Male Model Suing Over Gay Magazine Photo
NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (UPI)
A gay men’s lifestyle magazine, Genre, has damaged a straight model’s reputation by featuring a photograph of him in the U.S. publication, a lawsuit contends.
An attorney for Benjamin Massing alleges that by featuring a photo of the 20-year-old model next to advertisements for sex toys and gay chat lines, Genre tarnished his client’s reputation, the New York Daily News reported Friday.
“He’s not (gay),” lawyer Liah Catanese said of the aspiring actor.
“It’s definitely put him in a class where he’s going to have difficulty obtaining contracts for family-related shows.”
Massing’s Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit against Genre and fashion photographer Rick Day accuses the co-defendants of violating his privacy by using a photograph he had taken for his personal portfolio.
The Daily News said Massing alleges in the suit, which is for unspecified damages, that the magazine photo has caused him to become the target of unwanted advances from strangers.
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You know as a model myself and a female model at that, i would say the problem here is not really that the photographer used these photos in a “gay” mag but that he used these photos whose purpose were to be for a portfolio! in a mag. I have real issues with photographers who think that just because they took the photo that they own it….they should also consider who is in it as well.