24 Jun Raphael J. Landovitz, M.D., of UCLA said he was planning to show “how to meet a man that is gay five easy steps — GRINDR 101.”

Reaching Young Gay Men Through Grindr

The greater purpose of their presentation, nevertheless, was to give the link between a study of young gay men using the social networking app and talk about just how it could be useful for HIV prevention. In la, as in america, he stated, males that have intercourse with males (MSM) acquire the majority of new HIV infections, with those age 20-29 getting the greater incidence ( brand new infections) in that town. Into the U.S., the majority of MSM with new infections are ages 13-29 (almost four away from 10).

Dr. Landovitz stated that GRINDR boasts two million users worldwide, with 8,000 more joining each time and 280,000 logged on at least daily. GRINDR enables its users to locate each other geographically simply by using GPS functionality. An example put up regarding the display had been of a 27-year-old Latino located 81 f t away. He was l king and single for "dates, friends, and networking."

" Some of you might not be aware of GRINDR," Dr. Landovitz stated. " a few of perhaps you are logged on to it now," of which the audience broke away laughing.

In one single fall, Landovitz pretended showing two audience users logged on. He introduced their exchange regarding the display screen.

"Hey -- you're hot [referring towards the individuals profile photo]!"

" Many Thanks! U2. Where u at?"

"Presentation on GRINDR. Interesting, but the presenter is really a dork."

They arrange for the money to h k up later.