The all-knowing Urban Dictionary defines a “bad seed” as “somebody with a genetic predisposition for bad behavior (and is potentially a bad influence on others).”
While we like to think of LGBT folks as a community of honest and caring individuals with hearts of pure 24K gold, and while that’s generally true, every now and then a gay person comes along looking to stir up trouble.
This year we saw no shortage of liars, stalkers, rapists, and cheats.
Here are the seven worst gays of 2014.
Jamie Kuntz
The 20-year-old college footballer was accused of stalking his 71-year-old ex-boyfriend, billionaire music magnate David Geffen, in December. His behavior included following, harassing and making a “credible threat” against Geffen sometime between September and November, as well as violating the terms of a restraining order. His lawyer, David Wohl, insists Kuntz is “not a stalker.” He’s just 20 years old and “misunderstood.”
Matt Moore
In February 2013, ex-gay activist Matt Moore was outed for having a Grindr profile. ““Basically I just wanted to see who was on it and who was around me. I can honestly say that I didn’t have any kind of sexual conversations with anyone,” he said at the time. After that, he laid low for a while, until November of this year when The Christian Institute, an antigay hate group based in the U.K., published a blog post by him titled “Why my love for Jesus means I refuse to identify as ‘gay'” encouraging gay people to let go of their “sinful natures.”
Like creating Grindr profiles, Matt?
Mark Wixey
43-year-old Mark Wixey made international headlines in November after making false rape claims against four different U.K. men, leading to a slew of police investigations and one of the accused victims becoming so distraught that he attempted suicide. During a court appearance, a judge called Wixey a deeply “troubled” man before sentencing him to six years behind bars.
Parker Molloy
The blogger and “activist” caused quite a stir this year when she accused RuPaul — yes, RuPaul — of being transphobic in an angry op-ed published by The Advocate followed by an unprovoked hate tweet that read: “I fucking hate @RuPaul. Like… there really very are few people I truly hate. He is one of them.” If that wasn’t bad enough, later in the year Molloy lashed out at trans writer Kelsie Jones, telling her to “cut yourself…stupid cunt…drink bleach…die in a fire,” earning herself a spot on the Trans Violence Tracking Portal, a website dedicated to “collecting data on anti-transgender violence in order to protect the transgender community in real time.”
Michael Egan
The 31-year-old former child model falsely accused film director Bryan Singer and others of molesting him when he was a teenager. Singer vehemently denied the allegations, which were eventually found to be completely bogus, but not before he was forced to drop out of the X-Men: Days of Future Past promo campaign to deal with the fallout.
In December, Egan once again found himself in the legal hot seat when he was indicted on securities and wire fraud charges.
Rex Allen Murphy
The 30-year-old youth pastor from rural Kentucky was arrested after being accused of raping a 16-year-old boy he met in the Sunday school class he taught. Murphy allegedly told the boy he came from “a family of warlocks” and threatened to use his “warlock powers” to kill him if he told. Murphy later confessed to police that he was using his “powers” to “cure” the boy of his “battle with homosexuality because he, too, had experimented with homosexuality.”
David Antonio Galvan
In an act of nasty revenge, 38-year-old David Galvan allegedly hacked into his ex-boyfriend’s work email over the summer and sent provocative pictures of the science instructor to 250 of his students and colleagues. As a result, he was charged with one felony count each of false impersonation and identity theft in November. If convicted, he will face a possible maximum penalty of six years and two months behind bars.
Moral of the story: Change your passwords after a breakup.
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Merv
Ha, I called Michael Egan correctly right from the beginning, despite getting bashed for it by those here in denial. The recent securities fraud indictment was icing on the cake. Is it bad form to say “I told you so”?
QJ201
Gaffe should be on the list for dating a 20 years old, not the damaged kid
And Parker Molloy belongs at the top of the list.
QJ201
errr Geffen. no edit function.
skatedude
David Geffen should be on this list not his 20 year old lover. I highly doubt his boytoy initiated this relationship and probably doesn’t understand Geffen’s fuck em and leave em approach. Geffen has some unique approaches to rough sex that include various recreational drugs that could easily get a young kid hooked…and Michael Egan what the hell did he do except to try to expose one of the biggest pedophiles in filmdom?! I expect better from you Queerty.
