Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Tags: studies, research, sex, hooking up, cruising, location based apps, grindr, growlr, scruff, manhunt, adam4adam, unsafe, unprotected, bareback, hiv 
A new survey from the Community Healthcare Network in New York enlightens us to some troubling statistics: nearly 50 percent of gay men who find hookups on location-based apps engage in unsafe sex.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 30 November 2012
Tags: manhunt, sex, cruising, website, app, promotes, truvada, daily, hiv, prevention, pill, controversy, world aids day, condoms, safe sex
Gay hookup site and app Manhunt has left the jaws of many dropped—but not in the usual way its services tend to accomplish such a feat. In what it says is an act of it honoring World AIDS Day tomorrow, Manhunt has started promoting the controversial daily HIV preventative pill Truvada as "a choice when condoms are in the way."
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 27 July 2012
Tags: mister, guide, gay, bro, brolish, chat, cruising, dating, apps, grindr, relationships, dating, internet, dbags, video, humor, satire, culture
Sometimes it seems like men on cruising sites and apps have more abs than meaningful words in their vocabulary. Mister, a Grindr competitor that launched in December, shows you the exact kind of monosyllabic "Brolish" cruisy lingo you won't find on its dating-focused GPS app. Find out what's "sup" after the jump!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 23 July 2012
Tags: grindr, killing, fire island, social, cruising, the meat rack, the scene, dead, gay, pines, boardwalk, hurricane, new york magazine, culture, bars
In a new editorial from New York Magazine, critics argue that the swath of destruction claimed by Grindr is worse than that of any fire, hurricane or ice storm.
Is Fire Island's unique social life and appeal being lost to the allure of Grindr?
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Tags: manhunt, facebook, social networks, internet, banned, removed, taken down, gay, websites, dating, cruising
The esoteric and ambiguously applied guidelines for Facebook pages have reared their possibly double-standard ugly head once again. This time, Manhunt's fan page is the victim.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 20 January 2012
Tags: grindr, apps, internet, cruising, dating, social networks, hacked, hacker, expose, users, private, information, updates, joel simkhai
Updated Wednesday, 2 p.m. EST
As the Australian hacker accused of logging into Grindr profiles evades criminal charges, a company spokesman says that the accusations lofted last week against the popular GPS social app are "unfounded." Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 02 November 2011
Tags: sex, gay, bisexual, studies, research, kinsey institute, male on male, stats, behaviors, facts, bottoming, health, topping, kissing, research, manhunt, internet, cruising
A study conducted by Indiana's Kinsey Institute with help from Manhunt.com and DList visitors shines new light on the sexual behaviors of gay and bisexual men in the Internet age. So, what sort of fun sexual behaviors does the research reveal?
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Tags: no cruising, signs, silver lake, los angeles, california, council, vote, remove, gay men, socal, bars, sex, public
Signs posted in various parts of Silver Lake, California since 1997 to thwart gay men from cruising for sex will be removed after a vote to do so passed the Silver Lake Council. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 08 September 2011
Tags: grindr, blendr, straight, heterosexual, digital, apps, internet, joel simkhai, sex, cruising, launches, gay, lgbt
No longer limited to the gay universe, GPS-based friend/partner/soul mate searching is now at the fingertips of the straights, thanks to the anticipated debut of Grindr's heterosexual cousin, Blendr. But don't mistake the Grindr brand for breeders as a hookup app; creator Joel Simkhai is more determined than ever to paint the location-based chat program as a "friend finder." (Details follow)
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Tags: roberto arango, d-bags, bigots, self loathing, homophobes, closet cases, puerto rico, senator, resignation, victim, letter, grindr, cruising, internet
Though (the now former) Puerto Rico Sen. Roberto Arango's 2009 vote for a constitutional ban on marriage equality truly victimized his LGBT constituents, the disgraced closet-case is now saying that he is the one due a pity party.
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