Youtuber who forced straight men to be gay

Quintal specifically said he was choosing "Christian celibacy," and although he never stated he had thought he was no longer gay, Quintal said he is choosing not to partake in same-sex relationships. In a public playlist on his channel called "God" that he updated as recently as Sunday, Quintal has saved videos from sources like Jackie Hill-Perry, an 'ex-gay' Christian thought leader Vines referenced as having similar views to Quintal.

Given the jarringly disparate nature of his current comments with his previously pro-LGBTQ identity and stance, along with videos Quintal has publicly bookmarked on his channel, it appears he has been influenced by anti-gay Christian online sources.

A post shared by lohanthony lohanthony Jun 30, at pm PDT. Nearly every major health association, including the World Health Organizationthe American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Medical Association opposes conversion therapyalong with "ex-gay therapy," "reparative therapy," and any type of therapy that seeks to repress, reverse, or eradicate same-sex attraction.

He gained broader attention in #heretv #brokestraightboysBroke Straight Boys is a reality-based docu-series that explores the world of "Gay for Pay", a term used to describe when straight. Many gay YouTubers are advocates for social change and encourage viewers to stand up and speak out.

Now, Quintal, 21, once an advocate for LGBTQ rights and a role model for gay children and teens around the world, has renounced his own sexuality, saying in a recent YouTube video that he has chosen a life of "Christian celibacy" and moved on from the "sexual immorality" of his past gay relationships.

YouTuber Lohanthony was once an openly gay internet star. Jude[a] (born 21 April ), known professionally as F1NN5TER, [b] is an English Internet personality known for long-term cross-dressing. The American Psychiatric Association has said that conversion therapy can lead to depression, anxietyand increased suicidal ideation and is " unlikely " to be effective in changing same-sex attraction.

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It's unclear whether this kind of religious anti-gay language is permitted on YouTube, per its most recent policy on hate speech. YouTube says it removes content and penalizes creators when they promote "violence or hatred" against individuals or groups based on attributes that include sexual orientation.

While Quintal has not referenced conversion therapy — a widely discredited and ineffective type of program that attempts to "convert" LGBTQ people to heterosexuality — by name, many fans of the creator, as well as at least one other prominent YouTuber, have questioned whether he underwent and is encouraging such a program.

Whether or not Quintal has been involved in a religious or therapeutic program resembling conversion therapy, advocates for gay rights say his language is potentially damaging for his viewers to hear. Quintal didn't respond to Insider's request for comment.

YouTube is a platform where everyone has a voice no matter their gender, sexuality, and race which allows many opportunities for gay YouTubers to influence their viewers. NBC reports that conversion therapy usually takes the form of talk therapy and is associated with an increase in suicidal thoughts, drug abuse, and depression among teens.

In a minute video posted Friday to his channel, where he has since hidden nearly all of his past videos, Quintal said that coming out as bisexual and then gay earlier in life was like "trying to fit a circle into a square.

Randomly woke up here wtf. Vines told Insider that many young adults who have promoted ex-gay Christian pathways go on to have same-sex relationships later in life, although it can take decades to unlearn the harmful ideologies Quintal is currently espousing.

Mathew Shurka, the co-founder of the anti-conversion therapy advocacy organization Born Perfecttold Insider that Quintal's rhetoric echoes lessons taught in conversion programs and that conflating addiction issues with same-sex attraction is common in such programs.

He said that Quintal may be conflating negative experiences like childhood trauma, drug addiction, and addiction to social media fame with same-sex attraction, something that could have been taught to him by an authority in his church or by other Christians.

Now, he's an advocate for Christian celibacy, an ideological cousin of conversion therapy. Vines said that the idea of conversion therapy being a forced "brainwashing" practice doesn't typically reflect what real 'ex-gay' experiences look like for Christians.

Insider did not immediately hear back from YouTube for comment. List of LGBTQ YouTubers This list of notable LGBTQ YouTubers includes YouTubers who publicly identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or otherwise part of the LGBTQ community. Vines told Insider that it is unlikely Quintal himself would say he underwent "conversion therapy," but teachings that could have instructed him would still resemble what is prohibited for children under the age of 18 in 20 US states.

It could be lifelong celibacy, it could be a mixed-orientation marriage, it could be any number of things. Anthony Quintal was a beloved YouTube star, known for his pop culture commentary and liberal politics that he excitedly talked about from the floor of his childhood bedroom.

As a young gay teenager, Quintal, better known as Lohanthony, became a mainstay among YouTube's elite for years through his authentic videos, often filmed from his laptop camera. He also said that he was molested by a man as a child, and he believed it led him to "sin against other people" by engaging in consensual sex with other men throughout his teenage years.

A post shared by lohanthony lohanthony Jun 13, at pm PDT. Quintal compared his sexual and romantic relationships with men to drug and alcohol use, saying that he was "trying to find God's love" through those paths.