This new Tinder feature will help you meet more like-minded people

After a year operating in the United States, Tinder reinforces its commitment to diversity by launching the Sexual Orientations functionality in Spain The goal of Sexual Orientations is to empower members of the LGTBQ+ community on the well-known dating app, thus allowing them to be more authentic when it comes to meeting people. According to Tinder's first survey on fluid identities, the European Gen Z reveals itself as an ally of diversity in all its aspects.

Sexual Orientations has been created in collaboration with GLAAD and will will allow Tinder members to identify with up to three of the nine available orientations: straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, demisexual, pansexual, queer and questioning. This functionality is complemented by More Genders, which for two years has allowed Spanish users to identify themselves beyond the binary gender in the app.

With Sexual Orientations, Tinder seeks to make connections much more inclusive, meeting the demands of young people between 18 and 25 years old According to data from the first major survey on fluid identities carried out by Tinder in 6 European countries, this is a generation allied with diversity. Gender identity is revealed as an important component of personality in most countries: 77% think that their generation is more open than that of their parents.So much so that, since the launch of Sexual Orientations in the United States, one in ten matches on Tinder are queer .

According to a Tinder survey, Gen Z's openness is the result of their lives online Their dating style Meeting people is strongly influenced by the Internet and social networks, from which they have also drawn their referents. For example, 82% of those surveyed interact with their community through social networks. On the other hand, 43% admit to having identified with their true sexual orientation in applications or private online groups before in real life. More than half (53%) feel more comfortable meeting people online than in person. And 64% agree that dating apps allow them to meet diverse people with different backgrounds and identities. Times have certainly changed.

How does Sexual Orientations work?

To edit or add more information about our sexual orientation on Tinder, we just have to edit our profile When we click on "Orientation" we can select up to three terms. We must select the ones that we feel best describe our sexual orientation.

From there, we will decide if we want these to appear on our profile or not We can also decide how our matches should be ordered Potential on Tinder. So, by going into our Discovery preferences, we can choose to see people of our same orientation first if we want to.

Parallel to this launch, to celebrate and vindicate the collective's struggle in the "new normal", there will also be actions on the Tinder Instagram account in Spain For example, they will upload an original filter to celebrate Pride and a special edition of Tinder Confidential, a series of intimate conversations between Gen Z influencers, this time with @lajedet.

In addition, Tinder has partnered in Spain with the LGTB State Federation (FELGTB). From June 26 to July 5, the app will encourage its members to join the first virtual Pride demonstration in our country and to participate in the "Thousand balcony is my Pride».