The Grindr grid at the DNC is a vastly different experience than the one at the RNC
and arrange our next hookup simultaneously without any problem.A photo of a guy cruising Grindr during Night 1 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago has the internet cackling today.The picture was snapped towards the beginning of the evening, before any of the keynote speakers had taken the stage, and appears to show a man demurely checking his DMs as he waits for the prime time programming to begin which, we gotta say, is highly relatable!Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Openly on Grindr at the DNC is sooo funny pic.twitter.com/CcIzIYs0dwIt didn’t take long for the photo to go viral, with many people remembering just last month when a sudden uptick in anonymous Grindr profiles during the RNC caused the gay hookup app to crash multiple times.Over 1,000 Grindr users reported an outage in the Milwaukee area on the second day of the convention.
The outages continued throughout the third and fourth days, which was no doubt very frustrating for local users trying to make connections.The whole thing prompted disgraced former congressman George Santos, who pleaded guilty this week wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, to post a video on Twitter X, calling the RNC convention “the Grindr Superbowl.” ??Come??out??the??closest??boys??!
pic.twitter.com/3peFp8KOHhOf course, being on Grindr at the RNC, where the speakers spent four days leaning into homophobia and transphobia, is much different from being on Grindr at the DNC, where queer people aren’t just welcomed, they’re celebrated.
