Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Recent reporting, brand coverage, ongoing story threads, and source-backed context from SEXTECHGUIDE.
Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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News Facebook and Instagram to remove ad targeting options based on sexuality
Meta is removing ad targeting options based on sexuality, LGBTQ identity, and other sensitive topics from Facebook and Instagram starting January 19, 2022. While framed as a privacy protection measure, the policy has drawn
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News San Francisco PornFilmFestival 2021 returns as a hybrid event in November
The San Francisco PornFilmFestival returns for its second edition in November 2021 as a hybrid in-person and online event, hosted at the Brava Center for Women in the Arts and streamed simultaneously. The festival,
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Opinion Queering industry: How LGBTQIA+ businesses are trans-forming tech
This article examines the systemic exclusion of LGBTQIA+ communities from mainstream tech, featuring perspectives from queer founders, app developers, and sextech entrepreneurs. It documents real harms like transphobic censorship, fetishizing dating apps, and funding
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News Solace launches Kickstarter for gender identity and expression self-discovery app Clarity
Solace has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund Clarity, a self-discovery app designed to help users explore gender identity, gender expression, and sexuality through guided tools and tracking features. The app distinguishes itself from
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News After years of backlash, Grindr finally ditches the ethnicity filter
Grindr has removed its ethnicity filter following years of criticism and renewed pressure sparked by the Black Lives Matter movement and the murder of George Floyd. The article covers the platform's announcement, its accompanying
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News Red Light Center and Utherverse will host your cancelled Pride events
Red Light Center, the adult-themed virtual city within the Utherverse platform, has announced a month-long Pride celebration in June to replace cancelled real-world events. The platform is also offering to host any community or
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News Solace now offers advice and coaching for transgender kids too
Solace, a free mobile app from the not-for-profit Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund, has launched a Child Mode to help parents and guardians support transgender youth through transition with over 100 age-specific goals. The app provides
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News Jack’d drops privacy-invading ads as it looks to leave controversy in the past
Perry Street Software has completed a comprehensive technical overhaul of Jack'd, most notably removing all third-party programmatic advertising to enhance user privacy. The changes follow a turbulent period for the app that included a
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News Lex is a ‘personal ad’ inspired dating app for lesbian, bisexual, asexual, and queer people
This article introduces Lex, a text-based dating and social app for lesbian, bisexual, asexual, and queer people that evolved from a popular Instagram personal ads account. Unlike mainstream dating apps, Lex eschews selfies and
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News Solace launches trans news aggregator Respite on its way to $80k target
Solace, a startup building apps for transgender people navigating their transition, has launched Respite, a curated news aggregator focused on trans issues, while continuing its crowdfunding campaign toward an $80k goal. The article covers
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News Gay dating app Scruff buys Jack’d, promises better security for users
Perry Street Software, the parent company of gay dating app Scruff, has acquired LGBTQ rival Jack'd and its 5 million users, with a particular focus on the Asian market. The acquisition comes after Jack'd
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Opinion Rainbow washing is real, but the gaming industry looks like it’s finally warming up to Gaymers
The article examines the gaming industry's efforts to support LGBTQ+ gamers during Pride 2019, focusing on Nutaku's $5 million investment in queer adult games and dedicated LGBTQ+ storefront, and Steam/Valve's new official LGBTQ+ labelling
