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INTERSECTION OF DIFFERENCES IN CONTEMPORARY MEDIA • Cad. Pagu 000 (47) • 2016 • https://doi.org/10.1590/18094449201600470011   copy

Strangers in Paradise: notes on the use of dating apps for hookups in San Francisco * * This article presents the preliminary results of a study conducted from January to August 2013, in San Francisco. Process number 2012/17.206-8 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). “The opinions, hypotheses and conclusion or recommendations expressed in this material are the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the view of FAPESP”.

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Abstract

Based on an ethnography conducted in San Francisco between January and August 2013, this paper explores how adult gay men use dating apps to find sexual and romantic partners. The city passed from being a center of the counterculture to a gentrified haven for hipsters and techies in a process that has also transformed its sociability. The search for gay partners has shifted from cruising to hookups, as the use of apps reinforces a progressive selection of partners based on moral criteria.

Gay Dating Apps; Gentrification; Cruising; Hookup; Aids; Serosorting

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