Grindr set to host its first White House Correspondents’ dinner party

Grindr is getting in on the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner action.

The LGBTQ dating app will be joining the crowded party scene ahead of the annual WHCA dinner on April 25.

Grindr will host its inaugural “White House Correspondents’ dinner Weekend Party” the night before the main event, a night which has been not-so-affectionately dubbed “Nerd Prom” over the years.

An invitation to the fete in Washington’s Georgetown neighborhood promises to “bring together policymakers, journalists, and LGBTQ community leaders as we toast the First Amendment.”

“Grindr represents a global community with real stakes in Washington. The issues being debated here — HIV funding, privacy and online safety, LGBTQ family rights — are daily life for our community,” Joe Hack, Grindr’s head of global........

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