Instead of Grindr helping BLM by removing ethnicity filter, they have actually lessened the chance you can interact with other ethnicities. For anyone wanting to connect with people of color (or not), you have now lost that choice. If Grindr truly wants everyone included, remove all filters. Are people too ignorant to see that this filter is excluding versus including all people? If you are paying for membership I encourage you to stop until Grindr truly includes all people.

I hate this app now. You are making see everything I would have gotten to filter out before, that's way too much money a month to deal with guys I'm not attracted to. I'm done with grindr now this is ridiculous and I will not renew or return, we pay to have those choices and I don't appreciate you taking those choices away and still charging me the same amount.

man dont even bother fighting this. They are stated to remove the filter all together as it incites "****** racism".

having a preference is not racism. I know what I like, and now it’s hard to use your app to find guys I like. I’ll need to use another app now

Suddenly we can’t filter by ethnicity? That’s not right at all. Sorry, but it’s not up to me who I’m attracted to and if I want to search for or exclude a certain ethnicity I should be allowed to do so.

How do you remove the choice of ethnicity, but we can still discriminate against all other fields?
Everyone trying to please everyone.
This platform isn't the place for it.

Everyone get over yourselves..

I use because I like black ****.

It’s. A waste to pay and can’t narrow down to your personal interests. It’s nit racist to be attracted to your preference!

Well said.

I can only suspect that ethnicity filter has been removed because of the generalised “racism” being the hot topic right now.
Ironically speaking all of those filters including age, body type represent a “racism in a diff sort”. The biggest irony is then Grindr should be open not only for the “gays”. Would this not be a sexism on its own right by excluding females or lesbians or the “straights”? Just saying...
It is NOT the personal preferences that make a person a racist. It is rather how you treat others starting from how you greet or politely decline any conversation shall you not want to be engaged.
Just like food preferences, some may like Italian or French or Mexican or Asian or other cuisines. Just because you may not find a particular cuisine delicious (or being “attractive” in the context of “dating” world), it does not make you a racist. It’s just simply a matter of personal preferences. The filters are designed to help users to narrow down the list of people one would be interested to engage in. Nothing more than than that. To generalise ethnicity filter as racism = simply dumb and obviously it is a waste of time trawling through the endless list of people you may not even be interested to “date” with.
So, please waste don’t time and bring the filter back ;)

I can only suspect that ethnicity filter has been removed because of the generalised “racism” being the hot topic right now.
Ironically speaking all of those filters including age, body type represent a “racism in a diff sort”. The biggest irony is then Grindr should be open not only for the “gays”. Would this not be a sexism on its own right by excluding females or lesbians or the “straights”? Just saying...
It is NOT the personal preferences that make a person a racist. It is rather how you treat others starting from how you greet or politely decline any conversation shall you not want to be engaged.
Just like food preferences, some may like Italian or French or Mexican or Asian or other cuisines. Just because you may not find a particular cuisine delicious (or being “attractive” in the context of “dating” world), it does not make you a racist. It’s just simply a matter of personal preferences. The filters are designed to help users to narrow down the list of people one would be interested to engage in. Nothing more than than that. To generalise ethnicity filter as racism = simply dumb and obviously it is a waste of time trawling through the endless list of people you may not even be interested to “date” with.

I understand why you’ve removed the ethnicity filter, but I think it’s short sighted. I love black guys and often search for them on Grindr- this is suddenly gone. Racism shouldn’t be confused with preference of what you’re attracted to. Getting rid of this filter should mean you get rid of age filters or body type filters. Who you’re attracted to and your intrinsic beliefs are very different things

They are losing a lot of clients from canceling their subscription. I’m cancelling mine. They won’t refund a prorated amount. I’m going to my cc company and showing them it’s a breach of contract on their part because I am no longer receiving the service I was told I would get when I signed up. Dispute it with your credit card company.

Please re-add this filter. Is not discrimination. Is just matter of what you like or not.

This was a very helpful filter for getting more of what we want out of the app.

C'mon grindr is nonsense to think that by having a love preference automatically you are considered not supportive of other races?? Give me a break. We as gay man know that love is love no matter in which form but now you are weaponizing the blm movement and use it against our freedom to choose who we want to interact with. That's idiotic

Bring back ethnicity filter! I need to filter out all the white boys in my area because that’s all there is! Otherwise, you have to scroll through page after page. Age, weight, height, position, and any other filter should go as well or ethnicity should come back. Just canceled my subscription.

Yes i purchased / renewed because of the service that app provided - and now you’re changing that service. Re-instate ethnicity filter or you can forget about me renewing this app

Bring back the ethnicity filter. I rather have only what I like show up.

Please bring back the ethnicity filter. It’s not racism to have a preference, just like it’s not ageist to have an age preference, and it’s not gender discrimination to just want to date guys.