The road to hell is paved with good intentions. That’s the takeaway openly gay wrestler Dave Marshall got after he announced he was using his OnlyFans platform for good.
“After some thought, I did start it up with part [of the] proceeds going to Beyond Blue–a suicide prevention charity,” the 29-year-old explained to GayStarNews last month.
In an Instagram post, Marshall added:
The reason the money I raise from my OnlyFans goes towards Beyond Blue is seeing everyday how big depression and anxiety has become in society and almost overlooked.
[It’s my] first time saying this but my father took his life last year.
Older men have a “Harden the fuck up” mentality they were brought up with.
Stats on LGBT in this area are quite scary too so I hope I can in some way, give back to my community. Positivity is everything.
Marshall raised more than AU$5,000 for Beyond Blue.
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But when the organization got wind of the whole thing, it reached out to him to say, “Thanks, but no thanks!”
GayStarNews now reports that the charity contacted Marshall in an email after his story went viral to say it can’t accept his donation because the funds come from activities such as “gambling, alcohol and pornography.”
It also said he used Beyond Blue’s name to “promote the sale of products” that he offers “in the field of pornography” and that it requires all fundraising activities be registered with the organization.
The charity then requested Marshall remove all mention of it from his social media profiles and personal website, and requested “future consumers of your products are not given the impression their purchase is in any way supporting Beyond Blue.”
Marshall admits he was a little miffed by the whole thing at first, but he didn’t let it get to him for long.
“To me, money is money,” he tells GayStarNews. “It came from the heart.”
“At the end of the day, it was a personal donation of my money but I don’t want to be quiet about what I’m doing. So it wasn’t the charity for me.”
He says he’s since found another charity that focuses on mental health to give the money to.
Black Dog Institute is a non-profit based in Sydney that focuses on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder.
“They are another of the bigger ones in Australia,” Marshall says. “As my father was one of the main factors in the choice of charity, it’s quite fitting.”
This time, Marshall did his homework and called the charity ahead of time to confirm they would accept his money.
When Black Dog Institute said it was more than happy to take the donation, Marshall decided to double it, giving a total of AU$10,000.
“It’s a cause that I am proud the help,” he says. “Now more than ever, I’m even more proud of the organization for accepting me and my donations.”
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RIGay
Since when did charities get so picky?
I hope he can find some other charity!
pharaon.em.joe
If you want to comment, at least read the entire post. He has found one.
Bob Scardino
I’ve found that for most Queerty articles it makes more sens to comment BEFORE reading the entire article.
HereIAm
I loathe and detest porn but I am also pragmatic. Money for the charities from indecent sources is still money. In this case, the end justifies the means.
Chrisk
If I faced that as being my only outlet for it since no one wants the job then yes I too would eventually detest it.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@ HereIAM
I’m extremely proud of you (blows kiss).
HereIAm
you are too kind, Hussain. Hey I may be blunt in my comments but I am not totally heartless.
jsmu
@HereIAm ‘blunt?’ ROTLFMAO. Your pitifully puritanical views reflect neither wisdom, education, knowledge, nor enlightenment of any sort. No one died and made you Our Lady of the Fainting Couch, and ‘indecent’ is not a call you make. PERIOD. We all know you hate sex and hate robust expressions of joyous sex because you have never gotten and never will get any yourself. 🙂 Schooled yet again. When will you ever learn?
Vince
@HereIAm. Oh the indecency of it all!! I’m a proper Victorian lady. Someone fetch ma smelling salts. Lol
Isn’t this shtick getting old by now?
Tony1129
Nobody cares, save your dramatics for another post, bet your room is full of porn.
Ektoras
I don’t know how many times i heard men saying they loathe and detest porn…….all those men had tiny dicks 🙁
Hussain-TheCanadian
Good on him for donating his money to an excellent cause; the money did not come from hurting people or animals, did not come from killing people, did not come from damaging nature – So good on you for having a compassionate heart Sir.
As for the charity that returned the donation, its their loss.
Tony1129
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Hussain-TheCanadian……..Excellent point you made. Kudos to you. Have a very Happy Holidays………..Thornton
iamru2
Damn he’s hot can’t wait to look him up after work!
pharaon.em.joe
Why not look him up at work? 😉
Topman60640
Pompous Asses, it all spends the same, who cares where it came from.
If your goal is to assist those affected by suicide, how many of them did you just screw to protect your sacrosanct “brand image”
jsmu
@Topman60640 How right you are. An organization of hypocritical, pretentious shitwads, no doubt numbering quite a few closet cases among its membership.
BigJohnSF
I would gladly accept any and all donations from him.
PinkoOfTheGange
Black Dog seems to be a little more hands on then the other anyway.
They started a program the targets men that have isolated them selves in the smaller inland towns.
da90027
I’m amazed anyone can make money off porn these days you can get free clips all day long who pays for it?
Vince
Yeah that’s what I was thinking. In this era of free porn and he has the $10,000 to toss around. Good for him though.
Tony1129
There are many ways to make money off of porn.
HereIAm
It just shows that some gays are so addicted to the increasingly sickening porn that they are willing to pay for this stuff to get their heart and soul polluted. I am absolutely certain that people who watch porn on a regular basis are damaged goods and only therapy and prayers can cure them of this dreadful addiction.
scotshot
@HereIAm
You clearly did not read the article.
Geeker
I can see their point if you’re a legitimate charity being associated with porn might not great for attracting large donations.
gymmuscleboy
Where is the porn? All I can find is pictures of him in his underwear. Is that what they are calling porn?
spacecadet
It took me less than 5 seconds to find. It’s really not that hard.
LilMesican
This isn’t the first time money has been denied from a charity because of where it came from. But come on, credit for wanting to do something for charity. He’s already a wrestler, not enough coming in from that?
So many other things he could have done with his celebrity status. Porn?
Say you want to do porn, cause you’re into it, and you want to make some money on the side. If you donate money to an organization makes it less obvious.
He’s either pounding guys in the ring or pounding guys wearing a ring.
ShowMeGuy
And here I always figured being associated with professional wrestling would be more embarrassing than being associated with porn.
Pete le meat
Forget the money. I want his thigh muscles.
throwslikeagirl
He’s a wrestler, not a porn actor, and the vids are of him and his boyfriend. I’m glad he found an appropriate charity so he can honor his dad. He should have asked the first charity if they’d accept his donation prior to going public with it, but live and learn. This seems to have
a happy ending, as I assume his vids with his boyfriend do, too!
Lacuevaman
“choice”…. the best part of America!
Mike Gillispie
Any charity that would turn down 5K because it comes from a person who earns a part of their income from porn is not a valid charity. When you look down on how a human being ears their their money your saying you better than that person. Are you. Did Christ say that to anyone? I have.never treated any person regardless of job or income better than me because they are not.
spacecadet
What a beautiful man. Charitable too!
tad_boomer
Having been around a few years I have often found that people who proclaim that adult performers are disgusting or dirty are usually just jealous that they weren’t fortunate to have the genes or attributes that make so many men & women watch porn.
And I have witnessed many acts of charity by porn performers over the years but I think this is the largest one I have heard of from a single individual. It is not hard to believe that he was turned down. Some non-profits are worried about offending their other more conservative contrinutors. I’m just glad that he was able to find a charty which welcomed his donation.