Alpha House Boys: TikTokers accused of queerbaiting by pretending to be gay for profit Instagram, Spence McManusA group of TikTokers said to be associated with a group called \u2018Alpha House Boys\u2019 have been accused by influencer Barrett Pall of \u201cpretending to be gay\u201d for financial gain and social media followings. The accusations came after a series of alternate social media accounts were discovered linked to several TikTokers. Pall accused several of these influencers of doing \u201cgay for pay\u201d and \u201cprofiting off\u201d the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community. In posts to TikTok and Instagram, Pall sought to call out these users for what he believes is hypocrisy. In his videos, he also said he believes that they are perpetuating harmful stereotypes that could have an impact on LGBTQ+ youth. A lot of the TikTokers are associated with a group called \u201cAlpha House Boys\u201d that have a TikTok, an Instagram, and a Twitter. Many of them feature in each other\u2019s videos and Instagram posts, some with directions to OnlyFans accounts charging people subscriptions. However, on their \u2018main\u2019 accounts, some claim to have girlfriends, and there are no references to being members of the LGBTQ+ community, in stark contrast to their alternative accounts. Influencer Barrett Pall calls them out Accusations that the Alpha House Boys were pretending to be gay were fueled after a viral TikTok, posted by influencer Barrett Pall, accused several members of \u201cpandering and pretending to be gay.\u201d Starting by saying he was \u201cso angry\u201d, Pall went onto accuse the TikTokers of pretending to be gay \u201cto make money\u201d and said it was \u201cone of the grossest things he had seen on this app [TikTok].\u201d He accused the group of \u201cmaking money off our lived experience.\u201d Towards the end of the video, Pall accused the TikTok platform of hypocrisy. The influencer accused the app of \u201ctargeting queer creators and kicking them off the app\u201d but said TikTok is allowing this group \u201cto do whatever they want.\u201d Click here if link does not load Pall has also posted the accusations on his Instagram. Other influencers have gone on to mock the group, including actor Johnny Sibilly who posted a duet of him laughing at one of the Alpha House Boy\u2019s videos. Read more: Addison Rae fuels Omer Fedi dating rumors – In another video, a woman named \u201cMichaela\u201d claims she knows several AlphaHouseBoys members from school and college. She accused the group of being \u201chomophobic\u201d and said they should \u201cnot profit off the queer community.\u201d View this post on Instagram The alternative \u201cgay\u201d accounts Many of the accounts appear to be linked to \u201cAlphaHouseBoys\u201d \u2013 an account that has TikTok, an Instagram and TikTok linked to it. In addition, there is an OnlyFans account charging $10 a month or $105 total for six months. Another account often linked with these videos charges $210 for a year. Every video features Pride emojis as well as hashtags such as #lgbtq, #gayvibes, and #gays. From the captions to the descriptions, it would appear they are either gay or bisexual. On Twitter, it\u2019s advertised they are promising \u201cguy\/guy content\u201d in their Onlyfans. Many of the videos on TikTok feature sexualized jokes. Others are \u201cpranks\u201d on supposed straight friends or strangers in public but the \u201cstrangers\u201d are other members of the Alpha House Boys. However, on Twitter, Alphahouseboys present themselves as \u201cstraight\u201d. They promise videos of \u201cstraight guys in action\u201d and \u201cpushing the limits with their friends.\u201d Read more: Who is Cameron Herrin? – The accounts on TikTok appear to be attempting to use the social media platform\u2019s algorithm to target audiences who typically engage with LGBT+ related content. Many of the men featured in the video have their main social media account with some referring to girlfriends. Then they have an alternative account clearly targeted towards gay and bisexual men as well as the wider LGBT+ community. On Instagram, the alternative accounts link back to the main accounts. For example, \u201cSpence McManus\u201d who boasts over 140,000 followers on Instagram and over 1 million on TikTok presents himself as heterosexual on his main account with references to a girlfriend in several videos. However, he also has alternative accounts under variations of \u201cshreddedkid\u201d or by the name \u201cScott Moorehead\u201d. While Instagram is private, his TikTok content is clearly targeted towards LGBT+ people with one video even denying they were \u201cstraight.\u201d What\u2019s the point? Initially, the accounts appear to simply be an attempt to generate a significant following on social media with one account on TikTok catering to one specific audience while having an account that caters to another. A trend seen amongst the accounts is no acknowledgment on the main \u201cstraight\u201d social media account. For example, Spence McManus does not follow the private Instagram account linked to his Onlyfans on his main account. Alternatively, on the private accounts, there are often requests to follow their main accounts or other accounts linked to Alpha House Boys to be accepted. This appears to be an attempt to drive up followers while keeping the presence of the OnlyFans absent on their main social media platforms. Read more: How to watch the D\u2019Amelio Show on Hulu – However, there appears to be a secondary motive behind all this: money. By linking their OnlyFans pages to their Twitter accounts and Instagrams, they appear to be using the platforms they have created from marketing themselves as \u201cgay\u201d to generate income. The issue with Alpha House content Many LGBTQ+ users have criticized the group pointing to harassment and discrimination members of the LGBTQ+ community face. In the United States according to a study by the Centre for American Progress, \u201cmore than 1 in 3 LGBTQ Americans faced discrimination of some kind in the past year, including more than 3 in 5 transgender Americans.\u201d Alongside this, TikTok has also been accused of letting its algorithm promote homophobic and transphobic content. TikToker Chris aka. Donelij, whose account got millions of views before it was banned, was accused of homophobia in his videos. One member of the LGBT+ community, Deanna, said that she thought \u201cit\u2019s just so wrong\u201d if the Alpha House Boys are pretending to be gay. Read more: Bryce Hall hits back at boxing critics – She went onto say \u201cas if LGBTQ+ people go through years of struggle, discrimination and hardship\u2026 for [them] to come along and almost appropriate it and lie\u201d. The potential impacts on LGBT+ youth Others, like Pall, have also emphasized concern about the impact people pretending to be gay might have on LGBTQ+ youth. TikTok remains one of the top social media apps for teens in the US. Some believe some young teens on the app might look to the relationships and stereotypes shown in AlphaHouseBoy videos as examples for future relationships. Dexerto reached out to TikTok and Alpha House Boys for comment but is yet to receive a response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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