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fromQueerty
1 week ago

"They are not gay, are they?" MAGA homophobe flies into a panic over a fictional M4M romance between two ICE agents - Queerty

A social media personality tricked a homophobic man into unknowingly co-creating homoerotic fiction by posing as a conservative writer developing characters for a publication.
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

He thought he was sexting with a woman online. Then the blackmail began. - LGBTQ Nation

Police arrested a 23-year-old man, Jauan Wright, for allegedly impersonating a woman online in order to get explicit nude images from an unnamed student at Louisiana State University (LSU) in the capital city of Baton Rouge, WBRZ reported. The student said he met Wright online, initially believing him to be a woman. Only after sharing nude images of himself did he discover that Wright was a man, he told the LSU police department in a complaint filed on November 23.
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fromSlate Magazine
5 months ago

RIP to MTV's Catfish: Caught, But Never Forgotten

Nine seasons of Catfish show how fabricated online personas convert romantic fantasies into emotionally coercive scams amid an increasingly sophisticated internet scam culture.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 months ago

The romance scams to look out for as over-55s frequently targeted

Romance scam reports against people aged over 55 rose 52% in 2024/25, with older victims suffering larger average financial losses.
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