Donald Trump endorsed this activist’s book. He was put on leave due to his gay adult video past.

Anti-LGBTQ+ activist Corey DeAngelis has been placed on leave from the right-wing “school choice” organization American Federation for Children (AFC) amid online allegations that he previously performed in gay adult films. DeAngelis’ automated email reply states he’s “out on paternity leave.”

DeAngelis served as a senior fellow for AFC. But a week ago, AFC removed a webpage mentioning his role from its website. AFC said that he has been placed on leave while the organization investigates a claim that he once performed as “Seth Rose” on the gay adult video website GayHoopla.

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On the GayHoopla website, Rose is described as a “hot otter,” and he performs in a solo scene, a video entitled “Jerk-Off Race,” and another entitled “Super Star Compilation! How Many Strokes Til You Cum?!” The videos appear to have been released at around 2014.

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DeAngelis — who wrote The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools, a 2024 book endorsed by former President Donald Trump — has repeatedly advocated for redirecting taxpayer money to fund private for-profit schools, a major goal of anti-LGBTQ+ Christian conservatives. Such schools can reject students for any reason and operate largely without government oversight to ensure that they adhere to federal nondiscrimination laws.

In a recent Fox News appearance, DeAngelis claimed that public schools are “focusing more on the LGBTs than the ABCs,” a statement echoing a right-wing claim that accepting LGBTQ+ students and opposing anti-LGBTQ+ bullying in schools degrades the quality of public education.

“It’s just propaganda and a way for the left to control the minds of other people’s children,” he said.

In a September 16 post on X, DeAngelis shared an image showing the “radical left’s 2024 weekly lesson plan.” The plan included “mandatory pronoun recognition,” “drag queen story hour,” and “boys participating in girls sports.”

“School choice defeats the woke mind virus,” DeAngelis wrote.

It's time to pass the Educational Choice for Children Act.

School choice defeats the woke mind virus. https://t.co/ckTMQVmf5N

— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) September 16, 2024

DeAngelis hasn’t posted on social media since September 19, a day before news reports about his gay adult video past.

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