Milk
And on the closet side we got Marcus Bachmann, Aaron Schock…please feel free to add on to the list.
Stache99
@skatedude: Yup. Between Geffen keeping himself out of the story till now and Singer avoiding any penalties even though everyone knows he likes em real young only proves what we already should know. The rich live by a different set of rules.
polarisfashion
@Milk: I would like to add the parents of Leelah Alcorn to the list of the worst people for this year. May this young woman rest in peace. While we’re at it, let’s also add Michelle Duggar, I pray none of her children are LGBTQ because sadly they could end up with the same/similar situation that Leelah tragically had.
Stache99
@Merv: I’m sure something happened. He successfully sued Singers bestie for Pedophilia but he’s now in hiding. He was passed around that group of Hollywood men like candy. I mean if you keep nothing but pedo’s around you and you yourself have a reputation for loving young boys then birds of a feather and all.
dhmonarch89
it’s not 100% certain that Egan is lying- someone molested WOULD PROBABLY be damaged to the point of looking crazy- the documentary by Amy Berg presents a clearer picture of the old guy/young boy Hollywood dynamic.
MisterDemand
Yea kinda messed up having Kuntz on her, and not the 70-year old millionaire. I think considering Kuntz was 18 when they started, i think of the two, no matter what kuntz is the victim
Jacob23
There is no such thing as “LGBT people.” There’s LGB people and there’s T people.
If Queerty felt it needed to include T people, why did it not include such luminaries as Kryzie King, charged with the murder of a 4-year old boy? Or Laverne Cox, who did a video celebrating the trans murderer who took the life of a 13-year old girl? Or the transgender who was arrested for trying to arrange a hookup via Craigslist with a horse? Plenty to choose from, and all these cases are backed by evidence. But you ignore them in your eagerness to label a 20-year old gay man a “bad seed” based on allegations with no specifics and no evidence.
DuchessOfMilton
Superb list.
And sorry, Jacob, we are LGBT. We all own all of it. Grow the fuck up and join the 21st century.
DuchessOfMilton
@Stache99:
You’re “sure” something happened? If it did, you should bring your evidence to the police. Because the allegations were shown to be false. If you have something to bring forth that would clear this person’s name, it’s essential that you do it, not waste your time posting about it on Queerty.
And re: Geffen, either young gay men are adults, and have adult agency, or they don’t. If it’s the former, that gives them the right to pursue relationships with much older, rich men. And when they go south, they have the agency to deal with it the way adults do, which ought no include stalking and threats. Because, you know, adult.
Merv
@Stache99: While it may be the case that “something” happened, that something was not between Egan and Singer at the time and place he alleged. We’re talking about the law, and you can’t base a criminal conviction or civil ruling on the feeling that “something might have happened.”
@dhmonarch89: No, we are 100% certain that Egan was lying. He gave sworn testimony over a decade ago in which he quite specifically said that he had never been to Hawaii at all, and then in his latest allegations he claimed to have been molested in Hawaii. He was either lying then or lying now. The securities fraud indictment is further indication that the guy has a problem with honesty.
enlightenone
“Murphy allegedly told the boy he came from “a family of warlocks” and threatened to use his “warlock powers” to kill him if he told.”
The 16 year old needs a better education!
martinbakman
@Merv: I agree Merv. From the start it seemed like a money grab that was met with a big F.U. by Singer.
What bothers me is how the negative comments about Singer became so widespread from HuffPost Live using the pedo word to the hateful judgmental comments on this Website.
Same goes for RuPaul. I was saddened how so many guys spewed hateful comments towards him on this site. Sux. He’s a pretty awesome fellow.
martinbakman
@Stache99: You are sure? Then you may be the only one. Case closed Nancy Grace.
McShane
Oh… Fuuuck. Don’t give Parker any credit. Not even for being an awful person.
Did anyone hear about her insane Twitter rant about, A Christmas Story? Ugh.
jjose712
@DuchessOfMilton: No, we are not. One thing is sexual orientation and other very different is gender identity.
Of course people who hate gays usually hates transgenders too and it’s useful to fight for the rights of transgenders at the same time we fight for gay rights, but that doesn’t mean our problems are the same at all.
