A Trans Influencer Is Purposely Outing Gay Men in Morocco

Sofia Talouni is putting many people’s lives in danger, given that being LGBTQ is illegal in the region. 

www.advocate.com/world/2020/4/20/trans-influencer-purposefully-outing-gay-men-morocco

Colton Haynes just gave himself a DIY haircut on YouTube and the results are, um, interesting

Hair clippers and electric razors are in short supply these days as more and more Americans are giving themselves DIY haircuts to varying degrees of success.

In an Instagram post over the weekend, Colton Haynes let everyone know he would be cutting his own hair and if they wanted to see they should hop over to his newly revamped YouTube channel.

“Get ready with me lol,” he said. “Here’s my attempt at making a YouTube video…pls don’t try this at home kids haha.”

Related: Colton Haynes nearly loses his swim trunks while swinging from a vine like Tarzan

The 12-minute video is Haynes’ first new post to his YouTube channel in over four years and it has already garnered over 35,000 views in just a few days.

“We’re gonna do a haircut today,” he tells viewers. “I’m not a professional hair stylist, so don’t call this a tutorial at all. Don’t do this at home, kids.”

He then proceeds to spend several minutes blindly shaving the sides and back of his head without the aide of a second mirror.

“That doesn’t look too bad, though, does it?” he asks halfway through the haircut.

Watch.

Related: Colton Haynes shows off new full body tattoo in ultra thirsty photo

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‘Little Hitler’, Senate Majority, Kelly Rowland, Z-Pack, Ellen DeGeneres, Madonna, Victoria Coates, One Direction: HOT LINKS

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AZITHROMYCIN. Trump promotes Z-Pack as potential coronavirus treatment, causing shortage for those suffering from STDs: “Nine drug manufacturers are reporting shortages of azithromycin to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with several citing increased demand.”

2020. Battle for Senate majority getting tighter: “With Election Day just more than six months away, some Senate Democratic candidates are starting to outraise vulnerable Republican incumbents in states where Trump’s approval rating has taken a hit. Senate Republicans, who control 53 seats, are still the favorite to retain control of the chamber, but Democrats are narrowing the gap.”

VICTORIA COATES. Former deputy national security adviser, Victoria Coates denies being “Anonymous”. “The allegations published in Real Clear Investigations are utterly false. I am not Anonymous, and I do not know who Anonymous is.”

CANADA. At least 16 dead in shooting rampage in Nova Scotia: “A denture-maker went on a rampage in a small town in Nova Scotia—killing at least 16 people, including a police officer, and sparking a 12-hour manhunt that ended with his death in a standoff at a gas station. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police identified the suspect as 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, who owns denture clinics in Dartmouth and Halifax, and who apparently dressed as a police officer as he sowed terror across 55 miles.”

THE SUSSEXES. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle write letter to British tabloids, saying they will never again deal with them.

NO ZAYN. The rumored One Direction reunion may happen without one bandmate.

QUARANTINE DIARIES. Friends want Madonna to stop… “I keep hoping she’ll snap out of it.”

UNDER FIRE. Ellen DeGeneres’s crew furious over treatment during pandemic: “The core stage crew for ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show,’ consisting of more than 30 employees, received no written communication about the status of their working hours, pay, or inquiries about their mental and physical health from producers for over a month, said two sources, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity. Higher-ups in production would occasionally answer phone calls but reveal little, added one of the sources. The crew was further incensed by the show’s recent hire of an outside, non-union tech company to help DeGeneres tape remotely from her home in California.”

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MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. Kelly Rowland “Coffee”.

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1 in 5 Russians Want to ‘Eliminate’ the LGBTQ Community

A new poll shows disturbing figures from Putin’s Russa, though it’s still a slight improvement from years prior. 

www.advocate.com/world/2020/4/20/1-5-russians-want-eliminate-lgbtq-community

Awful influencer encourages people to make fake Grindr profiles to out gay men

Sofia Taloni is a Moroccan expat living in Turkey. Last week, she encouraged people in her home country to create fake profiles on apps like Grindr and PlanetRomeo so they could out closeted men in their local communities.

“These apps will show you the people who are near to you: 100 meters, 200 meters, even just one meter, just next to you in the living room,” Taloni told her 71,000 followers. “Since everyone is together at home, it could show you your husband in your bedroom, it could show you your son who might be in the bathroom.”

In Morocco, homosexuality is punishable with up to three years in prison. LGBTQ people have no legal protections and are often subjected to harassment and physical violence. What makes the story even worse is that Taloni herself is trans and, presumably, fled the country for this very reason.

Related: One Gay Tourist’s Harrowing Account Of Being Yanked Off The Streets Of Morocco And Thrown In Prison

Thankfully, Instagram deleted her account on Friday, but not before PlanetRomeo saw a huge uptick in fake profiles created by people looking to out closeted men. Not only that, but public Facebook groups were then created to circulate their images.

It got so bad that PlanetRomeo had to issue a warning to users in Morocco.

“We took immediate action by sending a security message to all our 41,000 users in Morocco,” says Jens Schmidt, founder and CEO of PlanetRomeo, in a statement. “We blocked all profiles created from the time this person addressed her users, and contacted Facebook to have the group page taken offline.”

Facebook responded by putting out a statement that said, “We don’t allow people to out members of the LGBTQ+ community. It puts people at risk, so we remove this content as quickly as we can.”

One young man who had his pictures published online tells Insider,“I’m not just afraid, I’m certain that I will be kicked out immediately. Or worse, beaten up.”

Another calls the whole thing “a witch hunt” and says he’s “living in constant fright,” adding that he’s already begun preparing how he will defend himself when his family inevitably finds out.

Taloni has not issued any comment since making the video and having her Instagram account deleted.

Related: Hours after outing man on Facebook live, woman found dead on side of the road

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