The Best Lesbian Dating Apps For Women *Sick* Of Creepers

Finding ~a match~ isn't a walk in the park for anyone. But queer dating has the additional hurdles of having come out to someone (ugh) and decipher whether they play for your team (double ugh). That’s where queer and lesbian dating apps come in, and thankfully, there are more available to download than ever.

“Online dating has given the queer community the opportunity to date and flirt, without the risks of having to come out to someone who’s potential dangerous,” says Sarah Sloane, a sex educator who's been coaching queer sex classes at Good Vibrations and Pleasure Chest since 2001. (Related: What It's Really Like To Come Out, According To 4 Women)

Plus, she says, lesbian dating apps give queer folks a way to make other queer friends without having to jet off to cities with big queer community. (Trust the writer: I met my last three girlfriends and two of my closest queer friends on dating apps! I'm a big fan.) So, give yourself a pep-talk, blast some Hayley Kiyoko or Janelle Monáe, and download one of the best dating apps for lesbians and queer folks. At the very least, maybe you'll make a friend who ~gets you~ in a way your other besties don't.