Best LGBTQ Apps and How to Design An Inclusive one.
The advent of dating apps that especially cater to—people belonging to the LGBTQ community has finally allowed the community to experience some degrees of identity and sexual freedom. Online dating has helped the LGBTQ community’s members improve their self-esteem as they can express their identity with less fear.
Online LGBTQ dating apps started emerging in the later years of the first decade of the 21st century. These dating apps use ‘geotagging’ technology to find appropriate dating matches for people living within a designated kilometer radius. These apps also encouraged a large section of people in the queer community to come out of their closets because of the ‘safe space’ environment these dating apps initiated for them.
Despite their much acclaimed positive impact, these queer dating apps came with their own set of concerns for the community. One of the major concerns reported by LGBTQ dating app users was ‘safety’. However, as time progressed, LGBTQ dating app owners and designers began addressing these concerns.
Best LGBTQ Dating Apps
Grindr
Scruff
Hinge
How can Developers and Product Designers create more LGBTQ-inclusive apps?
If you really are empathetic towards queer people and wish to create a platform for them where they can freely and safely express themselves without them being afraid of judgments, harassment, and prejudices; and can practice their sexual and gendered autonomy—then we have one golden rule for you—Human-Centered Research.
Conducting human-centered research while developing an LGBTQ app is will enable the LGBTQ app owners, mobile app developers, and designers to step into the shoes of the community so that they can truly understand the dating needs of the LGBTQ community. Adopting this approach will allow them to create an LGBTQ dating app with the LGBTQ community rather than just creating it for them.
However, below are a few areas to keep in mind while developing and designing the LGBTQ app.
Variety of Demographic identifiers
Diverse Illustrations
Inclusive Language
Resources and Support
Data Privacy
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