HER

What HER is

HER is an LGBTQIA+ dating and community app with an official website at weareher.com. The site describes HER as a sapphic dating app and relationship platform for queer women, nonbinary people, trans people, and other LGBTQIA+ users who want dating, friendship, chat, and community spaces.

Sapphic and LGBTQIA+ dating

HER is designed around LGBTQIA+ dating rather than treating queer dating as a small filter inside a general-purpose dating app. The homepage describes the service as created by and for queer people, while the about page says HER was built to address the needs of queer women, nonbinary people, and trans people. That focus shapes the language, communities, profile options, and safety expectations of the app.

From Dattch to HER

HER's about page traces the project to founder Robyn Exton's earlier idea in 2013 and an experimental app called Dattch. The public history says HER launched in 2015 with the goal of making a dating app for lesbian, bisexual, and queer people. The rebrand matters because it moved the product from a narrow dating-app experiment toward a broader relationship and community platform.

Profiles, matches, and chat

HER uses familiar dating-app patterns such as profiles, discovery, likes, matches, and messaging. The Google Play listing describes dating, LGBTQ+ news feed activity, community group chats, and core features that are free to use. As with any dating app, profile information is useful context, but it is not proof of identity, intent, compatibility, or safety.

Communities beyond swiping

HER's public pages emphasize community as much as dating. The homepage mentions more than 35 communities, and the Google Play listing describes smaller community group chats based on interests or hobbies. That community layer can help users meet people for friendship, identity-specific conversation, local connection, or dating without reducing every interaction to a match queue.

Identity expression

HER gives identity language a more visible role than many mainstream dating products. Its about page discusses Pride Pins, sexuality filters, shared interests, and expression for queer identity. These tools can make profiles more specific and affirming, but they also require careful product design so labels support self-expression without boxing users into narrow categories.

Safety and moderation

HER's about page says the app prioritizes creating a safer sapphic experience and protecting users from unicorn hunters, discriminatory behavior, and bad actors. The site also links to privacy, safety, community guidelines, and child-safety resources. Users should still be cautious with strangers, avoid sending money, protect personal information, and report harassment or suspicious behavior.

Costs and access

HER can be downloaded as a mobile app, and the Google Play listing notes ads and in-app purchases. Public app-store information and in-app screens are the best places to check current subscription tiers, renewal rules, premium filters, visibility features, and cancellation steps because dating-app pricing can change by country, platform, and time.

Why it matters

HER matters because it shows how dating platforms can be shaped around community, identity, and safety needs that are poorly served by one-size-fits-all dating apps. Its growth also reflects a larger shift in online dating from broad matching marketplaces toward spaces built for specific communities and relationship contexts.

Limits and cautions

A HER profile, community label, match, app-store rating, or identity tag is not a guarantee that someone is honest, safe, compatible, local, single, or looking for the same kind of relationship. Users should verify important claims over time, keep boundaries, understand paid features before subscribing, and leave conversations where pressure replaces respect.

WHOIS domain data

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Domain

weareher.com

IP address

162.159.134.42

Registrar

Gandi SAS

WHOIS server

whois.gandi.net

Referral URL

http://www.gandi.net

Created

November 20, 2014

Updated

November 18, 2025

Expires

November 20, 2026

Nameservers

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Domain status

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Registrant contact

Name REDACTED FOR PRIVACY; Organization Bloomer Inc; Address REDACTED FOR PRIVACY, California, US

Admin contact

Name REDACTED FOR PRIVACY; Organization Dattch; Address Paris, Paris, FR

Technical contact

Name REDACTED FOR PRIVACY; Organization Dattch; Address Paris, Paris, FR