In an article published by the Daily Beast on Thursday, London Editor Nico Hines attempted to provide readers with an inside look at the hookup culture inside Rio's Olympic village, where many athletes reside during the Games.

Gay dating apps Scruff, Hornet, and Grindr are displayed on an Apple iPhone Daniel Acker / Getty Images

"Armed with a range of dating and hookup apps—Bumble, Grindr, Jack’d, and Tinder—your distinctly non-Olympian correspondent had scored three dates in the first hour," Hines, who is married and straight, wrote in his article. "Athlete profiles on the various apps during my short exploration included a track star, a volleyball player, a record-holder in the pool, a sailor, a diver, and a handball player."

The article has since been edited, but the original version provided potentially identifying information about some of the athletes he "matched" with -- including Olympians he met on gay male hookup site Grindr.

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LGBTQ advocates, like Athlete Ally Executive Director Hudson Taylor, were infuriated by the article.

"Nico Hines' article is as unethical as it is dangerous. There are over 200 athletes competing in the Olympics from countries for which being gay is punishable by death," he told NBC OUT.

"His failure to comprehend the impact of outing closeted athletes is both unacceptable and offensive. For many closeted athletes the internet may be the one place where they are able connect with LGBT culture and community safely," Taylor added.

The Editor's Note on the current version of Hines' article states "a number of readers complained" about the original piece, and the note acknowledges the safety concerns.

"There was legitimate concern that the original version of this story might out gay male athletes, even by implication, or compromise their safety. This was never our reporter’s intention, of course. No names were ever used and some of the profiles described were of straight women. But there was a concern that even mentioning the home nation of some gay athletes could compromise their safety," part of the note reads.

Athlete Ally's Hudson Taylor was not the only one who found Hines' article unacceptable. Several media outlets described the story as "homophoboic," and LGBTQ advocates and allies let loose on social media Thursday.

when LGBTQ+ people are protective of our safe places, understand WHY. we can be killed in our clubs. entrapment can happen on our apps. — Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) August 11, 2016

It is disappointing that the @thedailybeast published @NicoHines' story in the first place. That wasn't journalism. — deray mckesson (@deray) August 11, 2016

So @NicoHines basically just outed a bunch of athletes in his quest to write a shitty @thedailybeast article where he admitted to entrapment — Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) August 11, 2016

I mean why write an article about sex in the Olympics from your own experience? Just pretend to be gay and get a salacious article instead. — Ira Madison III (@ira) August 11, 2016

Heaven forbid gay men have sex at the Olympics. Not like straight men are doing it too, but why dig into that when you can mock and demean. — Ira Madison III (@ira) August 11, 2016

Nico Hines is a piece of garbage for outting closeted gay Olympians who are closeted because they could get killed in their countries. — Fortune Feimster (@fortunefunny) August 11, 2016

Does @NicoHines realize his astounding straight privilege put athletes lives in immense danger, all for a badly written @thedailybeast piece — Scott Nevins (@ScottNevins) August 11, 2016

Outing closeted LGBTQ people isnt journalism. Its criminal level attention seeking and puts their lives in danger.



Shame on you @NicoHines. — Cole Ledford (@ColeLedford11) August 11, 2016

@NicoHines I'm appalled and infuriated by your lack of judgement and care. Shame on you. — Gabrielle Rouse (@grrrouse) August 11, 2016

And at least one person took issue with the Editor's Note as well.

This is garbage journalism. It makes light of real issues affecting gay men. The editors note was BS @JohnAvlon https://t.co/Tbv0t8ZtcQ — Jonathan Van Ness (@thegayofthrones) August 11, 2016

Later Thursday night, the Daily Beast withdrew the story and replaced it with an editor's note:

"Today we did not uphold a deep set of The Daily Beast's values," read a statement on the site. "These values — which include standing up to bullies and bigots, and specifically being a proudly, steadfastly supportive voice for LGBT people all over the world — are core to our commitment to journalism and to our commitment to serving our readers.

"We were wrong. We will do better."

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