Popular dating app Grindr is using its new web series as a social experiment to take an honest, if lighthearted, look at how racism, ageism and other forms of discrimination play out in the queer community.
In the debut episode of βWhat The Flip?,β a gay Asian man and a gay white man swap profiles for a day to see how their digital interactions with prospective suitors differ. The results are eye-opening, to say the very least.
The five-part βWhat The Flip?β series debuts a new episode every other Thursday on Grindrβs new online lifestyle magazine, INTO. The latest episode looks at dating with different body types, and can be viewed here.
βWe decided to focus Grindrβs first ever web series on the issues of racism, ageism, and other related issues because itβs highly relatable to anyone who dates online,β Peter Sloterdyk, who is Grindrβs Vice President of Marketing, told HuffPost. βOur hope is to raise awareness around the problems modern gay men face online and in real life and be a part of the discourse that works to create more tolerance and empathy for diversity in the online dating world.β
Check out more INTO content here.
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