Grindr Pays $35M in U.K. Lawsuit Over Allegedly Sharing Users’ HIV Status, Private Data

POZ ^ | September 10, 2026 | Eva Lorenz

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The popular gay dating and hookup app Grindr agreed to pay £26 million (about $35 million) to settle a lawsuit over allegations that it shared users’ personal information, including their ethnicity, sexual orientation and, in some cases, HIV status, with third parties, reports The Guardian. The settlement ends the class-action lawsuit filed in the High Court of England and Wales in 2024, though Grindr continues to deny liability.

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Launched in 2009 and based in Los Angeles, Grindr bills itself as “the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans and queer people. We have millions of daily users who use our location-based technology in almost every country in every corner of the planet.”

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No word.

So, is it "shout your HIV status" or are they supposed to still keep it under wraps? I'm so confused.

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I have no clue what that is.

[Resolute Conservative]

If they are posting their status what do they think will happen. Be like a hetero guy puts he abuses women on a dating app sign-in/profile then getting mad they released it.

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Homos are not the smartest tools in the shed, especially the ones that come down with AIDS.

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Semi Related:

Fact Check: Grindr Outage Did NOT Take Place in Dallas During 2026 Republican National Convention

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Choir Director Donald Young was unavailable for comment

Because he was murdered



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AI Overview:

Donald Young murdered on or around December 22–23, 2007

Case Status:

Donald Young"s murder remains officially unsolved.




AI Overview:

Yes, Donald Young was an OPENLY GAY MAN who served as a choir director.He was an elementary school teacher and the prominent choir conductor at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

At the time, Trinity United was well-known as the home church of Barack and Michelle Obama.Tragically, Donald Young was found murdered in his South Side apartment on December 23, 2007. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

Because of his church's connection to Barack Obama—who was campaigning for the U.S. presidency at the time—Young's unsolved murder quickly became the subject of various unverified political conspiracy theories and internet rumors. However, Chicago police investigated the case as a standard homicide, and his murder remains unsolved.

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Donald Young's murder remains Officially Unsolved.

AI Overview:

The mother of Chicago Choir Director Donald Young
is Norma Jean Kendricks Young.

Choir Director Donald Young was found murdered in his South Side apartment on December 23, 2007. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

This information was formally documented in a state legislative resolution honoring his life following his tragic, unsolved passing in December 2007.

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