New report finds PrEP awareness is high but access is low, as global HIV funding shrinks Grindr steps up

Today at the 2026 International AIDS Conference, Grindr for Equality committed to connecting ten million LGBTQ+ people to HIV prevention by 2028, leveraging its platform reach to advance the global effort to end HIV by 2030.

The commitment is rooted in Closing the Gap, a new Grindr for Equality report drawing on survey data from Grindr users across ten countries. The central finding is consistent across countries: people know about PrEP but they are not taking it. The barrier is access and the funding that existed to address it is disappearing.

"Connecting people is what Grindr does at a scale and in communities that traditional public health systems don't effectively reach," said George Arison, CEO and Chairman of Grindr (NYSE: GRND). "The global HIV response is losing critical funding at the exact moment we should be accelerating to end HIV by 2030. Grindr has the reach and the responsibility to help close that access gap -- and we are proud to step up."

Fifteen million people use Grindr every month across 190 countries. In many of those markets, Grindr is already one of the primary sources of sexual health information available. Every user will now have a direct in-app pathway to information about and referrals to locally available HIV prevention services, including testing, PrEP, doxyPEP, and emerging tools where clinically appropriate and available, powered by the local, in-country nonprofits, clinics, and community organizations Grindr for Equality partners with to reach the people who need them most.

Grindr for Equality has spent a decade building the infrastructure behind this commitment: more than 1,200 in-app campaigns in 2025 alone, across 185 community organizations in 71 countries and 40 languages. More than 600,000 HIV self-tests distributed in-app since 2022. This commitment builds on this foundation. When someone wants to find sexual health services, Grindr should be one of the easiest places to start.

Endorsing organizations include: amfAR, International AIDS Society (IAS), (RED), AVAC, Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA), Harm Reduction International, HIV Justice Network, Council for Global Equality, Global Equality Caucus, ViiV Healthcare, Health Access Bridge, Building Healthy Online Communities, U.S. Business Action to End HIV, Center for Black Equity, All Out, Lighthouse Social Enterprise (Vietnam), Red Somos / Centro Medico Comunitario Red Somos, Sustained Health Initiatives of the Philippines (SHIP), Anova Health Institute / Triangle Project (South Africa), CenterLink, Apicha Community Health Center, Wanda Alston Foundation, Savannah Pride Center, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, Baltimore Safe Haven, Arkansas Black Gay Men's Forum, OutVote, Union=Fuerza Latinx Institute, The Social Impact Center, Under the Umbrella RGV, PROMO Missouri, LGBT Center Intercultural Collective, Community EsTr(El/La), F&M Global Barometers, Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC), The Public Studio, Equal Asia Foundation, Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBTQ+) Hotline Association, Swiss AIDS Federation (Aids-Hilfe Schweiz), RFSL Ungdom (Queer Youth Sweden), Somos de Colores, COORDINADORA ESTATAL VIH SIDA (CESIDA), Ezintsha, HIV/AIDS Slovakia, Action for AIDS Singapore, CheckPoint Beograd, ARAS – Romanian Association Against AIDS, MozaiQ LGBT Association, GAT Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos, DOKTORPREP.PL, Kampania Przeciw Homofobii, HIV AND AIDS SUPPORT HOUSE (Philippines), LoveYourself Inc., Pasos Libres, Diversidades Transmasculinas, IMPULSE Lima, TRANS ORGANIZACIÓN FEMINISTA, Happiest Ones Health Support and Rights Initiative (HOHSRI Nigeria), Heartland Alliance LTD/GTE, Queercity Media and Productions, Body Positive Inc. (New Zealand), Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, Youth LEAD Mongolia, REFUGIO ORQUÍDEA, TRANSformando Vidas Zacatecas, Dirección de Diversidad Sexual del Estado de Jalisco, Inspira Cambio, QUÓRUM LGBTI, Amicus DH, Unión Diversa de Jalisco, PILS (Mauritius), Collectif Arc-en-Ciel, Sexual Health Malta, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Directorate Malta, LEV8 Malaysia, Croix Rouge Luxembourgeoise – HIV Berodung, The Others BY (Lithuania), galck+ (Kenya), NPO AKTA Tokyo, Israel AIDS Task Force, Sexual Health Centre Cork, Gay Health Network Ireland, Pelangi Nusantara, Yayasan Pesona Bumi Pasundan, Mist LGBTQ Foundation, NMP+, SAATHII, Blue Banyan LLP, PrEPARED, Safe Access, Háttér Society, Homo Evolution / Antivirus Magazine, s.a.m health / Deutsche Aidshilfe, Blue Balls (Georgia), Equality Movement (Georgia), STOP homophobie, Corporación Kimirina, Centro de Orientación e Investigación Integral (COIN), EuroTEST, ARA ART, ČESKÁ SPOLEČNOST AIDS POMOC, AIDS Solidarity Movement Cyprus, Iskorak, IRCA CASABIERTA, Fundación OAH, Fundación Iñaki Diverso, CORPORACION RED SOMOS, AIDS Concern Hong Kong, Territorio Diverso, Fundación Círculo de Apoyo Positivo, Fundación Todo Mejora, JEVIH, FUNDACIÓN EDUCACIÓN SEXUAL AHORA, EpiC Cambodia / FHI 360, KHANA (Cambodia), IVOR Foundation, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health / Fiocruz, Banana Club (Botswana), Instituto para el Desarrollo Humano Bolivia, Exaequo ASBL, Aids Hilfe Wien, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Fundación Huésped, Derechos Humanos y Diversidad, ECONET Ukraine, Revolution at Renaissance UK, You Are Loved CIC, NUDDSO, Sociedad Wills Wilde.

About Grindr Inc.

With 15 million average monthly active users, Grindr has grown to become the Global Gayborhood in Your Pocket™, on a mission to make a world where the lives of our global community are free, equal, and just. Available in 190 countries and territories, Grindr is often the primary way for its users to connect, express themselves, and discover the world around them. Since 2015, Grindr for Equality has advanced human rights, health, and safety for millions of LGBTQ+ people in partnership with organizations in every region of the world. Grindr has offices in West Hollywood, the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. The Grindr app is available on the App Store and Google Play.

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