Jun 3, 2016
“There’s a transgender community on Tinder and we haven’t done enough to give them a good experience,” chief executive Sean Rad told the Recode Code Conference in California.
“We want every single person on Tinder to get a quality match. We want to let people be who they are.”
http://www.theweek.co.uk/73258/tinder-promises-to-be-more-trans-friendly
Tinder said that it’s working with LGBTQ advisors, including transgender activist Andrea James and GLAAD, as part of its commitment. “Not only is it the right thing to do for our users, it’s the right thing to do, period,” according to the company.
*http://fortune.com/2016/06/03/tinder-transgender-update/
Brittany A. Roston – Jun 2, 2016
Jun 2, 2016
Tinder will soon be a more welcoming place for transgender individuals, the company’s CEO Sean Rad said recently. Starting sometime in July, Tinder will add a feature in which users can better specify who they’re looking for and who they (the user) are as a person.
http://www.slashgear.com/tinder-will-be-more-transgender-friendly-starting-in-july-02442638/
by Jordan Crook
Tinder is set to unveil a new experience for transgender users within the next couple of months.
Thus far, the app has never accounted for the non-gender-conforming demographic, instead exclusively serving cisgender users through filters for male and female only, both to self-identify and to search.
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Sean Rad says Tinder will be more trans-friendly
On Thursday at the Recode Code Conference in Los Angeles, Tinder CEO Sean Rad announced that the dating app has plans to make its services more inclusive to transgender and gender nonconforming communities. […]
Rad said the following at the conference:
One challenge we face at Tinder is making sure our tens of millions of users around the world have the same user experience. No matter who you are, no matter what you’re looking for, you should get quality matches through the Tinder experience. There’s an important transgender (and gender nonconforming) community on Tinder who haven’t had that experience… yet. We haven’t delivered for them, so we’re working with LGBTQ advisors, including transgender activist Andrea James and GLAAD to help us address this important demographic. This is not only the right thing to do for our users, it’s the right thing to do, period.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tinder-ceo-says-app-will-now-focus-on-trans-and-gender-nonconforming-communities_us_57506e63e4b0eb20fa0d1a6a
Up until now, Tinder’s gender options have been rather, well, binary. It’s either men looking for women or vice versa. However, that’s going to change according to Tinder CEO, Sean Rad.
http://www.engadget.com/2016/06/02/tinder-to-debut-transgender-friendly-feature-next-month/
Tinder is attempting to get more in step with the transgender community.
Speaking at the Code Conference on Thursday, Tinder CEO Sean Rad revealed that the company is about to roll out new features in the popular dating app that will account for gender besides male and female, while he couldn’t yet get into specifics.
http://mashable.com/2016/06/02/tinder-transgender-update/#PAkzUmipjZqX
Since Tinder has so many users, they can’t go through every reported profile. but once a profile is flagged more than once, it can be suspended or even deleted. Someone being trans should never be considered grounds for suspension or deletion, so it’s incredibly important that Tinder is working to address that issue. “Tinder is partnering with GLAAD, Andrea James and other leading people/organizations at the forefront of the trans movement to make sure they do the best job of making sure the app provides the same experience for ALL users, helping them spark connections between people mutually interested in one another,” the Tinder representative says.
http://www.bustle.com/articles/164537-tinder-wants-to-become-more-inclusive-for-trans-and-gender-nonconforming-users
by Hope King
June 2, 2016
At the moment, the app gives users two gender choices for their profile and to describe who they want to date: male and female. Soon they’ll be able to list other gender choices and dating preferences.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/02/technology/tinder-transgender/