Gay 'Catfish' Speaks Out: 'It's Like A Last Hope That Maybe Someone Will Still Love Me' - WATCH - Towleroad Gay News

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• "CATFISH: THE TV SHOW": THE GAYT MOMENTS (WATCH){FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRTANY BERKOWZAUGT 27, 2013/6:00 AMBY BRTANY BERKOWZAUGT 27, 2013 / 6:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"CATFISH: THE TV SHOW\": THE GAYT MOMENTS (WATCH)","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-08-27T10:00:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-08-27T10:00:27.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRTANY BERKOWZ","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BORROWG THE TLE OM NEV SCHULMAN'S ACCLAIMED 2010 DOCUMENTARY, CATFISH, BEG "TFISHED" MEANS FDG OUT THE PERSON YOU THK YOU'VE BEEN TERACTG WH ONLE ISN'T THE ONE WHO ANSWERS THE DOOR—A PHENOMENON GAYS ARE ALL TOO FAIAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW S SEND SEASON, MTV'S H REALY SERI CATFISH: THE TV SHOW FOLLOWS THE PHENOMENON OF PEOPLE SPREADG SHA ON THEIR DATG PROFIL—WH NEV AND MERA MAN MAX TRACKG THE SOMETIM IL, SOMETIM TRAGIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO EPISOS ARE QUE AS DRAMATIC, HEARTFELT AND HEATED AS THE ON FEATURG GAY, LBIAN AND TRANSGENR FOLK. (JT LAST MONTH, IRAQ WAR VET ANTHONY WENT TO MEET HIS TE LOVE, MARQ, AND FOUND OUT HE WASN'T WHAT, OR WHO, HE CLAIMED TO BE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CATFISH HAS A TON OF WTF? MOMENTS, SURE, BUT ALSO SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF HONTY, LOVE AND JT BEG YOURSELF—A MSAGE THAT'S SORT OF OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH AN EPIC CATFISH MASHUP VIO ABOVE, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE QUEER SCEN THAT MAKE SECRETLY WANT TO GET UGHT UP A WORLD WI WEB OF LI AND BE PUT ON TV FOR . AND TCH ALL-NEW EPISOS CATFISH: THE TV SHOW TONIGHT ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: CATFISH” GOT GAY LAST NIGHT, AND IT WAS EMOTNAL, INFURIATG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?
• GAY ‘CATFISH’ SPEAKS OUT: ‘IT’S LIKE A LAST HOPE THAT MAYBE SOMEONE WILL STILL LOVE ME’ – WATCH
• CATFISH SENTENCED FOR SENDG GAY MEN’S PICS TO THEIR FAI

"CATFISH: THE TV SHOW": THE GAYT MOMENTS (WATCH){FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRTANY BERKOWZAUGT 27, 2013/6:00 AMBY BRTANY BERKOWZAUGT 27, 2013 / 6:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"CATFISH: THE TV SHOW\": THE GAYT MOMENTS (WATCH)","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-08-27T10:00:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-08-27T10:00:27.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRTANY BERKOWZ","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BORROWG THE TLE OM NEV SCHULMAN'S ACCLAIMED 2010 DOCUMENTARY, CATFISH, BEG "TFISHED" MEANS FDG OUT THE PERSON YOU THK YOU'VE BEEN TERACTG WH ONLE ISN'T THE ONE WHO ANSWERS THE DOOR—A PHENOMENON GAYS ARE ALL TOO FAIAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW S SEND SEASON, MTV'S H REALY SERI CATFISH: THE TV SHOW FOLLOWS THE PHENOMENON OF PEOPLE SPREADG SHA ON THEIR DATG PROFIL—WH NEV AND MERA MAN MAX TRACKG THE SOMETIM IL, SOMETIM TRAGIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO EPISOS ARE QUE AS DRAMATIC, HEARTFELT AND HEATED AS THE ON FEATURG GAY, LBIAN AND TRANSGENR FOLK. (JT LAST MONTH, IRAQ WAR VET ANTHONY WENT TO MEET HIS TE LOVE, MARQ, AND FOUND OUT HE WASN'T WHAT, OR WHO, HE CLAIMED TO BE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CATFISH HAS A TON OF WTF? MOMENTS, SURE, BUT ALSO SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF HONTY, LOVE AND JT BEG YOURSELF—A MSAGE THAT'S SORT OF OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH AN EPIC CATFISH MASHUP VIO ABOVE, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE QUEER SCEN THAT MAKE SECRETLY WANT TO GET UGHT UP A WORLD WI WEB OF LI AND BE PUT ON TV FOR . AND TCH ALL-NEW EPISOS CATFISH: THE TV SHOW TONIGHT ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: CATFISH” GOT GAY LAST NIGHT, AND IT WAS EMOTNAL, INFURIATG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Borrowg the tle om Nev Schulman's acclaimed 2010 documentary, Catfish, beg "tfished" means fdg out the person you thk you've been teractg wh onle isn't the one who answers the door—a phenomenon gays are all too faiar s send season, MTV's h realy seri Catfish: The TV Show follows the phenomenon of people spreadg sha on their datg profil—wh Nev and mera man Max trackg the sometim il, sometim tragic episos are que as dramatic, heartfelt and heated as the on featurg gay, lbian and transgenr folk.

Exampl clu straight men posg as good-lookg men to try to dupe good-lookg women to sendg nus, or gay men posg as good-lookg women and tryg to dupe straight guys to sendg dick pics. Some Republins once said Joseph Ziegler, the Internal Revenue Service agent who ttified before Congrs Wednday about possible terference the vtigatn of Hunter Bin, was biased Bin’s favor bee he’s a gay man and a Democrat. “People have said, bee I’m gay and that I am workg as the se agent on this vtigatn, that I mt be a far-left liberal, perfectly placed to f some agenda.

“One of them is a gay Democrat who’s married to a man. The report clud a photo of Joseph Ziegler and his hband, Newsweek not, pl the assertn that the hband was nnected “at least socially” to Demetre Daskalakis, a gay physician who has worked the New York Cy health partment and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn, and later was appoted by Joe Bin as puty ordator of the rponse to the mpox outbreak. A group of "gay furry" hackers has been releasg rmatn om US state ernments.

WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?

SiegedSec, a self-scribed group of gay furry hackers, took s skills to state ernments late June, breachg agenci across five stat and releasg a wealth of data.The stat targeted on June 27 were Texas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and South Carola.

"We are also actually gay furri, I've seen untls people doubt that aspect of our group.". "Uwu gay furri pwn you~ We'll be back aga soon to ntue our chaos and stctn!"Some news outlets, such as Them, raised ncerns that the group's actns uld expose random people to harm, not jt the targeted ernments. “I pretend to be a man, as I would prefer to be the male role of a heterosexual relatnship than a female a homosexual relatnship.

Vlogger Davey Wavey put out a ll for a gay “tfish” several months ago. And if they don't tfish, they'd have no teractn wh other gay men.

GAY ‘CATFISH’ SPEAKS OUT: ‘IT’S LIKE A LAST HOPE THAT MAYBE SOMEONE WILL STILL LOVE ME’ – WATCH

“My experience datg the gay muny is pretty nonexistent, ” he said. The thori have apprehend and sentenced the woman who stalked and blackmailed two gay men through a datg app.

CATFISH SENTENCED FOR SENDG GAY MEN’S PICS TO THEIR FAI

Unfortunately, we are no longer fazed when hearg of crim performed through gay datg apps.