Grindr hosting its first White House Correspondents' Dinner party

Source: USA Today

Updated April 21, 2026, 3:56 p.m. ET


Popular LGBTQ dating app Grindr is gearing up to host its first-ever party ahead of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner. Grindr’s inaugural “White House Correspondents’ Dinner Weekend Party” is set to be hosted on the night of April 24, one day before the WHCA’s dinner.

In an invitation to the party sent by Joe Hack, Grindr’s head of global government affairs and obtained by USA TODAY, the event is touted as an opportunity to “bring together policymakers, journalists, and LGBTQ community leaders as we toast the First Amendment.”

"Grindr represents a global community with real stakes in Washington. The issues being debated here -- HIV funding, digital privacy, LGBTQ+ human rights -- are daily life for our community," Hack said in a statement to USA TODAY. "Nobody does connections like Grindr and WHCD weekend is the most iconic place in the country to make them. We figured it was time to host.:

According to Advocate.com, there has been no word on whether Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent or former Kennedy Center president Ric Grenell, two openly gay members of the Trump administration, would be in attendance at the Grindr party.

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