The White House Correspondents’ dinner is a yearly tradition stretching back over a century, yet this year’s host could perhaps prove controversial as many users of gay hookup app Grindr have opposed the association.

Beginning all the way back in 1921, the White House Correspondents’ dinner, organized and operated by the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) is a joining of journalists covering politics in the United States and some of the current administration’s leading officals.

It’s often attended by the president, and frequently features segments where the head of state mocks themselves, yet the host for this year’s edition could perhaps spark debate and division among members of the LGBTQ community.

As reported by The Hill, gay hookup app Grindr is, for the first time ever, hosting a WHCA dinner party on April 25, which also marks the first time that President Donald Trump will be in attendance across both of his terms.

Trump was notably the only president since the dinner’s creation to not attend a single event, having skipped every one during his first term, yet he announced last month on Truth Social that he would be bucking the trend by showing face this year.

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    8 hours ago

    You can always mock race traitors, gender traitors, and gay traitors.

    Anyone working against their own group is open for ridicule.

    Out gay men are not offended by being called gay.

    There was this video floating around a while back that appeared to be a white person yelling at a black ice agent that they were a house N-word.

    Now it came out later it was actually another black person yelling this slur.

    But. Before that was found out, there was a lot of black people saying they had mixed feelings on it.

    Because yes it was true. But was it okay for a white person to say this. ?

    Some said yes but some said. Eh… Maybe.not really. Some said no. But they weren’t really that upset by it.

    I’m sure some were upset by it I just didn’t see those reactions . Not all black people have the same opinions.

    My point is. Yes it’s okay to attack these identity traitors. But I would refrain from using slurs unless you are part of that group.

    I saw another video of a white woman calling a bunch of Latino ice agents traitors to their own people. She never used slurs but she really laid it on them. And I think that was appropriate.

    I guess use your own best judgement and when in doubt, Ask friends from those identities how best to go about insulting identity traitors. I’m sure they have some ideas.