Benjamin Butterworth

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Grindr is Sharing the HIV Status of Users with Outside Companies

  Gay dating app Grindr is sharing the HIV status of its users with outside firms, it has been revealed. A Norwegian nonprofit has discovered that the information is being shared with two private companies that help “optimise” apps, Localytics and Apptimize.  The information also includes users’ screen names, GPS data, email address and phone ID. “Thousands of companies use these highly-regarded platforms. These are standard practices in the mobile app ecosystem,” Grindr Chief Technology Officer Scott Chen told BuzzFeed, who verified the claims. “No Grindr user information is sold to third parties. We pay these software vendors to utilise […]

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New Mormon Leader Claims the Church Loves Gay People

The new leader of the Mormon Church has insisted the religion is supportive of LGBT rights. Russell M. Nelson, 93, was appointed head of the 16-million member church after the previous president, Thomas S. Monson died age 90.  Speaking for the first time as its president – a position which makes him a “prophet, seer and revelatory” – he said God loves people regardless of sexuality. The Church of the Latter Day Saints is opposed to gay relationships and refuses to allow women to be priests. Asked about LGBT rights, he said there were “challenges with the commandments of God, […]