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25 02, 2019

Christopher Sorensen: Afterglow MV Catapults on the Charts

By JRL Charts|2019-02-25T00:09:54-08:00February 25th, 2019|Categories: Gay Music News|Tags: afterglow MV, Christopher Sorensen, gay love songs 2019, gay music chart, gay music videos 201, gay rap music 2019, grindr, heartbreak, love songs 2019|

LOS ANGELES, CA — (02-25-19) — Gay pop singer and songwriter Christopher Sorensen scores it big time with his Afterglow MV, as it catapults on the International Gay Music Chart going from No. 33 to land this week at No.15. The Afterglow MV tells the story of a ‘relationship between a naive, closeted 18-year-old and [...]

11 12, 2018

Grindr Exec Landon Rae Zumwalt Resigns After Company Prez Says Marriage Is Between ‘Man and a Woman’

By JRL Charts|2026-02-11T02:50:27-08:00December 11th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: grindr, Landon Rae Zumwal, LGBTQ dating apps, marriage equality, same-sex marriage, Scott Chen, Taiwan|

LAS VEGAS, NV — (12-11-18) — Popular Gay dating app Grindr, is going through a major shift. Head of communications Landon Rae Zumwalt resigns after Grindr president Scott Chen, posted on Facebook his stance on same-sex marriage. "The gay dating app’s director of communications said Scott Chen’s opinion “goes against everything I am and everything [...]

21 09, 2018

Oklahoma City Gay Men Lured via Grindr, Robbed at Gunpoint

By JRL Charts|2026-02-11T02:50:48-08:00September 21st, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Armed Robbery, arrest, car keys, Cash, credit cards, crime, crime news, gay dating, grindr, hook up app, lgbt politics, oklahoma, Oklahoma city police, smart phones, vehicle titles|

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — (09-21-18) — Oklahoma City gay men who were robbed at gunpoint can breath a sigh of relief as police make an arrest. Oklahoma detectives arrested a man for allegedly luring others to a Oklahoma City home through the gay hookup app Grindr. The suspect robbed the men at gunpoint. Identified as Deaunte [...]

5 04, 2018

Gay Hookup App Grindr Says It Will Stop Sharing HIV Status with Other Companies

By JRL Charts|2026-02-11T02:51:10-08:00April 5th, 2018|Categories: Gay Adult News, LGBT Politics|Tags: Bryce Case, BuzzFeed, Cambridge Analytics, grindr, HIV status, HIV/AIDS News, Norwegian nonprofit SINTEF, Researcher Antoine Pultier|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer After the huge backlash the gay dating and social networking app, Grindr, which counts more than 3 million daily active users, announced that it would offer a feature reminding users to get tested for HIV. What followed is what sent Grindr into the lion's den as Buzzfeed exposed Grindr of [...]

19 09, 2017

Third Texas Man Confesses to Hate Crime Assaults on Gay Men

By JRL Charts|2025-12-16T19:37:58-08:00September 19th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Anthony Shelton, Assistant Attorney General John Gore, Chancler Encalade, federal grand jury, gay men, gay Texas news, grindr, Hate Crime – LGBTQ Attacks, Nigel Garrett, sexual orientation, texas crime news, Texas LGBTQ News, Threats & Global Reports | JRL CHARTS, U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The third suspect in a string of gay men hate crimes, Chancler Encalade, pleaded guilty on Monday September 18 to assaulting a man because of the victim’s sexual orientation, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Texas, and U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, [...]

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