Steph Niaupari’s Global Grindr Mission: World Pride Profile

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Grindr for Equality, this year marking its 10th anniversary. The effort notes that in 2023 alone, it “provided more than $1.5 million in direct financial aid to more than 150 LGBTQ+ organizations worldwide.” Niaupari is this particular effort’s senior manager.So, what does a day in the life of Grindr for Equality’s lead look like?“A typical day is hard, because it always depends on where I am in the world,” offers the gender nonbinary, transmasculine Niaupari, speaking from Ecuador. “It’s collaborating with product teams, engineering, legal, making sure our users are safe and have access to resources.

I get to address unique health needs that LGBTQ individuals have, making sure anywhere in the world our users are able to know where their HIV/STI testing site is located, which one is closest to them.

We want to make sure that our users have mental health services, whether virtually or in person.“Then there’s thinking about movements that are being built, legislative fights that are going on in other countries, letting our users be part of that.“In some cases, people are just coming out.