Tinder is looking for queer lovers for an extraordinary ceremony
22.2.2023
Translation: machine translated
It has been five years since same-sex marriages became legal in Australia. To mark the occasion, Tinder now wants to pay for a lavish wedding for queer couples who met on the dating app.
It's that time of year again: spring is in the air and people are getting married in their droves. We certainly have the dating app Tinder to thank for this: as we all know, there are countless singles on Tinder looking for their dream partner.
According to Statista, Tinder was used by around 2.09 million people in Germany every month last year. As the statistics portal found out in a survey, it is the second most popular dating app in Germany after Lovoo.
75 billion matches
Founded in 2012, the app is now available in 190 countries and more than 40 languages. According to Tinder, there have been more than 75 billion matches to date.
In Australia, Tinder has now come up with something special - just in time for the wedding season: It's been five years since same-sex marriages became legal Down Under. To mark the occasion, Tinder now wants to fund a lavish wedding worth 25,000 dollars for five queer couples who met on the dating app.
The Big Tinder Wedding will be the "ultimate celebration of queer love stories that started on Tinder", promises Tinder on its website. The company hires wedding planners for this purpose and also wants to contribute to the costs of the honeymoon.
The cooler the love story, the higher the chances of winning
Queer couples can simply apply online by telling their individual Tinder love story and filming a short video.
The app operators recently conducted a survey and found that 55 per cent of respondents know someone who has married their Tinder match or match from another dating app.
Number of queer users is growing rapidly
The number of LGBTQIA+ members on Tinder has grown twice as fast as the total number of members worldwide. "We are proud of the role we play in the dating life of the LGBTQIA+ Community. We welcome all people and have been helping the Community make new connections for the past ten years," says Kristen Hardeman, Country Director of Tinder Australia.
It's about time that Tinder started hosting weddings in this country too. So far, there are no plans to do so. But if the project is a hit in Australia, perhaps they will consider expanding it to Europe. Same-sex couples have been allowed to marry in Germany since 1 October 2017, so wouldn't the sixth anniversary this year be a nice occasion?
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