Tag Archives: Grindr

PHILADELPHIA: Tourist Raped, Robbed, And Beaten By Man He Met On Grindr

Philadelphia police are seeking a suspect after a Canadian tourist yesterday reported that he was raped, beaten, and robbed by a man he met on the hook-up app Grindr. The local NBC affiliate reports: The 34-year-old victim, whose identity we are withholding, tells NBC10.com exclusively that he invited the suspect to his hotel room inside the Hilton Home 2 Suites …

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Bay Area Health Officials Create Fake Grindr Profiles To Promote Safer Sex

Health officials from San Mateo County have created fake Grindr profiles in a campaign to promote safer sex among the hook-up app’s users. Via the Bay Area Reporter: Darryl Lampkin, prevention supervisor for the STD/HIV program at the county’s health department, said last week that the efforts have enabled staff to reach far more people than they had been able …

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PUERTO RICO: Anti-Gay GOP Pol Comes Out Three Years After Grindr Scandal

Longtime JMG readers might remember the above post from three years ago. Well, that douchebag has finally come out after having led the unsuccessful campaign to place a ban on same-sex marriage into the Puerto Rican constitution. Video via Andres Duque at Blabbeando: RELATED:  According to a 2011 JMG source, Arango not only supported that failed constitutional ban, he once …

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Women Read From Gay Hook-Up Apps

“Women read real messages from Grindr, SCRUFF, and GROWLr. Happy Valentine’s Day!” Perhaps obviously, this is very not office friendly.

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BRITAIN: Gov’t Warns Gay Men About Teens Using Hook-Up Apps

The British government has issued a warning to gay men about teenagers using hook-up apps such a Grindr even though such apps are supposedly age-restricted to adults only. Via Gay Star News: The UK’s National Crime Agency has said, after an increase of teens reporting abuse on these apps, the responsibility is always on the adult. If an adult receives …

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MICHIGAN: Gay Murder Victim Met His Alleged Killers On Grindr

Detectives in Ann Arbor, Michigan say that a 71 year-old gay man was murdered by three men that he hooked up with on Grindr. Nineteen-year-old Richard Thompson, of Flat Rock, told police that when he was signaled by 20-year-old Rikky Ranger and 19-year-old Mark Paling, he got David Maurer in a chokehold while the two other men went through the …

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HomoQuotable – Joel Simkhai

“I’m very proud if Grindr has forced us to up up our game. To brush our teeth. Comb our hair. Eat right. Go to the gym. Be a healthy person. Cut back on the smoking. Cut back on the bad things and look your best. We’re men. We visualize. We see before we hear, before we think, before we do …

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Turkey Bans Grindr

Turkish LGBT rights group Kaos GL reports on its website: Dating app Grindr, used by gay, bisexual and curious men, has been censored in Turkey. The app cannot be accessed since yesterday evening. İstanbul Anatolia 14th Criminal Court of Peace blocked off Grindr as a “protection measure.” Kaos GL Association’s Lawyer Hayriye Kara said it is very likely that the …

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Paige Turner – The Grindr Connection

Definitely not office-friendly. (Tipped by JMG reader Jared)

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Boston Cops Warn Of Hook-Up Crimes

Boston police have issued a warning to the LGBT community after a rash of crimes that involved hook-up sites and cell phone apps. Multiple reports have been filed by gay men who say they were drugged and then robbed. Gay rights groups responded to the reports on Monday and expressed their concern in the community. ”We are saddened by the …

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Matt Moore: Don’t Call Me “Ex-Gay”

Grindr’s most famous (former!) customer wants you to know that he’s “just as attracted to men” as he was three years ago when he became a Christian and therefore he rejects the classification “ex-gay.”   One wonders how he made this clip without a computer.

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Matt Moore: I Sold My Computer So That I’m Not Tempted By Hot Hot Men

“I have sold my computer and have had someone put a lock on my phone where I cannot download apps or access the Internet through a non-filtered browser. Ultimately, this isn’t the solution. My heart being captured by the grace of God and brought into humble obedience is the solution. But not taking precautions is dumb, so these are the …

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HomoQuotable – Matt Moore

“Despite my recent hypocritical behavior and disobedience to Christ, I stand firmly in saying that the Word of God, in totality, is true in every matter it addresses: including the sin of homosexual behavior. In all of this, the Word of Christ should not be questioned. It is not at fault, I am. Jesus is a good and loving Savior. …

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“Ex-Gay” Spotted On Grindr? [UPDATED]

“Ex-gay” advocate Matt Moore, who blogs against evil homosexuality for the Christian Post, recently moved to New Orleans.  Purely by coincidence, his photo has popped up on Grindr there.  Zinnia Jones rolls her eyes: Not only has the Grindr profile used Moore’s name, but also his age (he was born in 1989) and even the fact that he recently moved …

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JSpot: The Straight Jewish Grindr

A Brooklyn woman has launched JSpot, a straight version of Grindr for Jews. Interestingly, you can’t join JSpot until the owner determines (via your Facebook page) that you aren’t a “jerk.” Elissa Shevinsky has been combing the streets of Williamsburg, Bushwick, Park Slope, Crown Heights, and other neighborhoods packed with singles under the age of 40, looking for recruits who …

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Yenta: The Grindr For Jews

What’s your schtick?

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Douchebag Agrees With Dimwit

This is the same douchebag who said that watching Glee is “like stepping in a puddle of HIV.”

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Paris Hilton On Grindr

Details.

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Hong Kong AIDS Group Blames Grindr

A Hong Kong AIDS group is blaming Grindr for a local rise in STDs and HIV infections. Gay Star News reports: Spokesperson for AIDS Concern, Panda Cheung Yin-mei, told China Daily that Grindr ‘is one of the factors that are contributing to the record high levels of infections’. More worryingly, Cheung says attempts to engage with Grindr in order to …

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Bryan Fischer Monitors Grindr

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