Grindr, the popular LGBTQ+ dating app, is distributing free at-home HIV tests as part of a new public health initiative.
The app explained in a blog post that access to HIV testing is “one of the biggest limitations in the fight against the persistent HIV epidemic.” HIV continues to affect the gay, bi and trans community more than many other groups. The test is now available to order within the app’s main menu to US-based users with a new “Free HIV Home Test” button. People will get an OraQuick kit, an FDA-approved, over-the-counter test that works by swabbing the gums and takes around 20 minutes to see results.
So far, the program has given away 125,000 HIV test kits, Grindr said in its blog post, and that one-third of those kits were sent to people taking a test for the first time, “showing the power and innovation that comes from bringing these partners together.” The aim is to give away 1 million kits over the next five years and Grindr hopes to expand the program to other countries. A 2019 CDC report found that fewer than 40% of people in the United States have been screened for HIV.
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