The founder of gay phone app Grindr has created a new service aimed at the mainstream.
Joel Simkhai, who launched Grindr two years ago, says new iPhone app Blendr will help people find dates and friendships nearby.
Speaking to the New York Times, Mr Simkhai said the app is aimed at those who want to make friends, as well as those who want sex or relationships.
He said: “Even if you’re a married man and you only want to meet other married men to play poker, you can set the settings to show those matches.”

The founder of gay phone app Grindr has created a new service aimed at the mainstream.
Joel Simkhai, who launched Grindr two years ago, says new iPhone app Blendr will help people find dates and friendships nearby.
Speaking to the New York Times, Mr Simkhai said the app is aimed at those who want to make friends, as well as those who want sex or relationships.
He said: “Even if you’re a married man and you only want to meet other married men to play poker, you can set the settings to show those matches.”

The founder of gay phone app Grindr has created a new service aimed at the mainstream.
Joel Simkhai, who launched Grindr two years ago, says new iPhone app Blendr will help people find dates and friendships nearby.
Speaking to the New York Times, Mr Simkhai said the app is aimed at those who want to make friends, as well as those who want sex or relationships.
He said: “Even if you’re a married man and you only want to meet other married men to play poker, you can set the settings to show those matches.”

K-Y Jelly has made its first advert featuring a lesbian couple.
The ad, which will air today in the US, shows couple Alex and Emma talking about their relationship.
As Alex says good communication has kept them together, Emma announces that K-Y Intense has also helped as it “makes that big moment feel even bigger”.
A spokesman for the brand said: “Since 1998, [KY-Brand] has sponsored dozens of LBGT and HIV/AIDS organisations and has also participated at LGBT Pride celebrations and other community events.

Graeme Obree, the cycling champion who came out earlier this year, has warned other gay sportsmen and women not to follow his example.
The 45-year-old athlete, known as the Flying Scotsman, revealed in January that he is gay and said he had twice to kill himself over his struggle to accept his sexual orientation.
But yesterday, he said that it would be “too awkward” to be an active sportsman and openly gay.
He added that he would not even consider coaching other rising stars.

Graeme Obree, the cycling champion who came out earlier this year, has warned other gay sportsmen and women not to follow his example.
The 45-year-old athlete, known as the Flying Scotsman, revealed in January that he is gay and said he had twice to kill himself over his struggle to accept his sexual orientation.
But yesterday, he said that it would be “too awkward” to be an active sportsman and openly gay.
He added that he would not even consider coaching other rising stars.

Graeme Obree, the cycling champion who came out earlier this year, has warned other gay sportsmen and women not to follow his example.
The 45-year-old athlete, known as the Flying Scotsman, revealed in January that he is gay and said he had twice to kill himself over his struggle to accept his sexual orientation.
But yesterday, he said that it would be “too awkward” to be an active sportsman and openly gay.
He added that he would not even consider coaching other rising stars.

Gay footballers should stay in the closet, German football captain Philipp Lahm has said.
The Bayern Munich captain, 27, wrote in his autobiography The Subtle Difference that bullied gay players could be driven to kill themselves.
He wrote: “I would not advise any gay professional footballer to come out.
“I would fear that he could end up like Justin Fashanu who after he outed himself was driven into such a corner that he ended up committing suicide.”

Gay footballers should stay in the closet, German football captain Philipp Lahm has said.
The Bayern Munich captain, 27, wrote in his autobiography The Subtle Difference that bullied gay players could be driven to kill themselves.
He wrote: “I would not advise any gay professional footballer to come out.
“I would fear that he could end up like Justin Fashanu who after he outed himself was driven into such a corner that he ended up committing suicide.”

The owners of the Old Oak bar in Cork, Ireland met with a gay couple on Monday night and apologised after bouncers threw one of the men out of the venue for kissing his partner.
The two students, who wish to remain anonymous, had been drinking and dancing at the venue in the small hours of Sunday morning.
After sharing a kiss near the main stage, a bouncer asked the pair, one of whom is a student at the Cork Institute of Technology, CIT, to cease the display of affection.
Undeterred, the couple continued to kiss until one of them was removed from the bar.