Tag: Grindr

A Michigan man is being prosecuted for the murder of a gay man and the shooting another in what prosecutors say was an anti-gay attack. Demetris Nelson has been charged with first degree murder, felony murder, attempted murder, and assault with intent to rob in the murder of a gay man in Detroit last week. Prosecutors believe that Nelson, 26, met up with Brian Anderson, 31, and Malcolm Drake, 26, on July 6 at 4 a.m. after they connected through Grindr. Nelson...

A Detroit man was charged Friday in connection with the shooting of two gay men who were contacted through Grindr. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office alleges that 26-year-old Demetris Nelson used the online hookup/dating app on July 6 to track down the men before fatally shooting 31-year-old Brian Anderson and critically wounding 26-year-old Malcolm Drake. Prosecutors say Nelson targeted the men because they were gay. “The allegations are that social media contacts were used to target, contact, rob, fatally shoot one...

Demetris Nelson, a 26-year-old man from Detroit, has been accused of using the gay dating app Grindr to find and kill gay men. Nelson is accused of killing Brian Anderson, and wounding Malcolm Drake. Malcolm Drake is currently alive, but was critically injured in the attack. Nelson is being charged with first-degree murder, assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to rob while armed, and felony firearm possession. Prosecutors believe that he sought out his victims because of their sexual...

Scruff, one of the most popular gay hookup apps, announced today that it will buy competing app, Jack’d, for an undisclosed amount. Combined, the two apps will have approximately 20 million users. Scruff’s parent company, Perry Street Software, is promising major updates to Jack’d and says both apps will continue to operate separately. Approximately 50 percent of Jack’d users are in Asia, giving the company a foothold in that market. The company is also promising some major updates for Jack’d, which...

Feeling Grindr fatigue? Has Tinder left you swiped out? Are you missing all of OKCupid’s arrows? Take heart in the dating app success stories gay guys recently shared on Reddit. “Took a while but I met my current on Grindr,” one commenter wrote. “We have been together nearly 6 years now. When we met, I was explicit I was taking time away from dating and hookups but was happy for friends. We were official 2 months later.” Or take this...

A new study has made a shocking discovery: men are more likely to hookup using a dating app if the battery on their cellphone is low. Researchers at the Department of Psychology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Canada completed the study, which appeared in the pages of Sexuality & Culture earlier this month. The conclusion: “When individuals are faced with a low phone battery, a sense of urgency may be experienced.” This can “increase risk-taking behaviors to accommodate an impending phone ‘death.'” The...

Since Grindr introduced various options for trans and gender non-conforming users in 2017, those communities have been using the dating app to find love and sex much more. However, as violence against trans women – specifically trans women of color — continues, the app may be used by people who are trying to meet these women for dangerous purposes.  This is what happened to Luna Lovebad, a Latina trans woman who lives...

Daniel Jenkins and Daryl HenryPolice have charged two men in Dallas with the attack and robbery of gay men they targeted on Grindr. Law enforcement officials say Daryl Henry (22) and Daniel Jenkins (20) lured men for dates using the popular gay social app only to beat, rob and in some cases rape victims. The attacks occurred in late 2017. Prosecutors unsealed the indictment–which charges both with violating federal hate crime laws–this week. Court documents detail how Henry and Jenkins targeted men...

Bad news for guys looking for covert connection in Lebanon: the country has officially banned Grindr from its soil. The Ministry of Telecommunications in Lebanon began blocking the IP address of the app over the weekend on the state-run telecommunications provider Ogero. Citizens using third-party providers still have access to the app. The queer rights group Helem issued a statement decrying the move as an assault to freedom of expression. “It seems that the Lebanese government and in particular the Ministry...

Gay dating app Grindr has been blocked in LebanonThe government of Lebanon has apparently ordered the gay dating app Grindr blocked for most users in the Arab country. The Independent reports the Arab nation’s state-owned internet service provider, Ogero, blocked access to the app on the orders of the public prosecutor’s office, and that all internet providers will soon follow suit. No explanation has been given for the ban, but the court order...

Say what you will about Grindr, it’s a useful place for casual hookups. However… it’s also a place for embarrassing errors, all sorts of catfishing, and sometimes – deliberate setups and ‘hoaxes’.Illustrative PhotoAnd that’s what happened to this guy on Reddit, who thought he would end up with a nice hookup – but ended up with, well, nothing but an embarrassment.“This guy texted me this morning”, he writes, “and wanted to hookup and we exchanged pictures, had similarities in...

Getting ghosted on Grindr is common. Getting cat-fished also happens. And sometimes… your hookup shows up and your landlord has sex with him, mistaking him for HIS Grindr hookup. Wait, what?That’s what happened to this guy on Reddit, who just wanted to have some fun, and ended up with a crazy story (AND some fun.)“I scheduled to meet with a dude I met on Grindr (Kyle) over the weekend and we had only shared one pic”, he writes. “I...

This is the era of social media activism. The #metoo movement was basically founded on Twitter. But what if activism could really be extended to hookup apps? Most people go on Grindr to chat, hookup or meet someone to date. They are pretty single-minded in that focus, understandably. No one wants to be interrupted when they are looking for Mr. Right or, especially, Mr. Right Now. Over the past few months, I’ve attempted to use my Grindr account as a weapon of...

But what happens next is hilarious A bisexual guy shared the story of how his gay landlord ended up mistakenly sucking his Grindr hookup’s dick. 26-year-old Joe from San Francisco took to Reddit to explain the ‘wildest night’ of his life. ‘I scheduled to meet with a dude I met on Grindr over the weekend and we had only shared one pic,’ Joe wrote in a now viral post. ‘I guess over the weekend, he catches amnesia or something and completely forgets...