Hinge have issued an apology to Laverne Cox and Trace Lysette after they were both blocked for being trans. Earlier this week, Lysette – who recently starred alongside Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu in Hustlers – revealed that she was banned from the dating app, telling her Twitter followers: “More transphobic dating fun.
This time from @hinge – so exhausted with these dating apps allowing people to report trans women for no reason. As if dating isn’t exhausting enough.” Emmy-nominated Orange is the New Black star Laverne Cox quote-tweeted Lysette, admitting she was “blocked on @hinge as well”.
After receiving widespread backlash online, Hinge told Lysette that their “moderators didn’t believe” it was her. “We’ve immediately reinstated