![]() Then, in a weird middle ground, there are the traditionally ‘straight’ dating apps that we queers have repurposed and made our own. Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, queer app developers have created dating apps like LGBTQutie, Glimmer, and Thurst, with the focus of being truly inclusive, allowing almost anybody in the queer community to find what they’re looking for. On the more ‘conservative’ end of the spectrum, there are apps/sites such as Grindr, Squirt and Scruff, aimed almost exclusively at men who like men, and HER, Lesly and Fem, aimed almost exclusively at women who like women. In the short time – an entire decade, can you believe? – that dating apps have existed, they have helped so many queer people make friends, find long-term relationships, and enjoy a hook-up or two (or more). Instead, we can now download any number of apps or use any number of websites designed to make that search as easy as possible. No longer do we have to trawl through Craigslist Personals to find company. We don’t sort our partners into one or two easy categories (man or woman), but describe them in a variety of terms that touch on gender, presentation and sexual preferences.”Īnd that’s where dating apps come in. As inclusivity educator Molly Woodstock puts it, “The worlds of queer dating and sex are more complicated than their straight, cisgender counterparts.
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