Michele Garbarino<p>It's the first year I see <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/grindr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grindr</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/grindrunwrapped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grindrunwrapped</span></a> stats and despite I'm no longer a user, it fulls me with sadness to see that we can't move past the need to be <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/discreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discreet</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/anon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anon</span></a> when it comes to <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/dating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dating</span></a>. I understand of course if you live in a country where <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/homosexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homosexuality</span></a> is criminalised but when it comes to say western Europe? It seems despite it's nearly 2024, some of us can't still accept who they are. We defo need more <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> then to help everyone understand it's ok to be <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/out" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>out</span></a>!</p>