'This can then be the first place someone feels safe enough to disclose their orientation.'
. He was 15-years-old when he started to realise he was gay – and he found the idea of coming out pretty daunting.That’s why he turned to dating apps. ‘In terms of exploring my sexuality, it was definitely easier to use apps like Grindr or Tinder,’ he says. Although he’s quick to add: ‘Of course, I was too young for Grindr, so I got banned on there.’
It’s perhaps easy then to see then why someone would explore their sexuality online as a first port of call., tells Metro.co.uk that the company has heard of this kind of thing happening ‘time and time again’. ‘He just thought that sexuality was more about having sex with someone,’ she says. ‘And so for him, he was like, “If you want to go have sex with someone, you could go do that”, but he didn’t understand that I wanted to speak to people and build a relationship.
Daniel also points out that people who aren’t straight may well find that they have to come out again and again as the years go by to new people – whereas on a dating app, you select the right filter, and its done. ‘Counter-intuitively, this can then be the first place someone feels safe enough to disclose their orientation.
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