Underwear brands, including Los Angeles-based underwear brand Andrew Christian, are increasingly utilizing "normal" models to advertise their wares. This has a two-fold purpose.

Though it's best known as the dating application of choice for legions of gay men, Grindr is wading into the political foray with a brand-new project ...

I spend a lot of time on Grindr, not for recreational uses but for more scholarly pursuits. Through my research online in many gay digital spaces, I have noticed trends in the ways that gay men are presenting themselves online and how their online identities are operating.

If you were one of London's estimated 350,000 Grindr users trying to log into the GPS-based gay dating App last week, you may have encountered some di...

As a community, we need to be more aware of STIs. We should each make sure to have at least one close friend to talk to about our health record, and I certainly hope each and every one of us has a doctor with whom we are comfortable talking about our sexual experiences.

Grindr not only helps intensify the sexualization of the user but also creates a divide between gay men. We have become more concerned with our phones than the people in front of our phones.

Hunky goodness is (really) great and all, but the problem for me became the heartbreak. "NSA" means "No Strings Attached," and not the Mila Portman/Ashton Timberlake film but the reality that this encounter will never happen again.

It goes without saying that this was one of the most awkward experiences in my already-pretty-awkward life, but I knew right away that I was happy I did it. Mainly, I had achieved one of my main goals with the experience, which was to get a sense of my own sexual boundaries.

From Washington state to Maryland, the campaign for marriage equality has made some amazing strides already in 2012. But as the election year gear...

In the interest of science (and most certainly not for recreational purposes), I immersed myself in the world of Grindr to see what I might find. The results of my exhaustive research revealed an alarming trend of what I've termed Grindr-Induced Psychological Maladies.

There is a growing band of gay males grumbling that Grindr, and apps like it, are turning men into robotic, soulless net cruisers who have lost all ability to communicate. Not everyone agrees.

Social dating apps are changing the way we find sex partners and fall in love. What are the implications of these handy little widgets, both on traditional dating options and the psyche of those addicted to social apps?

In her latest special on Bravo, Kathy Griffin revealed her obsession with the popular gay social networking app Grindr "I know I'm a little late to...

We now have the ability to take a real-time sample of who's around us and chat with complete strangers nearby or even miles away. As we delve into this new era, I'd like to propose a few ground rules for getting your grind on.