Grindr will host its inaugural “White House Correspondents’ dinner Weekend Party” the night before the main event, a night that has been not-so-affectionately dubbed “Nerd Prom” over the years.

An invitation to the fete in Washington’s Georgetown neighborhood promises to “bring together policymakers, journalists, and LGBTQ community leaders as we toast the First Amendment.”

“Grindr represents a global community with real stakes in Washington. The issues being debated here — HIV funding, privacy and online safety, LGBTQ+ family rights — are daily life for our community,” Joe Hack, Grindr’s head of global government affairs, told ITK in a statement when asked about what inspired the company to join the lineup of events tied to the correspondents’ dinner.

“Nobody does connections like Grindr, and WHCD weekend is the most iconic place in the country to make them. We figured it was time to host,” Hack said.