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11 April 2013
Comment: A brave new world for GMFA 33 Matthew Hodson, head of programmes at gay men’s health charity GMFA writes for PinkNews.co.uk on how funding cuts poses a challenge to the charity's HIV prevention work.
10 April 2013
Apple criticised after banning comic because of gay sexual images 22 Apple has banned the sale of a comic which features two small images of gay sex.
27 March 2013
Study: Six million users log onto Grindr an average of eight times a day 18 Grindr is used by 6 million users who spend an hour and a half daily on average using the app, a study has found.
28 February 2013
Comment: Is Grindr now a hunting ground for technically straight, married men? 156 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Christopher Gen claims Grindr is now gaining increased popularity with straight men.
26 August 2012
Doctors: Use of gay apps like Grindr linked to syphilis outbreak 78 An increase in the number of gay men using gay social apps, such as Grindr, is to blame for a syphilis epidemic, according to a New Zealand doctor.
26 June 2012
San Francisco: Missing man returns a week after social networking app meeting 24 A 22-year-old man in San Francisco has resurfaced having been missing for a week after meeting a stranger on a social networking app before the city's pride celebrations.
23 April 2012
Barclays unveils app for gay, bi and trans staff 15 Barclays has launched a new smartphone app to support its gay, bi and trans staff to keep them aware of news and events.
10 April 2012
Comment: Addicted to Grindr 47 The location-aware gay social app Grindr is celebrating its third birthday with 3.5 million users in 192 countries.
23 January 2012
Grindr ‘mandatory update’ to tackle hack 1 Man-locating app Grindr has said it will release a mandatory security update after thousands of Australian users' accounts were put at risk.
6 October 2011
Google removes ‘Is my son gay?’ app 28 An Android app which claims to be able to tell anxious mothers whether their sons are gay has been pulled from Google's online store.
27 September 2011
French smartphone app ‘tells mothers if their son is gay’ 39 A new app for Android smartphones claims it can tell anxious mothers whether their son is gay.
8 September 2011
Grindr founder creates mainstream meet-up service ‘Blendr’ 19 The founder of gay phone app Grindr has created a new service aimed at the mainstream.
21 March 2011
80,000 sign petition to Apple over ‘gay cure’ app 72 More than 80,000 people have signed a petition calling on Apple to remove a 'gay cure' app from its iTunes store.
17 March 2011
Petition to ban ‘gay cure’ iPhone app 58 A petition has been started to ban a 'gay cure' group's iPhone app.
14 March 2011
Gay dating app Grindr to launch straight counterpart 3 Grindr, the revolutionary iPhone, BlackBerry and Android application for the gay community is to launch a mainstream version of their social networking concept.
6 March 2011
Exclusive: Grindr to launch Android app version “imminently” 33 The iconic iPhone gay social networking app Grindr is to launch on the Android platform imminently, PinkNews.co.uk can reveal after obtaining a leaked final test version of Grindr for Android.
26 November 2010
Apple removes ‘anti-gay’ iPhone app 30 Apple has apparently removed an app from its iTunes store which rails against gay marriage and LGBT rights.
23 November 2010
Apple approves ‘anti-gay’ iPhone app 48 Apple has approved an iPhone app which calls on users to sign up to a declaration against LGBT rights and gay marriage.

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