"People are desperate for intimacy": 'Intimacy Urgencies' and 'Doing Trust'—How do Grindr users Respond to Risks of Violence in Contemporary India?
This article is situated within larger research on crime and queer intimate economy in contemporary India. Specifically, the article focuses on how users of popular queer dating applications like Grindr manage their anxieties about risk while seeking intimacy through the application. Participants in...
| Publicado en: | Sexuality & Culture Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 1255 - 1276 |
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