Mary Richardson, a senior at Penn State York, never really felt like she belonged when she used mainstream dating apps as a pansexual person, she said. Although Richardson received no explanation regarding why she was removed from Tinder, she speculates that it had something to do with her sexual orientation. By the end of August , Richardson and Teller released the first version of Bindr.
As of early September , Bindr hit 32, users, Richardson said. Even though Bindr is all-inclusive and non-label-centric, combating bisexual erasure is something that Richardson aims to achieve through Bindr. So I just really want to fight that and make this a safe zone.
One of the main ways we do that is meticulously looking at the profiles, all the support requests, taking them very seriously. Any nudity or sketchy profiles, we take down. This makes me feel safe and included. With funding, Richardson hopes to be able to buy people bus tickets to travel to out-of-state doctors appointments or start a kind of online clinic to have medication sent to people. Richardson is nominated for the Women in Technology Award in the category of diversity and inclusion, presented by the Technology Council of Pennsylvania.
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