WanderDate

About

Grindr sold user HIV status data to advertising companies in 2018 — users disclosed HIV-positive status in their profiles and Grindr treated it as advertising data. Norwegian data protection authorities fined Grindr $7M in 2021. Scruff and similar apps share precise location data with data brokers, enabling stalking, outing, and physical targeting — documented in activist communities where men who have sex with men live under criminalization. 70% of LGBTQ+ people report harassment on mainstream dating apps; trans users face systematic misgendering, outing, and profile removal even when following platform rules. Tinder and Hinge allow users to filter out trans people via settings that effectively implement discrimination. No major dating app was designed with LGBTQ+ safety as a first principle — they were all retrofitted. WanderDate is LGBTQ+-native: no precise location, no health status data treated as advertising, trans and nonbinary inclusive from day one, block and report that produces outcomes, and no swipe-to-addiction design that monetizes loneliness.

Features

• No precise location — city-level proximity only, no real-time location sharing
• No health status data in advertising pipeline — Grindr model explicitly rejected
• Trans + nonbinary inclusive from day one: pronouns, identity labels, not retrofitted checkboxes
• Kink-aware safety settings: what you share with who, not public-by-default
• Block + report that works: harassment reviewed, not automatically dismissed
• No swipe-to-addiction design — engagement designed for connection, not session length
• Profile removal protection: trans users won't be banned for being trans
• No data broker feed: your dating activity not sold to insurance or employer data aggregators
• WanderSafe integration: destination risk context when planning to meet in new locations
• WanderShadow option: alias-based profile for people who cannot be out in their area