18/10/2025
The Australian gay magazine DNA reports that a US based teacher, already subject to harassment some ten years ago when he came out on the Outsports website, is standing firm and committed to resisting the "Make America Great Again" influencers on social media, despite having his contact details published - in an echo of what anti-trans feminists have tried to do to transgender women in the UK. Anthony Nicodemo earned the oppobrium of far rightists after hanging a poster which promoted a book from the American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten called Why Fascists Fear Teachers which goes on to explain why authoritarians of all stripes target educators for their hate campaigns. DNA's Marvin Valez goes on to say "Right-wing influencer Corey DeAngelis and Chaya Raichik [started a] wave of harassment so intense that for the first time in over a decade of being publicly out, Nicodemo made his social media accounts private. “This one got so nutty,” he told LGBTQ Nation. “When the Libs of TikTok people start, they’re actually dangerous.” Here’s something worth noting about DeAngelis. The anti-LGBTQIA+ activist who built his career attacking queer educators and pushing Project 2025’s agenda appeared in gay adult films under the name “Seth Rose” back in 2014. His past came to light in September 2024 when a gay porn blog exposed his involvement in multiple scenes. The American Federation for Children, where DeAngelis worked as a senior fellow, fired him after the videos resurfaced. GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis told The Advocate that DeAngelis is “yet another public figure whose anti-LGBTQ extremism already makes him deeply unqualified to be an expert in improving safety and education at school.” The irony of DeAngelis leading these attacks while hiding his own past speaks volumes about the movement’s authenticity. How can someone who participated in gay adult films credibly attack teachers for creating inclusive classrooms? Nicodemo isn’t backing down. He’s continuing his advocacy work as a contributor to Outsports and posting videos about Pride and inclusion. His refusal to disappear matters."
DNA Magazine is available online at https://www.dnamagazine.com.au/ and at branches of WH Smiths and all progressive bookstores.
