Dec 6
Grindr Unwraps 2024's Sexiest Surprises
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 4 MIN.
But 2024 wasn't all about getting down and dirty between the sheets. Culture was important to the guys who sleep with guys, too, and they picked "Very demure" influencer Jools LeBron as their favorite "Virtual Newcummer," while Ludwig clocked in as everyone's favorite "Gaymer." (And what "gayme" were the gays playing? "Dress to Impress," of course!)
Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson were honored as the #1 "Gay Power Couple." For media hounds, "Baby Reindeer" was the top TV show, though "Emily in Paris" – mais, oui – registered as everyone's favorite "Hate Watch."
The skin-tight superhero duds and bromoerotic banter of "Deadpool & Wolverine" made that movie a matinee idol, while in the podcast arena "The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya" edged out Grindr's own "Who's the Asshole with Katya."
Grindr's guys didn't just put their lips together (or crank them apart) and blow; they made beautiful music along with their fave songs (top of the list was Chappell Roan's "Good Luck, Babe!") all "Brat Summer" long (with the Charli XCX album claiming the top of Grinder's chart). And the tour of the year? Would you believe the epic Troye Sivan and Charli XCX collab "Sweat?" All that to her credit, and Charli XCX still found time to be our "Ally of the Year!"
Not that the app's users didn't have thoughts on other aspects of culture, as well. The data show that their fave porn star for 2024 was Tyler Wu. Kissing led the way in the foreplay field, and the missionary position remains a perennial classic when things get down to the main event. As for our community's geographical druthers? London's Soho was deemed "Best Gayborhood of the Year."
See the complete results of who came first, who finished last, and who got wedged in-between at Grinder Unwrapped.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.