Gay Men Flocked to Goose for Friendship. Some Still Feel Excluded
Hall, meanwhile, says he gave up on Goose after his submission was flagged. “Honestly, I was excited about an app to make gay friends but disappointed I got banned for no good reason. I’m deleting it,” he tells WIRED via direct message.
He’s not the only one who has complained about Goose having an inconsistent verification process or inclusivity issues. One prospective member alleges photos in which he wore makeup were rejected; the app appears to be geared toward masc men and doesn’t allow pronouns in bios, but I encountered several femme accounts. Others, like Raffy Regulus, a 35-year-old community health liaison in New York City who identifies as nonbinary, complain about a lack of racial diversity, particularly where he lives in the Bronx.
When he filtered the map, which he says wrongly labeled his neighborhood, to a 10-mile radius in an attempt to locate more queer men who...
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