Trump-supported activist put on leave from employer after gay porn reports
Corey DeAngelis, a senior fellow at the conservative education nonprofit American Federation for Children, allegedly appeared in several gay adult films.
A school-privatization activist and frequent Fox News guest whose work has been praised by former President Donald Trump was placed on leave by his conservative nonprofit employer after reports that he had appeared in gay pornography videos surfaced.
Corey DeAngelis has been a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, a conservative education nonprofit group founded by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, since 2021 (DeVos’ website says she is the former chair of the organization, and the organization’s site does not mention her as being currently involved). Asked about DeAngelis and the adult film reports, Rebekah Bydlak, a spokesperson for the organization, said, “We have placed the employee on leave as we look into this matter further.” Bydlak declined to comment further.
A person who resembles DeAngelis and performs under the name “Seth Rose” appears in at least three gay adult films on the pornography site GayHoopla dating to 2014. In the videos, “Seth Rose” does not have sexual contact with other performers; rather, he appears in scenes masturbating solo or alongside other men. The existence of the videos was first reported last week by the blog Str8 Up Gay Porn, which shares gay porn and articles about sex.
DeAngelis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
DeAngelis, who has more than 160,000 followers on X, received his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in 2018 and has worked for several conservative nonprofit groups. In more recent years, he has become a fierce advocate of “school choice,” which subsidizes private schools with public dollars. He has also been a critic of discussing LGBTQ topics in schools. In 2021, Forbes cited DeAngelis on its education category’s 30 under 30 list.
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