You Can Order a Free HIV Test on Grindr

To get a test, open theGrindrapp and find the Free HIV Home Test button under profile prefs.

It’s available to people in the US and Puerto Rico.

Transgender women also are disproportionately impacted by HIV, as are Black cisgender women, according to the CDC.

Like other preventative health measures, testing for HIVdeclined during the pandemic.

It’s an oral swab test that gives you results in as few as 20 minutes.

Antibody tests like OraQuick’s havedifferent windows of timeduring which tests are expected to be effective.

Here’smore information about HIV testing, including who should take a test and how often.