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

Contents:

• MAN ACCED OF G GRDR APP TO TARGET AND ROB GAY MEN
• 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
• UNSEEN, PART 3: POPULAR GAY DATG APP GRDR POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
• BT GAY DATG APPS FOR HOOKUPS, RELATNSHIPS, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN

MAN ACCED OF G GRDR APP TO TARGET AND ROB GAY MEN

A Dubl man has been acced of g the Grdr app datg to rry out a spate of vlent knife robberi targetg gay men Dundalk. Employe at the gay hookup app Grdr announced Thursday that they had lnched a unn. 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.

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.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GRDR IS AFFECTG GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH

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.

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

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.

UNSEEN, PART 3: POPULAR GAY DATG APP GRDR POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS

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.

” 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.

BT GAY DATG APPS FOR HOOKUPS, RELATNSHIPS, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN

Grdr is a social work that brgs together gay and bisexual men who want to meet other men close to them a pletely discreet and anonymo way, whout havg to give any personal rmatn or havg to fill out a profile wh nfintial rmatn orr to app every er’s exact lotn, which mak easier for people to fd others who are close to them.

Pl, the private chat you tablish wh the other ntact, you n send pictur wh more privacy and whout any adult ntent a prence over 190 untri and wh over seven ln men registered, Grdr is the largt social work for homosexual, bisexual and hetero-cur men the world.

A social work to meet guys the gay muny. GPSGAY.

Meet and chat wh new iends of the gay muny. LGBTQIA+ datg app Grdr lnched a unn wh Communitns Workers of Ameri (CWA) rponse to mass tech layoffs and homophobic threats. ”The unn also addrsed the rise of systemic homophobia the U.