Grindr Launches Second Season of ‘Daddy Lessons’ Series

Grindr has launched the second season of its educational content series Daddy Lessons, aiming to spotlight overlooked aspects of queer history through brief, humorous, and informative videos. The new season premiered on May 1 with an episode exploring the jockstrap’s cultural significance within gay communities—a garment that, while rooted in athletic wear, became a symbol of sexuality and self-expression as early as the 1950s and 60s.

The weekly series, hosted by a rotating cast of “daddies,” continues Grindr’s mission to bridge generational knowledge gaps within the LGBTQ+ community, particularly at a time when queer histories face increasing erasure. Each video is under two minutes long and is distributed via Grindr’s social channels, including TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts.

Upcoming episodes this season will tackle a range of topics, from queer-coded gestures like the limp wrist to underrecognized historical figures such as Alan Turing. Other episodes will look at cultural moments and movements, including the Kinsey Reports on human sexuality, the 1984 Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign, and even queer narratives in bodybuilding and ancient military history.

The series is backed by Grindr’s in-house historian Clayton Littlewood, a former columnist and author known for chronicling LGBTQ+ life in London’s Soho. Littlewood’s expertise shapes the historical grounding of the series, which aims to present queer history in an accessible and entertaining format. Littlewood has been involved in all previous Daddy Lessons episodes, which were originally released back in late 2024.