And yes, everybody knows Singer likes young man, but there’s a big difference between young consenting men, and abusing minors, and Egan didn’t prove absolutely anything. In fact he came accross as a vengeful guy who had sex with powerful people but didn’t got the rewards of that.
Singer was crufifixed by the press, and he coming out as bisexual and saying he was in a relationship of two years with a woman (who nobody ever saw) didn’t make him any favours, but that doesn’t mean the Egan didn’t look like an arrivist since day one
DuchessOfMilton
@jjose712:
Yes, you’re right. People who hate gays usually hate transgender people as well, and for the same basic reasons. . When everyone is equally safe, we can dismantle the acronym. At present, we’re only as strong as our weakest link, and we don’t abandon our most vulnerable community members. So thanks for making my point.
Stache99
@Merv: I don’t disagree that Egan lied and I also believe something happened. I think he fudged the facts since the statute of limitations had run out in CA. HI was the only option available.
He knew he was never going to collect on the rape lawsuit against Singers pal Mark Rector Collins. He could’ve ended up a wealthy man himself. However, Mark skipped town and that was that.
Jazz
Really nasty and irresponsible to place Kuntz on the list. Basically a form of online harassment. You have no idea what was involved and he’s a young guy. Cut him some slack.
bbg372
Michael Egan is straight.
Gigi Gee
Jamie Kuntz? STFU!! While I think it’s creepy a man as old as David Geffen was dating someone as young as Kuntz, I can understand why he would have been attracted to someone so famous, rich and powerful. Näive? Yes. Daddy complex? Maybe. #1 worst person of 2014. Hardly. He’s a choirboy compared to the odious Matt Moore, and rapist Rex Allan Murphy.
Merv
@Stache99: I don’t completely discount that possibility. On the other hand, I don’t give it a lot of weight, considering Egan’s credibility problems and alleged criminal wrongdoing in other areas. It’s looking more and more likely that he is motivated by nothing more than desire for a big payday, and doesn’t care how he gets it. Whether Singer is a hero or a villain, that doesn’t change Egan’s complete lack of trustworthiness.
kelbell13
How about a best list?
lykeitiz
Queerty should be on the worst list for putting Kuntz on this list.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Some people may be 14 going on 40, but not everyone is. Cut that man/boy a little slack.
skatedude
Shame on Queerty, along with most of the other mainstream media for not reporting that the 65 year old grandfather kissing Jamie Kuntz, a french kiss that ended his college football career was none other than David Geffen. And to this day, Queerty is not reporting that very pertinent fact. When that happened, Geffen was 69 years old, posing as a 65 year old on gay dating sites and Kuntz was 18. Kuntz protected Geffen from the press and in return he’s facing a felony charge for “stalking.” Geffen who’s worth 6.9 billion, has gated palaces, full time bodyguards, the latest in security gadgetry and he can’t block calls or keep a 21 year old away from him. For having been his lover for a year and half he could have at least given Kuntz a college trust fund. Par for the course for tightwad, press shy Geffen.
Merv
@skatedude:
1. It was reported in some of the gossip media. It wasn’t reported in the mainstream media because two adults kissing in public is not a mainstream news story.
2. The kiss didn’t end his college football career. The coaching staff did. It’s actually quite outrageous that he was kicked off the team for kissing another man. The university says it was for lying about the kiss, but it wasn’t their place to ask about it in the first place. If there was any mainstream news angle, that was it.
3. How do we know for sure that Geffen didn’t provide financially for Kuntz? Either way, the parameters of their romantic relationship are none of our business.
skatedude
Merv, your arguments are so friggin lame.
1. A 69 year old multi billionaire David Geffen romancing a barely 18 year football player Jamie Kuntz he met off a gay dating and french kissing him in a public viewing area may not be news is your book but the fact that his identity has been protected while the young mans has not is news. Why is his identity in this situation still being protected? And why is it still a blind item in all the follow up stories. Is a 69 year old man supposed to have the maturity to not place the 18 year old in a obviously compromising position. What set of morals do you live by anyway?
2. The kiss DID end his college football career. Had there been no kiss, he would still have been on the team. People in North Dakota are still homophobic and a 69 year old man kissing on an 18 year old is gross to most people.
