Grindr will host its inaugural “White House Correspondents’ dinner Weekend Party” the night before the main event, a night that 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 government affairs, told ITK in a statement when asked about what inspired the company to join the lineup of events tied to the correspondents’ dinner.
“Nobody does connections like Grindr, and WHCD weekend is the most iconic place in the country to make them. We figured it was time to host,” Hack said.
Pardon?
Corporate sponsored social events for lawmakers, lobbyists, and reporters to get all friendly with each other should be illegal.
The mere possibility of the appearance of corruption should be illegal.
While I agree that corporate lobbyists are a negative overall, the oil, meat, tobacco, alcohol, and gambling world (just to name a few) have been destroying our world by lobbying politicians for decades. This is an issue that is not going away.
If a company wants to lobby for lgbt rights, HIV research, and access to IVF, they are my least hated lobbying group at the moment.
Actually totally good point. I’m going to chuckle at the situation regardless because it’s funny. But I agree with you overall.