Last week, an antigay activist from South Africa was busted for allegedly having a secret Grindr profile.
Before deleting his account, Christiaan Otto regularly spewed homophobic nonsense about the evils of homosexuality and how gay people being responsible for coronavirus to his followers on Facebook.
That is until screenshots of an alleged Grindr chat between him and another man emerged online, revealing shirtless pictures of the antigay activist, who claimed to be “bottom/vers.”
Related: This antigay activist hates LGBTQ people, but on Grindr he’s “bottom/vers”
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Shortly after that, screenshots of an alleged WhatsApp conversation between Otto and the man also emerged, in which he told the guy he would “burn in hell” for not deleting their Grindr chats.
“I thought I could trust you dude,” he allegedly wrote. “You say you deleted the Grindr chats. What are you trying to do? Delete and block me!”
Otto, of course, has denied everything, telling MambaOnline that he’s never had a Grindr profile or solicited another men for sex. Then he mysteriously deleted his Facebook page and went into hiding.
Check out these 10 other antigay trolls who were allegedly caught on Grindr…
Barry Cole Poyner
In December 2019, the antigay pastor from Missouri was arrested for offering a tank of gas and an Arby’s card in exchange for sex to an undercover cop on Grindr. The two agreed to meet at a local gas station. When Poyner saw the police cars, he tried to flee the scene. He was pulled over a few blocks later. He told police he never intended to hire a prostitute (using Arby’s gift cards) and was merely “trying to help.”
Related: Another antigay church leader caught trying to buy sex on Grindr
Randy Boehning
In April 2015, the Republican lawmaker from North Dakota was outed after images taken from his Grindr profile surfaced online. His screen name? Top Man! Boehning, who had actively worked against LGBTQ rights, initially claimed it was retaliation for his antigay political stances, but he later admitted that, OK, OK, he’s “gay” and that he’s “relieved to come out” before adding that he’s also attracted to women and still doesn’t support LGBTQ rights.
Related: Another Day, Another Antigay Lawmaker Caught On Grindr
That mysterious Virginia lawmaker
In January 2016, a Grindr chat between gay reporter Brad Kutner and an anonymous antigay lawmaker from Southwestern Virginia who voted against protections for LGBTQ people surfaced online. Kutner published screenshots of the chat on GayRVA, Richmond’s queer news rag, though he chose not identify the guy out of pity for him.
Related: Antigay Republican Lawmaker Caught Cruising Grindr For A Winter Cuddle Bud
Dominic “Nick” Provenzano
In March 2018, it was revealed that the 56-year-old aide to “family values” politician Rep. Randy Hultgren of Illinois had been caught having car sex with a 17-year-old kid who he met on Grindr. Provenzano, who was married to a woman, told police he thought the kid was 18. Meanwhile, the teen said the whole thing was consensual.
Related: Aide for antigay politician busted having car sex with 17-year-old boy he met on Grindr
Austin Null
OK, so this one’s not quite a Grindr scandal, but it still fits the theme here… Video of the Christian vlogger masturbating into a toilet leaked online in January 2016, prompting him to record an apology (alongside his wife and kids) saying he only recorded the video after someone else had sent him some very NSFW photos and he was really, really sorry about it. Luckily, Jesus forgives, so it’s all good, right? Right?!
Related: Here’s How A Christian Family Vlogger Explains His Extramarital X-Rated Selfies
Michael Jack Byrne
In 2015, the young Irish cleric, who described himself as “versatile” and seeking “no-strings-attached sex” on Grindr, was accused of inviting a man back to his room at the presbytery and sexually assaulting him. In January 2017, the man reported the alleged incident to the Archbishop of Dublin who, in typical Catholic church fashion, had Byrne discreetly transferred to a different parish.
Related: Young Irish Catholic clergyman whisked off to Rome in attempt to cure him of Grindr addiction
Rory Coyle
While we’re on the subject of Irish priests, this fiery man of the cloth from Northern Ireland was busted in May 2016 for sending scandalous photos of himself to numerous men online. In his sexts, he admitted to participating in orgies, going to gay beaches, and renting rooms by the hour for “sex meets.” Shortly after the story broke, he was relieved of his clerical duties.
Related: Orgy-Loving Priest Outed For Keeping Secret Grindr Account
Bill Sanderson
In July 2019, the Republican lawmaker resigned from office after being accused of keeping a secret Grindr profile while simultaneously pushing several pieces of antigay legislation through the Tennessee House of Representatives. After screenshots of alleged chats between him and numerous other men leaked online, the lawmaker, who happens to have a gay son, insisted he was being framed.
Related: It turns out that antigay lawmaker allegedly caught on Grindr also has a gay son
Joseph McLoone
In August 2019, the Pennsylvania priest was charged with stealing almost $100,000 from his church to pay for a lavish beach party house, boyfriends, and other personal expenses, including a Grindr XTRA account. When confronted about it, he admitted to everything, saying he paid for “personal relationships” with men using church donations.
