We need to acknowledge our diversity not hide it.if you hide it that only means your a racist

There is no reason to upgrade to paid Grindr since ethnicity filter is gone. Physical preferences are normal. I prefer guys with dark hair and eyes so was easy to turn off Caucasian in my searches to find that.

Hi Please re-instate this feature like many have asked for. Its not being racist in anyway if people like me prefer to meet different ethnicity people to myself, in fact by not re-instating this feature yoiu are actually breaching my human rights.

Limiting filters functionality isn't what I call progress. It affect the brands value proposition to it's customer. The membership fee increased so much it's ridiculous. But is it really worth it ! I DECIDED TO BE A PAYING MEMBER FOR A YEAR BECAUSE OF THIS . This filter us very important to a lot of members. I suggest that Grindr must focus to what what really is important. If you want to be the best, provide ur members the best. If you measure the information it can filter , is this really a premium service. hmmmm

We used to be able to filter by race. Why isn’t it there now. Very uncomfortable to chat with people and they say they aren’t interested in black men. I’d prefer not to have people I’m not interested in or possibly not interested in my out of my Search screen.

It’s been 5 months since the removal of the ethnicity filter. And literally, the result of this has been me ending up meeting up more white guys than I ever have before since I live in a pretty white area. Which is I guess what grindr wanted ? For us to meet more white guys which are the majority ? Y’all so dumb.

Wow! the prejudice and racism within the gay community just makes me sick! and most of you with this "My Preference Doesn't Mean I'm Racist" are FULL OF S***! because when I post my pictures I get hit on like crazy! Because I don't list an ethnicity (because I look like I'm a white guy!) But I'm actually biracial, my father is white and my mother is black, so when I posted my ETHNICITY AS MIXED! (and I said in my profile that I'm half white & black) all of a sudden! the taps and messages slowed down and then stopped... and other guys who were wanting to meet with me and have sex, totally ghosted me! so they wanted me when they thought I was white! because I look like a white guy... but to treat me the way they did when I changed my profile is flat out RACISM & PREJUDICE over "race/ethnicity" and there doesn't need to be an ETHNICITY filter... I want to see everybody! and if there's someone you don't like or you're not attracted to, THEN MOVE ON! you don't have to click on the profile or contact that person, but based on these comments you bunch of cry babies act like it's causing you some sort of physical pain to have to see someone who doesn't have the same skin color as you do! GTFOH with that petty B.S. it's the same as going out to a bar or a club, you'll see all kinds of men from every ethnicity, and if you don't like this guy or that guy etc..etc.. then you don't talk to or flirt with him, you will flirt with and try to hook up with whoever you're attracted to! There was a guy who would always flirt with me and told his friends how much he likes me and would love to be able to call me his boyfriend... and when gay pride came around, I was there with some of my black relatives and friends and he came up to me by the port-a-potty and said "Hey, you... I didn't know you had so many black friends!" and at that moment my mother! walked up and I introduced him and told him "This is my mom" and he was just frozen, his eyes were all over the place! and he smiled uncomfortably and said "Hello"... so via text later on! He asked if I was Adopted!? and he said/asked "So that's your real mom? and that means you're like, "Black" and I said Yes, but I'm biracial because my father is white... and next thing you know, the texts stopped, the calls stopped and he told someone else "He's just not my type" but I was 100% his type and he was all in love WHEN HE THOUGHT I WAS WHITE! so you all can save that "It's my preference, and I'm not a racist" B.S.

Sometimes when you are in a different city you are looking for your ethnicity, for me its more Asians to connect with, which without that filter is very difficult to find other Asians in nonasian counties.

I am not sure what problem that filter caused in the first place, won't it be better if racist idiots look for their own race and bother others?

Its purely not working, I have faced racism from the white community in Buckinghamshire,United Kingdom please restore... so I see my own people..I feel traumatised by what I see 👀.

Please restore this feature. It’s pathetic to think that just because you remove a feature all of sudden people are open to new races. It’s quite the opposite.
I personally don’t have any preferences but a lot, literally most if white people do. They are not gonna engage with me either way. Why should I see all these people who are not interested in first place.

For me I think grinder administration has a problem with us customers thats why we keep telling them about to Restore the ethnicity filter and they kept silent. This is bad customers care .first of all we pay money its our money. Ethnicity was not for free. And still removed they are still taking our ad usual. So I advise you grinder administration to listen us customers is boss.thanks

Its a preference not a requirement. I don't actively or objectively look for black or asian men to meet on the app but I have met with men of both ethnicities multiple times and probably most likely will in the future. Is that racist of me? I personally don't believe that it is I've been told it's not by people from both groups. I just think it's nonsensical to have this discussion when you can just choose to leave the category blank and be allowed to operate an account, when it comes to the filter if you don't want to use it then don't use it. No one will or should force you to use the filter or select an ethnicity on your profile/account. If you don't like that someone has listed their preference on the matter then don't engage or initiate contact with them it's pretty simple as a concept. As long as there is choice. Is that not freedom of choice? Wouldn't that also give you a choice if someone chooses to list their preference or not a better idea of whom they are and if you disagree with the fact that they listed those preferences you can choose to opt out of interaction online or in the physical world. Bottom line don't limit choice as long as no one is being hurt by this or having their choices limited or human rights violated. I hate racism! But it's not illegal to be racist as an individual, maybe it should be though, but even then how could that even enforced. It is illegal to have racist policies as a business, corporation, landlord, online apps ect, as it should be. I just don't think that this filter or listing as a category is racist. Its a preference. My ethnicity is important to me and my preference is not a requirement Wich is why it's a preference. To the peoples whose is meant as a requirement I don't know what to tell you, yea your probably a racist and sick in the head.

