{"id":93537,"date":"2019-08-04T12:25:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T16:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/psyche-5-people-whove-been-caught-lying-about-their-identities-for-attention\/"},"modified":"2019-08-04T12:25:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T16:25:48","slug":"psyche-5-people-whove-been-caught-lying-about-their-identities-for-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/psyche-5-people-whove-been-caught-lying-about-their-identities-for-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Psyche! 5 people who\u2019ve been caught lying about their identities for attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Psyche! 5 people who\u2019ve been caught lying about their identities for attention<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/08\/liar-liar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/08\/liar-liar.png 564w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/08\/liar-liar-400x263.png 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/08\/liar-liar-105x68.png 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>This week, model Carissa Pinkston came out as cisgender after lying being transgender.<\/p>\n<p>20-year-old Pinkston initially claimed she was <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> last month after past transphobic Facebook posts she wrote surfaced online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t ready to come out about it yet but today I got fired and I\u2019ve been receiving hate mail and death threats ever since so I\u2019m being forced to tell the truth,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m transgender. I transitioned at a very young age and I\u2019ve lived my life as a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">female<\/a> ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The whole thing was a lie. Pinkston is <em>not<\/em> transgender. She did <em>not<\/em> transition at a very young age. And she has <em>always<\/em> lived her life as a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">female<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week, she claimed she \u201cpanicked\u201d and thought that if she came out as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> \u201cI could somehow make things better for myself but it appears I\u2019ve only made things worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No sh*t!<\/p>\n<p>Pinkston continued, \u201cI was scared, so I thought they would accept me only if I said I was <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a>. I got an experience of what a transgender person goes through.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>We\u2019re not sure about that, but we\u2019re pretty sure she\u2019s learned her lesson. We\u2019re also pretty sure she can kiss her modeling career goodbye.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are four more people who have been caught lying about their identities for attention\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rachel Dolezal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/06\/rachel-dolezal-pride-670x497.png\" alt=\"Rachel Dolezal pride message\" width=\"670\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/06\/rachel-dolezal-pride-670x497.png 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/06\/rachel-dolezal-pride-400x297.png 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/06\/rachel-dolezal-pride.png 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>The white-skinned <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> made headlines in 2015 after it was discovered she had been masquerading as a Black <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> for years while serving as president of the NAACP\u2019s chapter in Spokane. In 2017, she published a memoir, <i>In Full Color<\/i>, claiming that she was \u201c<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a>-racial.\u201d The book was rejected by over 30 publishers before being printed by BenBella Books and selling less than 500 copies upon its release.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/bisexuals-respond-rachel-dolezals-pride-shout-collective-girl-bye-20190617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bisexuals respond to Rachel Dolezal\u2019s Pride shout out with a collective \u201cGirl, bye!\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Todd Courser<\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/07\/Todd-Courser.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/07\/Todd-Courser.png 546w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/07\/Todd-Courser-400x333.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/h3>\n<p>The antigay Tea Party Republican from Michigan faked his own <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> scandal in 2015. Leaked audio recordings heard him instructing an aide to send an anonymous email to GOP influencers alleging that was a closeted homosexual and seen hooking up with another <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> in a dark alley behind a nightclub. It was later revealed that Courser was actually trying to cover up the <em>less<\/em>-scandalous fact that he was having a heterosexual affair with Rep. Cindy Gamrat, another a married Tea Party state lawmaker. After they were exposed, both resigned from office in disgrace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/republican-lawmaker-fakes-his-own-gay-sex-scandal-to-hide-real-sex-scandal-fails-20150807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Republican Lawmaker Fakes His Own Gay Sex Scandal To Hide Real Sex Scandal, Fails<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Gayle Newland<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/07\/gayle-newland.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/07\/gayle-newland.png 598w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/07\/gayle-newland-400x272.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old was sentenced to six and a half years in prison after she pretended to be a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> in order to trick her straight <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">female<\/a> friend into having <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> with her. Newland created a fake online profile for a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> named \u201cKye Fortune\u201d and spent two years cyberdating her BFF before getting her to meet for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>, during which she convinced the friend to remain blindfolded by claiming Fortune was recovering from a brain tumor and didn\u2019t want her to see his face. A jury found Newland guilty of three counts of sexual assault by penetration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/woman-impersonated-man-sex-best-friend-sentenced-hard-time-20170720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Woman who impersonated a man to have sex with her best friend sentenced to hard time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Aaron Carter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/12\/aaron-carter-pointing-670x482.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/12\/aaron-carter-pointing-670x482.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/12\/aaron-carter-pointing-400x288.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/12\/aaron-carter-pointing.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>The former <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teen<\/a> idol made headlines in 2017 when he came out as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> in the lead up to his album release. After the album was out and he was done promoting it, he changed his story and said the whole <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> thing was \u201cmisconstrued\u201d and that he\u2019s really only into chicks. Then in 2018, he announced his <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girlfriend<\/a> Lina Valentina was pregnant and that he was going to be father. This also proved to be untrue. Then in 2019, he hinted that he had been molested by Michael Jackson as a kid, even though he has previously stated he was <em>not<\/em> molested by Jackson. Those who are interested in learning more, he said, can read about it in his forthcoming memoir.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/people-pissed-aaron-carter-pulling-bisexual-publicity-stunt-20180327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People are pissed at Aaron Carter for pulling bisexual publicity stunt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=QaRwlKrXwtk:FiasSHNADzs:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=QaRwlKrXwtk:FiasSHNADzs:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/psyche-5-people-whove-caught-lying-identities-attention-20190804?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.queerty.com\/psyche-5-people-whove-caught-lying-identities-attention-20190804?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psyche! 5 people who\u2019ve been caught lying about their identities for attention This week, model Carissa Pinkston came out as cisgender after lying being transgender. 20-year-old Pinkston initially claimed she was <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> last month after past transphobic Facebook posts she wrote surfaced online. \u201cI wasn\u2019t ready to come out about it yet but today I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/psyche-5-people-whove-been-caught-lying-about-their-identities-for-attention\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Psyche! 5 people who\u2019ve been caught lying about their identities for attention<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Psyche! 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