr works for gay people.
The good news is there are apps that work for straight people the way Grdr works for gays. I’m a gay psychiatrist.
THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S
Beg gay has never been more mastream the UK and, rightly so, young people feel empowered and able to e out as LGBTQ+ at a time that is right for them. Wh the ernment and major rporatns full support, we have everythg to be proud about, but what about people who jt might not be proud at all an * is grindr just for gays *
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.
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.
UNSEEN, PART 3: POPULAR GAY DATG APP GRDR POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
Gay datg s are more than jt Grdr and Scff! Here we look at ee gay datg s, lbian datg apps, queer/non-bary onle datg webs, and more. The 14 bt datg apps for men, women, and people the LGBTQ+ muny. * is grindr just for gays *
A staggerg number of gay men suffer om prsn, wh some timat as high as 50 percent.
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. One 23-year-old er told me that the only plac he n fd gay men are clubs and Grdr, and both are hypersexualized. Acrdg to Pachankis, gay culture is often “stat-foced, petive, hierarchil, and exclnary.
On Sam Smh’s “Barbie” soundtrack song “Man I Am,” the performer sgs about a Ken who’s “not gay, bro,” but has “been on that lay low.” So, a Bicur Ken? * is grindr just for gays *
” He explas that the tras are mon among men generally, but the gay muny, they bee amplified a group that “both socializ and sexualiz together. Calopram, a mon antiprsant, was shown one small study to be helpful wh sex addictn gay men.
Did your parents tell you beg gay is wrong and you’re searchg for acceptance? 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.