Given the hoopla from several years ago and the still token participation given to an "official" gay GOP, CPAC should have either the same kind of Grindr interaction or will there be closeted connections on Tinder...
Grindr, the popular social app for “gay, bi and curious” men, was well represented at opening day of the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference. The app uses GPS to let users see which other users are near by.
HOH’s morning on Grindr started pretty quietly, with just one or two fresh-faced young men in close proximity. Many of the users we saw didn’t seem too worried about their orientation or political affiliation. Several users, in fact, broadcast their conservative credentials in their handles and showed their faces in their pictures.
As the day progressed, the number of nearby users steadily ticked upwards from three profiles just before 11 a.m. to 24 profiles (including two married guys) just after 4 p.m.
http://hoh.rollcall.com/...
So the 2015 version will feature people still hooking up one way or another
Greetings patriots,
Yes, it's that time of year. The time of year when hoards of conservative and libertarian activists converge upon the statist abyss that is DC, and party at Casa De Liberte... And go to CPAC.
Casa will of course be hosting the annual CPAC after party.
(2015) Log Cabin Republicans claim they have been shunned by the Conservative Political Action Conference — again.
“Make no mistake: LCR is actively being prohibited from sponsoring CPAC,” the group’s national Executive Director Gregory T. Angelo said in a statement Thursday.
The organizers of the annual conference, which begins Feb. 25, hotly deny that and say they are dedicated to creating an inclusive event.
This is the third consecutive year that the Log Cabin Republicans — a group representing gay conservatives — have alleged that they have been blocked from sponsoring CPAC. Before 2013, when Angelo became executive director, the Log Cabin Republicans sponsored CPAC-related events (such as a “Scotch and Cigars” reception in 2012) but did not sponsor the main conference itself...
Schlapp said that while the Log Cabin Republicans were never denied sponsorship, the group disagrees with ACU on whether the Republican party should become more conservative or more moderate.
“It’s a great discussion to have, but at CPAC it’s about bringing conservatives together,” he said. “It’s not a Republican event, it’s a conservative event.”
Organizers also say that CPAC is, for the first time, publicly encouraging gay conservatives to attend. Two openly gay conservative commentators are scheduled to address the crowd from the main stage: Radio host Tammy Bruce will speak on strategic communications, and how conservatives can get their message out; and columnist Deroy Murdock will talk on “America’s Security in the Age of Jihad.”
“If we didn’t want to include gay people at CPAC, we wouldn’t be including gay people at CPAC, and we are,” Schlapp said.
http://www.politico.com/...