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Anderson Cooper: What Is Grindr?

They don’t mention Grindr per se, but Cooper would have us think he’s unaware of “location-based apps.” Right.

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Grindr Hacked In Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald reports: A popular “meat-market” smartphone app that spawned a sexual revolution in Australia’s gay community has been compromised by a Sydney hacker, potentially exposing intimate personal chats, explicit photos and private information of users. The location-aware Grindr app enables gay men to meet other gay men who may be just metres away, making use of their …

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Now Seen In Times Square

Dan Avery wonders if we’ll hear from a certain mommy blogger about this.

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LOS ANGELES: Gay-Friendly Mom Blogs Objection To Gay Hook-Up Billboard

A Los Angeles mom who describes herself as a gay-friendly, sex-positive feminist is unhappy with the above Manhunt billboard because her son sees it twice a day on his way to school. You try explaining the “Zero feet away MANHUNT MOBILE” phone application to your 9-year-old son. A 9-year-old who loves Army guys, and so noticed the dog tags right …

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Ex-Rated

For when Google-stalking isn’t enough, how about a site where jilted lovers can dish about their formers? What could possibly go wrong? The PR material calls it “TripAdvisor for dating.” Yeah.

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New Blog: Douchebags Of Grindr

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No Homo Smiling On Our Christian Site!

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SAN DIEGO: Appeals Court Upholds Firing Of Teacher For “Immoral” Craigslist Ad

A California state court of appeals has overturned a lower court’s ruling that the San Diego Unified School District acted improperly when it fired a teacher for his “men seeking men” ad posted on Craigslist. The appeals court agreed with the school district that Lampedusa’s conduct fit the Education Code definition of “immoral conduct.” The district had appealed the commission’s …

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Ten Years Of Manhunt

The website that almost inarguably did more to recast the social and sexual lives of gay men than any phenomenon in recent history, turns ten years old today. Some, including myself, would say that Manhunt and its copycats are largely responsible for the accelerating demise of gay nightlife, especially the now almost-all-gone gay megaclubs. But as some of you know, …

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Britney Spears – Hold It Against Me

And pop music reaches new heights in product placement.

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God Will Hook You Up

“You’re Christian. You’re single. Find God’s match for you.” Apparently God is the sysop at ChristianMingle.com. Probably not at Manhunt, we’re guessing.

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Dating Site For Virgins Launches

There’s a new dating website for virgins only. And don’t even think about trying to join if you aren’t one. “Single virgins view our site as a safe place to meet other like-minded singles,” said Lety Colin, who founded the site with her husband, Jose. “That’s because we use a reliable screening process.” Jose Colin explained that all profiles are …

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All In The Family On Craigslist

This week’s Dear Prudence advice column in Slate deals with a bisexual married man who says his own (also opposite-married) father-in-law tried to hook-up with him on Craigslist. His letter reads, in part: The issue is, I am bi-sexual and have known so for quite some time. My quandary is, about a month ago I responded to a posting on …

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ManCrunch Launches Wedding Contest

A lot of folks had decided ManCrunch was a fake site created just to screw with CBS over their Super Bowl advertising policies. But today we hear they are launching a contest to win a gay wedding during Toronto’s gay pride parade. As North America’s fastest growing same-sex dating service, ManCrunch.com has enabled thousands of men to find happiness in …

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Manhunt Vs. Grindr?

JMG reader David over at Wicked Gay Blog says he’s been tipped that Manhunt is about to launch a competitor to Grindr called “Assfinder.” SRSLY. Or at least, Assfinder is the working name until the product goes live.

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Funeral Grinding

After yesterday’s posts about gay men supposedly using Grindr at the Pentagon, here’s a short film about another inappropriate location to grind, sent to us by the film’s maker.

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Wingnut DC Paper Goes Looking For Grindrs Around Capitol Hill

Reporters from the wingnut Washington Examiner loaded up Grindr on their iPhone and tried to zero in on gay men around Capitol Hill, the White House, and the Pentagon. Unsurprisingly, they found lots of action. Yeas & Nays visited three of Washington’s power centers — Capitol Hill, the White House and the Pentagon — to see if the application is …

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Subway Dating Service Launches

A new website has launched in which one enters his or her NYC subway commute details and searches for possible hook-ups among nearby riders with similar routes. It’s an underground Grindr, of sorts. “Every day, before and after your commute, you’re surrounded by people,” said the site’s developer, Paris-based programmer Laurent Kretz. “Among them, there might be a bass player …

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UPDATED: Phoenix Man Stabbed To Death During Grindr Hook-Up With 19 Year-old

UPDATE: Police are saying that despite earlier reports, Grindr was NOT the service used by the killer to meet his victim. Via press release: From the Phoenix Police Dept Press Office: Hello all. Our detectives have learned through this continuing investigation that it was not the “Grinder” IPHONE application that was used by the victim to make contact with the …

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Apple Boots Grindr From iPhone

I’m getting reports that Apple has deleted Grindr from the iPhone app store. According to Wikipedia, the deletion took place at midnight last night. One JMG reader writes: “How in the hell is Grindr ANY different from apps like Loopt Mix, except in that is it targeted toward gay men? Homophobia in the Bay Area? You have got to be …

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