With these dating apps, not only is there more choice and selection, but there’s more control, and with that comes positive sexual and dating experiences. It also means more people can express themselves and connect with people who identify with their sexuality.

So why not delete Tinder and try these instead?

Dattch

Dattch is a newish dating app built by women, for women. It’s main target audience is for those who identify as lesbian, bisexual and/or bicurious. And the great thing about Dattch is that any female can use it, and not just for romance. Dattch is all about community experience and having fun, which allows women the opportunity to meet people in a low-pressure environment to safely connect with each other. It also boasts a great blog, and encourages women to interact with one another through the app by using games such as “Would you Rather.” A feminine-friendly app such as Dattch opens the LGBTQ+ community to women and, similar to how Grindr is made for men, Dattch is the female version and gives women a chance to explore, meet new people, and discover love and friendship in a feminist-positive atmosphere.

Siren (pictured)

Siren is a relatively new dating app which puts control into the hands of women. With this app, women can decide whether men using the app see their profile, pictures, personal information, and more, allowing women the opportunity to choose for themselves. Its premise it to keep women from dating, meeting and/or hooking up with men based purely on looks. With Siren, women can get to know men based more on personality and less on physicality. Because women control who sees their profile, it gives them the opportunity to make the first move and — unlike apps such as Tinder — you can control your online visibility. Siren essentially eliminates the narcissism synonymous with apps like Grindr and Tinder, and gives ladies control over the dating scene.

WyldFire



Created by a man but designed for women, WyldFire (like Siren) puts women in complete control. Women choose who can join the app, and as it is friendly for all users (LGBTQ+ included), WyldFire isn’t limited specifically to those who identify as straight. Letting women control who joins and who can use the app, means giving women choice as to who they meet, interact with and eventually go on dates with. Though the process of meeting people is much like Tinder, WyldFire allows women to ultimately decide for themselves what kind of person they want to connect with, how they want to connect, and why. Whereas as other apps might make a woman feel unsafe, bombarded with invitations from overly-eager men, or simply put off with the lack of success in meeting people, apps like WyldFire give women control and make the dating (and hook-up) experience more positive. The basic outline here is choice, and women are totally in control.

Healthvana



Definitely a must-have app for those looking to maintain healthy sexual relationships, Healthvana is less of a dating-app and more of an accompanying app. How it works: Healthvana provides you with clinics and doctors nearby that offer STD and STI testing. The app stores your test results in the app and, when it comes time to hop into bed with the guy or girl you met at the bar, you can ensure your partner that you are safe because Healthvana allows you to share or provide your test results with sexual partners. Being able to share your test results and ensure one another that you’re safe, creates sexually-positive experiences for you and your partner, especially if you or he/she hook up with different people on a regular basis. Healthvana makes one-night-stands and random hooks-up sexually safe, but it also promote sexual health and takes away any excuse you may have to not be safe. It works for everyone and definitely makes sex a whole lot more positive.

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Whether you use dating apps for fun, casual sex or as a last resort in the perpetual search for “the one,” there’s no denying that these apps make for a convenient way to meet new people and maybe even meet your next relationship (serious or not). There are many apps so open to the women and LGBTQ+ community, that it is virtually impossible not to meet someone through online dating that you can connect and identify with. There is a significant rise in the number of apps dedicated to women and LGBTQ+ identified individuals, giving everyone not only more options, but also more control as to who they date, how they meet people, and who they interact with. These apps also allow for people to connect with one another and have sexually-positive experiences during an age where online love is mostly about narcissism and too much visibility.

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