Dude it's racist regardless of being a "minority" damn I hate that word

Yes please bring that shit back! I'm tired of looking at stuff that I don't want but it's okay cuz you guys do it over the fuck you want so Grindr is becoming the worst app that is still popular ever. 1999 a month for what? 39.99 a month for what? Free version adds galore, you wait to click on the exit of the fucking ad and guess what it still takes you to the fucking ad in Google Play store. They have no respect they will block and ban people just because dumbasses that they have are jealous or butthurt or whatever that you don't want to hook up with them or talk to them or any of that so they go report you for dumb fucking shit and make up a whole bunch of shit and you get banned You have this smart bot learning shit shut up. Stop taking away shit and stop making it shit worse when I got grinder in 2008 when it fucking came out it was the best thing ever take me back to the days this shit sucks nowadays it's way over fucking priced and if you don't have the shit you can't see nobody You see 10 people and that's as far as you get like it's a joke I remember when the shit was $9.99 a month what's going on You ain't put $10 worth of extra shit in it bring back filters that we like stop taking shit away and please if you want to transgender grinder go make one cuz this gay grinder and all these no I like dudes I don't want to see a dude I want to dress like a woman I'm sorry I respect it but it's grinder it's gay You got all these supposedly straight guys that only want transsexuals okay well go make an app for them because I'm getting tired of all of them messaging me dead ass so why don't you guys work on that shit too while you're at it fuck you guys want to make new shit and take shit and change it all the damn time change that cuz this shit is getting real old It's not even gay grinder anymore it's not even grinder what I came up with anymore and I'm not even that old that's the fucking crazy part what the hell we get all this transship from all of a sudden fuck. So yes bring back the fucking filters that we like put that shit in your $39.99 plan ultimate yay I can unsend my message or make sure they can't see me cuz I'm incognito or oh I can see who looked at my profile wow it's a lot of money a month for a no good app this app is starting to get outrageous I'm about to take my talents back to the old school ways I'm just going to go hit the damn club in the bar fuck grinder they ban my ass anyway for talking shit to the motherfucker that called me a nigger ain't that some crazy shit I got banned for cussing the mother fuck out and tell him I was coming to get his mother fucking ass hahaha but they got every message in this fucking thing going to do is pissed off cuz I didn't want to hook up with him can you call me every kind of bad word slang word racist word in the book and they banned me ain't that some motherfucking shit and I got the proof

at least make it available for us XTRA users, because paying for that lets you unlock advanced filters anyways

It needs to be brought back It is very challenging to find the right guys for me ( don't mean this in any sort of racism) but

Completely agree with others here. There are some people who may have used the ethnicity filters for the wrong purpose but their bad behavior were well in the minority.

Someone pointed out how Grindr may be the only app without an ethnicity filter. And this is also the only gay app I'm aware of that's owned by a straight man so maybe straight men enjoy restricting Gay Asians from meeting other Gay Asians, Native Americans from meeting their fellow tribespeople, and my little white bottom from meeting BBC, and so on. It's ironic how the straight man doesn't likewise restrict straight women from using the app to meet non-Lesbians while spamming the Gay users. D:

After following this issue since early this year I’m shocked we have heard or seen nothing from the company to address this. Looks like I’ll be dropping my xtra subscription this month as well. Guess the leadership is more focused on their falling stock prices.

This is the ONLY app I know of that does not have a ethnicity filter
I belong to other apps and they all still have ethnicity filter and have no problems

the leadership of grindR has made its decision

they're not restoring a god damnèd thing

at this point, we need to start leaving this forsaken app in droves, and go elsewhere

grindR is beholden, only, to advertisement revenue — not to the people

I consider this critical and mirror the sentiment above. I am Native American and want to speak with other Native Americans. I cannot find them without the filter. This was taken away without any input. Please bring it back!!

I have taken off my auto renewal
Grindr needs to get thier act together
Starting with the ethnicity filter that has plaqued this app

I think the straight man currently running Grindr needs to step down and let a Gay guy fix this. Everyone knows a straight guy owns this app. I don't know about his competence on this matter when it seems the user voice has spoken. 🌈😎👉

Thanks to Grindr leadership and taking out the ethnicity filter has pushed away 95% of other ethnicities in general, now 95% of the guys are white, very few blk,Asian etc
So who's the real racist here, I think we all can agree judging by comments and Grindr now being made up of 95,% white men that the real racist here is GRINDR

not renewing my subscription until ethnicity filter is restored.

I agree!
As a caucasian person mostly attracted to non-caucasians, I found that filter extremely useful. In fact, it missing is the main reason why I'm not subscribing to Grindr extra

I agree, I don' know anyone that found it Racist, speaking as a person of color

@Rodrigo
Well written! Well said! 👍🏼👏🏼

As a latino gay male with a set preference for white or east asian guys, it was a complete disservice to remove the ethnicity filter.

This is a fucking hookup app, where we look to have sex and have a nice time with other males we find physically attractive, and the absence of the ethnicity filter for ideological reasons won't make anyone want to bang somebody they are not attracted to.

Presumably, the point of a commercial enterprise like Grindr is to give users the best possible user experience for the purposes of securing recurring and growing business. Removing search filterers that make it more cumbersome to identify the partners you are looking for, surely isn't user friendly. Bring it back.

Selection of sex partners based on ethnic filtering criteria has absolutely nothing to do with racism. We cannot control whom we are sexually attracted to - we are as we are, no-one could or should explain their sexual desires, and being attracted only to certain demographics is by no means discrimination. For example:
- People don't choose to be straight, gay or bi - it's not sexism to have there preferences.
- It's not ageism to prefer people of a certain age.
- It is not racist to prefer certain ethnic profiles.

The removal of this filter is just political correctness gone mad. It benefits no-one - getting turned away at the doorstep because of your ethnicity could be a humiliating experience that is totally avoidable if we have the filter.