Related: Priest arrested for spending church money on beach house, boyfriends, and a Grindr XTRA account
Matt Moore
Finally, here’s one from the vault… When the outspoken ex-gay activist was outed for cruising the little orange grid in February 2013, he openly admitted to it. At the time, he said: “I am wrong in having been on Grindr. I haven’t changed my views on homosexuality, the Bible, etc. Creating a Grindr profile and talking to guys on it was major disobedience on my part….disobedience to Christ.”
Related: Ex-Gay Activist, Blogger Matt Moore Admits To Grindr Profile
Kangol2
What a lineup! Why can’t these vile, right-wing homophobes seek beneficial psychological therapy, which is what every last one of them needs, instead of pushing homophobic and anti-LGBTQ laws and policies, which have ended up making other peoples’ so difficult? It’s not like we live in the Dark Ages (at least we haven’t been plunged back there, yet!), and we’ve had more than 50 years of often very difficult struggle and activism to ensure LGBTQ equality and freedom. Yet these self-loathing, closeted, tormented homophobes work their damnedest to harm LGBTQ people because they cannot deal with their own desires and behaviors. Get help! They all deserve to be unmasked, from Rev. Miss “A Tank of Gas and an Arby’s card” to the thieving Pennsylvania priest to the anti-gay “gay” North Dakota politician who’s only “attracted to women” (girl, please!).
amandakspikes
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DarkZephyr
Matt Moore’s up close grindr pic is *extremely* flattering because dude is actually pretty fugly.
Virpilosus
My opinion…if any of these terribly conflicted (tortured?) individuals had simply stepped forward, “fessed up,” asked for forgiveness for ham harm done, etc., I think most if us would simply have sighed, and said, “Well, just get on with your life now, and welcome to your new family.” Sadly, that mostly didn’t happen. More than angry, I feel sad for their pathetic and wasted lives.
LifeinShaw
The evidence for Austin Null has been scrubbed from the web but look for his instagram page. You’ll find his cute, potentially closeted married brother’s page too. There’s even a photo of the brother demonstrating a face mask for better skin!
jlogb
Its disgusting and disturbing, yet sad and pathetic is true. My issue is with how much damage these frauds cause others who are under their leadership and influence. Probably sorting their own sexuality out while these jerks trumpet “gays are going to hell…you’re living in darkness,,”. All while sucking demons out behind the scenes. Makes me wanna vomit.
rbernard
I am retired and when I look back to consider our community’s worst homophobes, there is a reoccurring thread, repeating over and over again.
Closeted gay men can be our community’s most hateful enemies.
My humble observation is most homophobes are typically deeply closeted men, who were raised in a sexually uptight, intolerant religious family. These people will often bring up and say anti-gay stuff in ordinary conversations with other people in a veiled attempt to deflect any attention away from themselves, that they might be gay.
Because they are not out, they go incognito online to hide what they are, and because they are sneaking around where they won’t get recognized, they often get caught at a highway rest stop with a underage adolescent.
The moral of this story is it is much more healthy and better to come out of the closet than to hide in one.
Chrisk
I’d say what we’ve seen is just the tip of the iceberg. For one caught there’s 100 more that go unnoticed.
I agree that are worst and most dangerous enemies are gay men themselves. It’s ironic but it’s true.
blackhook
May a hungry herd of diseased yaks pay every one of these hateful weirdos an intimate visit!
succubus
and may you and yours get COVID and lets document how it goes. just saying.
DarkZephyr
@succubus, big fan of self-loathing homophobic closet cases who actively try to harm other LGBTQ people, are ya?
Chrisk
succabus just got to troll.
Joshua333
Is it bad that I hope Israel Folau is next?
James
What pathetic people.
Itsonlythetruth
Self lothing gays are the worst. Open those closets already.
Aires the Ram
I realize these kinds of stories are always relevant, but stories from 2013, 2014 & 2015??? Comon Queerty, could ya do a little better than that?
Cam
So the right wing account that ALWAYS talks about Obama and Bill Clinton tries to deflect from the hypocritical right wing bigotry by complaining it happened 2 years ago?
Nice try.
tjr101
Shouldn’t Aaron Schock be added to this list? He’s another major hypocrite that harmed the gay community for many years.
barryaksarben
THEY ARE ALL COWARDS. Living a lie is the most cowardly thing you can possibly do. Why anyone would listen to these idiots after they were caught is brain dead. ANd dont get me started on their selfish non apology apologies
batesmotel
Medication and counseling are available for that kind of extreme hatred seething within you.
Cam
Great Post Queerty!
2 Suggestions for additions
1. a huge amount of the “Research” that anti-LGBT bigots used to fight against LGBT rights in court came from George Reckers, one of the founders of the Family Research Council. They were using his research to fight against marriage in the federal courts. Reckers was caught with a male prostitute, causing the judge in the Ca. Marriage case to throw out all of his research from evidence and we ended up winning that case.
2. Aaron Schock – pushed anti-LGBT legislation while at the same time using tax dollars to pay and fly his official “Photographer” with him on all of this trips. Funny that the photographer was in all the pictures and wasn’t taking them.
jomax36
Wow all creepy looking too