We will not be silent. Black lives matter.
We were planning to announce our #PridePerseveres initiative today, but in light of the ongoing violence and injustices against our POC family, that no longer feels appropriate. How can we launch a month of celebration when so many of us are hurting? How can we celebrate Pride without acknowledging that we wouldn’t even HAVE a Pride month if it weren’t for the brave black, brown, trans, and queer folks whose uprising against the police at Stonewall gave birth to the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement? It is our responsibility to speak out against the hate and violence that such a vital part of our community continue to face.
We stand in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the hundreds of thousands of queer people of color who log in to our app every day. We will not be silent, and we will not be inactive. Today we are making donations to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute @mpjinstitute and Black Lives Matter @blklivesmatter, and urge you to do the same if you can (links in bio). We will continue to fight racism on Grindr, both through dialogue with our community and a zero-tolerance policy for racism and hate speech on our platform. As part of this commitment, and based on your feedback, we have decided to remove the ethnicity filter from our next release.
Tomorrow, we will announce our #PridePerseveres calendar, but in a different light. Yes, we can still come together in the spirit of Pride, but Pride this year has an added responsibility, a shifted tone, and a new priority that will be reflected in our programming—support and solidarity for queer people of color and the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
We were planning to announce our #PridePerseveres initiative today, but in light of the ongoing violence and injustices against our POC family, that no longer feels appropriate. How can we launch a month of celebration when so many of us are hurting? How can we celebrate Pride without acknowledging that we wouldn’t even HAVE a Pride month if it weren’t for the brave black, brown, trans, and queer folks whose uprising against the police at Stonewall gave birth to the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement? It is our responsibility to speak out against the hate and violence that such a vital part of our community continue to face.
We stand in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the hundreds of thousands of queer people of color who log in to our app every day. We will not be silent, and we will not be inactive. Today we are making donations to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute @mpjinstitute and Black Lives Matter @blklivesmatter, and urge you to do the same if you can (links in bio). We will continue to fight racism on Grindr, both through dialogue with our community and a zero-tolerance policy for racism and hate speech on our platform. As part of this commitment, and based on your feedback, we have decided to remove the ethnicity filter from our next release.
Tomorrow, we will announce our #PridePerseveres calendar, but in a different light. Yes, we can still come together in the spirit of Pride, but Pride this year has an added responsibility, a shifted tone, and a new priority that will be reflected in our programming—support and solidarity for queer people of color and the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Gracias por hablar
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What about your solidarity with 🍉???
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Yes, but do you think looting and rioting businesses, generalizations of cops and Caucasians is going to get crap done? Will that stop racism?
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This actually sucks! Since ya’ll removed ethics I haven’t been able to find other Black people in my region. There are to many White people so of course you’re only gonna see them. This really sucks 💔
I really don’t understand why it is a problem to have preference? If white boys don’t want you, why tf would you want them?
I really don’t understand why it is a problem to have preference? If white boys don’t want you, why tf would you want them?
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Salut , celibataire à 15min de la ville de Québec, aimerais rencontrer le bon mec pour régulier ou relation long terme , préfère 35ans as 55ans prive moi 😉🔥
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Looking all massages people are complaining but you kept silent. Thats not helping us as guy community
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GUYS WE NEED A PETITION FOR GRINDER ABOUT THIS ISSUE
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OR REDUCE THE MONEY YOU TAKE FOR EVERY MONTH
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GRINDER YOU SHOULD THINK TWICE SOMETIMES, HOW CAN YOU REMOVE FILTER BECAUSE OF BLACK LIVE MATTERS? THIS IS NOT YOU WILL NEVER NEVER BALANCE THE LIFE OF ALL PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM EQUALLY. FIRST OF ALL GRINDER FILTER WE PAY OUR MONEY TO GET IT, SINCE YOU CHANGED BECAUSE OF BLACKLIVES MATTERS WHY DON'T ALSO CHANGED THE MONEY WE PAY EVERY MONTH FOR YOUR FILTER????? THIS IS BUSINESS DON'T MIX BUSINESS WITH ISSUES NOT HELPING US . DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR THIS FILTER BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT LIKE AND RESPECT BECAUSE EVERY ONE HAS WHAT HE LIKE. PLEASE LET THE FILTER REMAIN AS IT WAS .
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I love Grindr hopefully there are no issues using this app and being booted for no reason. I need ❤️ too
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