Comon who said its racisam if you looking only for same races
Im white and only into white what its wrong about
DAAAM RESTORE ETHNICITY FILTER

Removing this filter but leaving others, still promote discrimination, which is why you removed this filter in the first place. I that line of thinking, the age filter promotes age discrimination just like body type promotes weight discrimination. That is not the case. This is a sex app. The ethnicity filter helps find guys that are sexual preference. Not to discriminate against others.

In response to the below: I 100% agree as an African American myself. I happen to be attracted largely to those outside my own race for many complex reasons that I wont go into here. I appreciate the move by grindr to support the Black Lives Matter movement and also address the levels of discrimination amongst the LGBTQ community (there's a LOT!).

However, we must balance all of the above with the extreme challenges of the LGBTQ community in "finding" partners whether sexual or LTR. We don't have the luxury of as easily bumping into gazillions of potential partners in the grocery store, soccer practice, at the cleaners or wherever straight people do.......our only option, especially during Covid, is online. At my age, "knowing myself", I know who I'm attracted to and who I'm not which does not make anyone racist. In fact, being an International Relations major myself.....I love differences of culture! and most of my friends are of different backgrounds. One of the reasons I live in South Florida....multiculturalism. With all of the above said......it is all too challenging for members of the LGBTQ community to find partners. Having to scroll through more profiles than needed is more of a disservice to our community than an aid. Again, I appreciate the social awareness- there are other meaningful ways to support worthy causes and movements. Just don't make it more challenging for "us".....the LGBTQ community to find our ideal partners based on normal preferences.

This is in addition to another's post below:
I’m super duper white and for the last 20 years, I’ve consistently and without variation found men of other ethnicities vastly more attractive than my fellow gringos.

The ethnicity filter is simply a way of making searches more efficient, removing the guys to whom it is highly unlikely I will be attracted.

For what it’s worth, when I set the ethnicity filter in the past, I checked every option EXCEPT white. If anything, it helps increase the likelihood that a man of color will hear from me!

And for white guys who only like white guys....it’s not racist any more than black guys or Latino gents who say they only prefer others of the same ethnicity. Our personal preferences are complex and rooted in some pretty heavy & deep psychology. Removing this filter was a nice gesture to the BLM movement, applause for attempting to be politically correct. But all it does is slow down users’ ability to use the service, and therefore its value to them.

Please bring back the ethnicity filter. Gesture done, mission accomplished, millions of gay men & Trans folks & everything adjacent & in between had our lives inconvenienced slightly but consistently for several months because Corporate felt pressured to do something, and this was the obvious choice. Statement made, mission accomplished. Now just quietly flip it back on. Don’t make a press release about it, just do it. Like 3 people will care, but another several hundred thousand will be thankful. I, for one, would consider paying more for a subscription that included this feature—it is that important to me.

Agreed

Some of us prefer to date or be intimate within our own race. Please make this a free option.

It would be amazing if you could do a ethnicity or religious background search! All the people I know always talk about that filter and that it was such a good thing!

I was surprised recently that the profiles showing up were so different from my regular choices. I didn’t realize the filter had been changed, till I checked my settings.
I have been an active user for about 8 years, and an Xtra (paying) member at least 1/2 that time, Grindr has been my favorite gay app.
I also participated in one of the “office opinion poll interviews” about 2 years ago.
The ethnicity filter has been significant for me as my preference is basically everything OTHER THAN WHITE.
It seems like it works well in many ways, both for guys who have ethnic preferences, and for ethnicities who prefer hooking up with their own race.
If this policy were extended, then weight, or height, or age, or sex preference, could all be considered forms of discrimination, couldn’t they? If the policy started removing those preferences, before too long there would be no appropriate stats, so no need for profiles.
For those who don’t like the filter, they have access to a “not specified” filter, if they don’t want to be “labeled” ((my guess would be they are, by far, the “minority”,[not to be racist] if a members’s poll were taken))
Or, why not create a filter, FOR THOSE OFFENDED by the ethnic choices, that blocks being viewed by any profile the expresses racial preferences. Then let’s see how they feel about 2/3 of the people on Grindr NOT VIEWING THEM.
If this will continue as
I was surprised recently that the profiles showing up were so different from my regular choices. I didn’t realize the filter had been changed till I checked my settings. I have been an active user for about 8 years, and an Xtra (paying) member at least 1/2 that time, Grindr has been my favorite gay app.
I also participated in one of the “office opinion poll interviews” about 2 years ago.
The ethnicity filter has been significant for me as my preference is basically everything OTHER THAN MY SAME.
It seems like it works well in many ways, both for guys who have ethnic preferences, and for ethnicities who prefer hooking up with their own race.
If this policy were extended, then weight, or height, or age could be
For those who don’t like the filter (my guess would be they are in the “minority”, not to be racist. They have access to a “not specified” filter.
Or, why not create a filter, for those offended by the ethnic choices, that blocks being viewed by any profile the expresses racial preferences. Then let’s see how they feel about 2/3 of the people on Grindr not viewing them.

If this will continue as a filter, then I too want a refund for 11/12ths of my Xtra membership was just renewed, Oct. 20th. If I had known, one month ago, that this was going to be a policy, I would NOT HAVE renewed my membership❗️
I will be fine as a free, probably infrequent user.
The other apps all still allow the option for ethnicity. My guess is that many of us opposed to this filter will probably be using the other apps more, and Grindr can become the app only for white boys, or those who are only attracted to white boys.
I think I’ve fairly distinctly expressed my opinion against having this filter.

Judging by the number of comments on this thread incites the “I’m not racist but...”