All images must be posed in natural ways and should not overly suggest sex. This means that you cannot pose in a suggestive manner or post images where you take a selfie with another gay person at the beach having fun. You cannot post a photo where you are touching yourself or holding another person. Grindr says that all photos should not be sexually suggestive. When at the beach.Īccording to the developers of Grindr, Apple states that all apps should not allow "explicit descriptions or displays of sexual organs or activities intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings."Īlthough this is well-intentioned, developers should allow adults to make adult decisions on which photos are great and which ones are gross. The odd thing is that there are apps for dating trans, which are hosted on Apple App Store, which allow for trans to post images when they are in outdoor swimsuits, e.g. This rule is another Apple non-nudity-regulation appeasing rule. It goes all the way that the trans woman cannot show nipples that are aroused and erect behind the bra material. They also cannot show pictures here they are in a wet-t-shirt competition even if the t-shirt covers a lot of nudity, the nipples will still be visible.
This means they cannot take a photo in a wet swimsuit and post it on Grindr since the nipples can be viewed through the material. Trans women are not allowed to show the nipples on their breasts. The question is why trans women have to wear long dresses, or simply show their faces, whereas gay men can show hairy chests and bulging abs. However, looking at profiles for gay men shows a different thing. Grindr says that they use human moderators who have to approve images before they can be allowed on profiles and that these people do not have any bias. They argue that the rules are the same for all dating apps including those for straight people. Pictures in which you wear short skirts will also be rejected.Īccording to Grindr, this is necessary because Apple has strict regulations about the images that can be used in dating apps that they support. However, when it comes to tarns women, images that show you wearing a two-piece swimsuit will not be allowed. The rule from Grindr is that these images should not show any pubic hair or obscene bulges depicting an erect penis. You find that gay guys can simply put up images where they are showing their chest, their abdomen, and at times swimsuits. This is a generalized rule for the whole app, but there seem to be stricter conditions when it comes to trans women. Here are some of the rules that Grindr uses that do not apply for other gay categories.
Many trans women on Grindr feel that there are double standards when it comes to the types of pictures that they can show. Part 1: The different rule to trans on Grindr you should know
Part 1: The different rule to trans on Grindr you should know.
This article looks at the rules that trans women have to follow when looking for partners on Grindr, and why they have to be implemented. When you look at profiles of gay men on Grindr, they are allowed to show some chest and shorts, but for trans women, wearing a short skirt or posing in a bra is not allowed, Why does Grindr have different rules for trans women?” I am a trans woman and had pictures where I posed in a short skirt and bra and found that my account had been suspended. “I got a brand new iPhone and loaded Grindr on it, only to find that I could not access my account. On one of the forums for LGBTQ forums, one user had this to say: