{"id":106515,"date":"2019-11-12T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/taking-care-of-everyone-in-our-community\/"},"modified":"2019-11-12T10:00:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T15:00:33","slug":"taking-care-of-everyone-in-our-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/taking-care-of-everyone-in-our-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Care of Everyone in our Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking Care of Everyone in our Community<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Taking<\/p>\n

At Tinder, we’re always working to make it easier to connect with new people. And, as I begin my third year as CEO, I want to acknowledge that using our app hasn\u2019t always been easy for everyone.<\/p>\n

We strive to create a place where people everywhere can be who they are and love who they love. A few years ago, we made strides in the industry by expanding gender identities<\/a> to be more inclusive for everyone on Tinder – and we are continuously making changes and improvements to help all members feel recognized and welcomed when connecting on our platform. With this in mind, I want to address the transgender community and share the steps we\u2019ve taken toward inclusivity across our entire business – from improving our product, to training our people, to using our platform to tell real stories from members of the community.<\/p>\n

Improving our product experience<\/em><\/p>\n

Today, you can add the term that best reflects your gender identity on Tinder by using our feature, More Genders. And while many successful matches have been made, and surely more minds opened, our trans<\/a> members have been very vocal about: the banning of our transgender members, especially transgender women<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When developing our More Genders feature: we decided not to give Tinder members the option to filter out profiles of trans<\/a> people. We stand by that decision. We will always do what we can to foster an inclusive community on Tinder. However, it came with some very disappointing, unforeseen consequences. Trans people continue to be reported at higher rates by cisgender members simply for being who they are. Although our intention was to be more inclusive, we understand many members of the trans<\/a> community have felt the opposite. When we recently started offering support via Twitter, this became especially clear; and, we\u2019ve taken immediate steps toward improving our processes:<\/p>\n