Similar to how Facebook functions, one gets to upload their pictures and personal information for better “appeal”, so to speak. It essentially scans the area which you are in and detects other users who are in near (or immediate) proximity from where you are. While there are various other homo-friendly apps out there (Jack’D, Hornet, Planet Romeo, etc.), Grindr has proved itself to be the most commonly used app by many gay people that I have met. What is Grindr?įor the benefit of those who don’t know about the existence of this app, it is basically a social/dating app, just like any other-except that only gay guys use this app. I want to talk about us the gay culture here in Malaysia and how it has been affected and molded by an online social dating app which I strongly believe is no stranger to all the gay guys out there: Grindr. What has been such a disputable, confrontational, and subjective topic to the 50 states then is now officialised and uniformed throughout the country under the premise of human equality, which is to say, homosexuality is no longer an “issue” per se, or at least not in the eyes of the democratic bureaucracy of America.īut I don’t want to delve into the issues social and religious problems that America is now facing with the struggles of homosexuality. It wasn’t too long ago when same-sex marriage was decreed as legal in America.