Gay people are eight times more likely to be victims of revenge porn

LGBT people are eight times more likely to be targeted by revenge porn, a study has revealed.

One in 25 Americans have either been threatened with or made the victim of revenge porn, but this includes just two percent of straight people.

On the other hand, a huge 17 percent of LGBT people have been targeted with threats or actual posts of pornographic images or videos of them which they did not consent to being online.

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Amanda Lenhart, one of the report’s authors, said that the study – conducted by the Data & Society Research Institute and the Centre for Innovative Public Health Research – was crucial.

“Nonconsensual pornography can have a devastating and lasting impact on victims, so it’s vital that we understand how common this is and who is affected,” she said.

The news comes as YouPorn releases a powerful video to combat the dangerous phenomenon.

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In association with women’s rights organisation the Danish Women’s Society, the porn site has created a video which looks like an adult film – and that’s exactly the point.

The video, called “Ex doesn’t know I put this online!”, features a woman stripping while her boyfriend films her.

He asks her to take her trousers off, but she tells him: “I don’t like that you’re filming this.”

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The faceless man asks why, to which she responds: “I’m just afraid that someone is going to see it.”

He reassures her, lying to her face until she smiles and goes along with his request.