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January 31, 2013
Gay dating app Grindr slams users’ ‘sexy’ Holocaust pics

Grindr has criticized users who have chosen to post 'sexy' pictures from the Berlin memorial to Jewish Holocaust victims

Gay hookup app Grindr has slammed some users choosing to post pictures of them posing at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial.

The blog Grindr Remembers first spotted users taking pictures at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.

While some seem to like the artistic, maze-like backdrop, other users have gone too far by taking ‘sexy pictures’, according to CEO Joel Simkhai.

November 5, 2012
Gay sex app users choose economy over equality in US election

Over three quarters of Grindr users surveyed prefer Obama to Romney

Gay sex and dating app Grindr has discovered that the economy is the biggest priority for users choosing who to vote for in the US Presidential election.

Of all the respondents, 46% believe that creating jobs and boosting the country's financial situation overrides LGBT equality rights. Equality did rank second in the survey, followed by health care.

Grindr also asked the 8,200 respondents who they were likely to vote for in the 2012 election. A staggering 76% stated Barack Obama, with 20% likely to chose Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

September 7, 2012
Gay dating app Grindr swaps sex for politics during US election

Grindr to send messages to US users encouraging them to vote for equality during November's presidential election

Gay sex app Grindr has joined the race to the White House, urging its 1.5 million users to vote in the upcoming US presidential elections.

The geosocial networking app for gay and bisexual men looking for casual sex will be sending a political message to people who log on during America's national ballot which will see current Democrat president Barack Obama go head to head with Republican Mitt Romney.