The popular gay dating app kicked off LGBTQ Pride Month with a pledge to no longer allow users to sort through prospective connections by race.
Noting that the company’s plans for Pride would instead be announced Tuesday,, “How can we launch a month of celebration when so many of us are hurting?”
“How can we celebrate Pride without acknowledging that we wouldn’t even HAVE a Pride month if it weren’t for the brave black, brown, trans, and queer folks whose uprising against the police at Stonewall gave birth to the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement?”. “It is our responsibility to speak out against the hate and violence that such a vital part of our community continue to face.
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