Grindr –– can’t live with it, can’t hookup without it. For better or worse, the popular dating app has had a chokehold on the queer community since its 2009 launch.
But that doesn’t mean we know what we’re doing on it. Or how to explain it to our parents.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Perhaps that’s why Gay Twitter X user @elliotconk recently went viral for an adorable text from his mom suggesting a pic for his “grinder profile.”Mom……….
pic.twitter.com/isg4ORI1IM“[The pic] sends the right message about you,” his mom wrote in a screenshotted text message. “Intellectual and handsome, serious but fun.” Aww!.