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• MAN WHO SAYS HE WAS OMAR MATEEN'S GAY LOVER SPEAKS OUT
• MAN WHO SAYS HE WAS MATEEN'S GAY LOVER SPEAKS OUT
• ORLANDO SHOOTER OMAR MATEEN'S 'GAY LOVER' SAYS ATTACK WAS 'REVENGE' ON HIV POSIVE LOVER
• MIGUEL: OMAR MATEEN GAY LOVER CLAIM DENIED BY FBI
• OMAR MATEEN'S 'GAY LOVER' CLAIMS ORLANDO SHOOTG WAS REVENGE AGAST HIV-POSIVE PARTNER
• A MAN CLAIMG TO BE OMAR MATEEN’S LOVER SAYS MATEEN SPECIFILLY TARGETED GAY LATOS
• MAN CLAIMS ORLANDO SHOOTER OMAR MATEEN WAS HIS GAY LOVER
• MAN CLAIMS TO BE ORLANDO SHOOTER’S GAY LOVER, SAYS ATTACKS WERE REVENGE: WATCH

MAN WHO SAYS HE WAS OMAR MATEEN'S GAY LOVER SPEAKS OUT

ORLANDO -- A man who says he was Orlando shooter Omar Mateen's gay lover is speakg out followg the attack on Pulse nightclub that left 49 people ad, and dozens more an terview wh Univisn anchor Maria Elena Salas, the man -- who was lled "Miguel" to protect his inty -- said he first met Mateen on the gay datg app Grdr. Miguel said an terview wh Univisn that Mateen, who was killed by police durg the rampage on the Pulse nightclub early on June 12, was gay.

"He hate gay Puerto Rins for all the stuff he did to him, " Miguel said.

"Miguel said that Mateen's wife knew he was gay, and that his father forced him to an arranged add that he and Mateen also talked about relign. Gay, trans, bisexual... Addnally, other media outlets have heard several stori of Mateen poppg up and nversg wh men on gay datg Van Horn, 71, said Mateen was a "regular" at the popular Pulse Horn, a retired pharmacist, said he met Mateen once, and the younger man talked about his ex-wife.

MAN WHO SAYS HE WAS MATEEN'S GAY LOVER SPEAKS OUT

Asked about his son's sexual orientatn last week, Seddique Mir Mateen said he did not believe his son was gay. "This to me suggts somebody that may have had sexual inty issu and may have actually been stgglg wh the ia that he himself was gay and that would add a different motive and a different perspective on the se, " O'Toole said. The man, who spoke to Univisn on the ndn of anonymy, said Mateen held a gdge agast Lato men he met at the gay nightclub Pulse bee he felt ed by them.

"He adored Latos, gay Latos, wh brown sk, but he felt rejected. The lled Mateen a "very sweet guy" and said he met him last year through a gay datg app.

CBS News and the Los Angel Tim prevly reported that Mateen ed gay datg apps. He told Univisn that he believed Mateen's wife knew that he went to gay bars and that his marriage was to hi the fact that he was "100 percent" gay. Dpe that, he believ Mateen acted on revenge when he shot up the gay Pulse nightclub after beg wh a Puerto Rin man he later learned was HIV posive.

ORLANDO SHOOTER OMAR MATEEN'S 'GAY LOVER' SAYS ATTACK WAS 'REVENGE' ON HIV POSIVE LOVER

Miguel says Mateen hated gay Puerto Rins for the "bad thgs" they did to him.

The shooter's ex-wife believ he was gay. He is mored to have been ntact wh several gay datg apps.

MIGUEL: OMAR MATEEN GAY LOVER CLAIM DENIED BY FBI

His father is very publilly homophobic. Man claimg to be Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s former lover says the nightclub massacre was an act of revenge agast gay Lat men not terrorism.

OMAR MATEEN'S 'GAY LOVER' CLAIMS ORLANDO SHOOTG WAS REVENGE AGAST HIV-POSIVE PARTNER

Miguel said he and Mateen, 29, met on Grdr, a gay datg app, and had a two-month “iends wh benefs” relatnship last fall, reports Yahoo News. Mateen died a shootout wh police after thori said he killed 49 people and jured 53 others on June 12 at Pulse, a popular Orlando gay dance club.

A MAN CLAIMG TO BE OMAR MATEEN’S LOVER SAYS MATEEN SPECIFILLY TARGETED GAY LATOS

“He adored Latos, gay Latos, wh brown sk — but he felt rejected, ” Miguel told Univisn.

Mateen, an Amerin born to Afghan immigrants, also stggled wh his father’s view of Islam and hatred of homosexuals, Miguel said. “Gay people is the vil and gay people have to die — that’s what his father told him, ” Miguel relled.

MAN CLAIMS ORLANDO SHOOTER OMAR MATEEN WAS HIS GAY LOVER

A day after the shootg, Seddique Mir Mateen, the gunman’s father, posted a vio to Facebook which he reportedly said, “God will punish those volved homosexualy, ” addg ’s “not an issue that humans should al wh.

The Hispanic gay man, intified only as Miguel, told Univisn he met Omar Mateen on Grdr before they beme 'iends wh benefs', meetg up 20 tim at a hotel Orlando, scribed Mateen as a nfed gay man and a heavy drker who was attracted to - but felt rejected by - believ Mateen's massacre on Pulse nightclub's Lat Night was an attempt at 'revenge' after disverg that one of the two Puerto Rin gay men he'd had a threome wh was HIV-posive. Speakg fluent Spanish and broken English, Miguel said that spe tts g up negative, Mateen feared not enough time had passed for an accurate rult, and he wanted to 'make them pay' DOWN FOR VIDEO 'Tryst': The Hispanic gay man, intified only as Miguel, told Univisn he met Omar Mateen on Grdr before they beme 'iends wh benefs', meetg up 20 tim at a hotel.

MAN CLAIMS TO BE ORLANDO SHOOTER’S GAY LOVER, SAYS ATTACKS WERE REVENGE: WATCH

After an argument, he says, Mateen apologized to him - then told him his wife knew about his gay trysts.

Miguel claims Omar Mateen fostered a ep hatred for his own sexualy and for Puerto Rin gay men Pulse is where Mateen uld flict the most damage agast the people he felt rejected by, Miguel said The 29-year-old eventually revealed to Miguel that he was married wh one child, he says. After an argument, he says, Mateen apologized to him - then told him his wife (pictured) knew about his gay trystsAsked if Mateen's father knew he was gay, Miguel said he uldn't be sure but he thought so.

Durg their sual relatnship, Miguel says, Mateen spoke about Islam, scribg as 'a betiful relign which everyone is wele - gays, trans, bisexuals, heteros, everyone.