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.

For crying out loud already. Bring it back. If you're a racist a$$hile then be that way and use it for that purpose. I imagine our people of color don't give a $hit about it if it doesn't make it harder to connect, which I bet it DOESN'T.

I agree. I'm white but like getting with middle eastern men. Does that make me racist? Seriously, the "solidarity" stuff is a joke, a knee-jerk reaction to something which was never an issue on Grindr. People will still have preferences with or without the filter. But at least with the filter people will match with the people they want without the awkward blocking or ignoring.

@alexandersavior There are 150 different tags in GrindR's search filter. How does adding an ethnicity element further "fracture" our community? There are all sorts of aspects of an individual's preferences and desires -- some related to behavior, but also physical attributes. It seems bizarre that, of all those aspects, just ONE is determined as too sensitive for us to handle.