What Uber did for cars, so Grindr did for hooking up. A decade after its release, NBCOUT reflects on the impact Grindr has had on the gay and bi community.
RelatedJ.R., 33, said “kindness” is not what he experienced as an overweight Grindr user.
J.R. said he found a completely different experience after he lost more than 60 pounds and logged back on. “People were bombarding me with complimentary messages and sending me unsolicited nudes,” he said. “It’s almost like a rite of passage for the culture,” Chris said. “You go from zero to 100 real quick.”
“I was really worried that it would be a vending machine for dick,” Jason said. “And it can certainly be used that way — I see the potential.” But after a younger family member came out of the closet and Jason had a health scare, he said he realized “there's this whole side of myself that is not finding any expression.”
Jason has used these apps to meet four or five people who he now considers his best friends. He even developed a long-distance chat relationship with Chris, who lives in Southern California. Jason said it’s almost never just for sex.
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