3. Who the hell cares if Geffen, worth 6.9 billion provided financially for Kuntz. He was part of the kiss and he clearly put the kid in a very scary situation, where he lost his scholarship and is now facing a felony charge and in jail on 150,000 bond. If you were romanced, wined and dined by a billionaire you might have fallen for his line too. 18 is way too young to be exposed to that kind of lifestyle and Geffen is an total asshole to have done it.
Lastly, where does a billionaire get off keeping his identity out of the press?
Stache99
@Merv: 1. Well, this isn’t from the gossip media..
“Jamie Kuntz was dismissed from his college football team after his relationship with a “65-year-old” man became known.”.
http://www.sbnation.com/2012/9/19/3357088/jamie-kuntz-gay-college-football-north-dakota
2. The coaching staff kicked him off for lying. Lying that it was his grandpa that he was with.
3. “It’s none of our business” Are you kidding me. This is story about a famous Billionaire who used his power to squash a story. Not to mention the many other questions like what the hell was he even doing there with this kid.
I’m glad that Geffen and Singer have their Queerty protector though.
Cam
@Merv:
Actually Singer’s attorneys tried to settle with Egan for $100,000 but wanted a gag order and he refused. As we said before, he refused a large settlement, and Singer was flying around with him for two years while the kid was a teenager, if nothing ever happened, they wouldn’t have offered $100,000 and Singer wouldn’t have dropped out of the X Men promos.
Cam
@Merv:
Merv, you seem VERY eager to always defend the older guy skeeving on the young teens in any of these stories. Both Singer and Geffen. Whats the story?
Merv
@skatedude:
1. Why are some media outfits still protecting Geffen’s identity? I can only speculate. Perhaps they contacted Geffen for comment and he told them he did not want to participate or have his name mentioned. Perhaps they have an existing policy not to mention names in situations like this, or perhaps they were intimidated by threat of legal action.
2. Semantics. Would he have been kicked off the team if he were with his 18 year old girlfriend and claimed she was his sister? Doubtful.
3. You’re the one who brought up finances when you complained about Geffen being a tightwad. As for what Geffen was doing there, isn’t that obvious? He had a new boy toy. What I don’t understand is why there is such a vastly different reaction, INCLUDING IN THE GAY COMMUNITY, when rich, powerful men have boy toys vs. when they have girl toys.
@Stache99:
The “None of our business” comment referred to the complaint about the kiss not being reported in the mainstream media. That’s because it’s not a mainstream media type of story. It is, however, a great gossip story, and I have no problem with it being reported that way. It doesn’t mean I actually think it’s my business, but I enjoy reading it anyway. The kid getting kicked off the football team is a legitimate mainstream story, if he is claiming he is being more severely punished than a heterosexual would have been (as seems likely). It does seem strange that they don’t report his name in that case, but it could be a simple case of applying an established policy, even if it’s a famous person involved. Same with the stalking charges.
@Cam:
When did I ever say “nothing ever happened”? I couldn’t possibly know that. I said that the particular allegations that were the subject of the court proceedings in Hawaii never happened. Egan was clearly lying about that, for reasons that have already been discussed.
Is it your contention that the only time settlements are ever offered is when the charges are true? That’s clearly not the case. Here are some obvious scenarios for why Singer might offer a settlement for the case to go away: A. Singer was guilty of legal wrongdoing and wanted to avoid a large settlement. B. Singer was not guilty of wrongdoing, but didn’t want to risk a bad decision by a judge or jury. C. Singer was not guilty of wrongdoing, but the legal defense bills were adding up. D. Singer was not guilty of wrongdoing, but it was causing embarrassing publicity. E. Singer was not guilty of wrongdoing in this instance, but he was afraid it might expose other wrongdoing. Of these, the only one we know for sure is not true is A, but for some reason you continue to push that scenario. I have no idea why.
Get it right. It’s not just older guys skeeving on young guys I defend, but RICH older guys skeeving on young guys. You’re leaving out the most important part!
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Geffen, if you troll for 18yo kids what the flock did you think would happen???
I wouldn’t be shocked to hear that he promised the kid anything he wanted til he got into his pants, tired of him and moved on to the next star struck young kid…………
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
And am assuming Murphy was showing the kid his “magic wand”????