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What if dating apps were built for real bodies? Real needs. Real safety.

In this episode, we sit down with Liz Gewirtz, the founder of Hips, Crips & Queers, a new dating and community platform centering queer, fat, disabled, and older folks.

Liz shares what pushed her to build something entirely different from the swipe-and-discard culture most of us know too well, and what it looks like to design a space rooted in fat liberation, disability justice, consent, and actual human connection.

We talk about:

• Why mainstream dating apps fail marginalized bodies
• Reclaiming language, identity, and desire
• Safety, scam prevention, and avoiding fetishization
• Creating community, not just matches
• Dating while fat, disabled, queer, older, neurodivergent, or all of the above
• Why representation and visibility still matter deeply
• And what it means to dare to date in a world that often tells you not to

This conversation is honest, thoughtful, funny, political, tender, and deeply human.

If you’ve ever felt invisible in dating spaces, this one is for you.

About our guest:

Liz Gewirtz is the founder of Hips, Crips & Queers, a dating and community website centering queer, fat, disabled, and older folks.

By day, she works as a Restorative Justice Facilitator. By night, she’s a fat, disabled, old, and queer activist, community builder, big-time nerd, and devoted dog rescuer.

Learn more & get involved:

You can explore and sign up for updates at:
 https://hipscripsqueers.com

Follow Hips, Crips & Queers on social media to stay up to date on the launch, events, and community spaces.

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