The out YouTuber turned author, Tyler Oakley sent his 5.7 million fans on Instagram into a melt yesterday when he shared a rather revealing picture of him in just his swimwear.
In the candid picture posted to his millions of followers’ delight, the 31-year-old admitted that he was getting into “jump-roping” while listening to Lady Gaga’s Chromatica… while stoned.
He wrote, “I’m getting very into jump-roping to chromatica megamixes while stoned… what are y’all up to?”
“Secret King?”
While some were completely taken by the star’s incredible workout bod, one remarking that Tyler’s body was “astronomical”, others marvelled in the star’s rather chic surroundings, with one asking if the star was a “secret king”.
Honestly, we couldn’t think of a better way to spend Sunday morning… oh well apart from in bed, with the covers pulled up high – with maybe a little bit of Gaga playing in the background (lightly).
It turns out Tyler Oakley and Gus Kenworthy love the same porn star…
CREDIT: Tyler Oakley YouTube
Yep. Having a little chin wag in Tyler’s latest video, Gus and Tyler had a bonding moment over their favourite porn star, who it turns out is Austin Wilde, who also owns the @GuysNsweatpants company.
The pair were having a YouTube discussion on how to come out when the conversation turned to watching porn. “You’re kidding” Tyler exclaimed after it was revealed that both liked Austin Wilde.
Watch the video below.
Now the slightly pervy questions from us is, do they watch him together! #SorryNotSorry.
Between them, the top 25 gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans celebrities we could find on Twitter have access to the eyes of up to 132,000,000 people.
They range from a news anchor to YouTube stars, singers to actors. The average age of these stars is 46 years old, YouTuber Troye Sivan being the youngest at 20 and George Takei being the oldest at 78. Some have made their celebrity status through reality TV, like Adam Lambert (American Idol) and some have played the long fame game, like singer Ricky Martin and actor Neil Patrick Harris.
To make it on to this list celebrities needed to have at least one million followers. Trans stars are vastly under represented in the media and therefore may contribute to the fact that only one trans person had enough followers to qualify.
Zachary Quinto came to fame during the Heroes TV show created by Tim Kring. He’s since gone on to star as Spock in the latest series of Star Trek films.
24) Rylan Clark-Neal, Presenter, 1.34 Million @Rylan
CREDIT: Channel 5
Rylan made his name during X Factor UK – and quickly became a reality TV favourite after he was snapped up by Celebrity Big Brother producers who put him to the house. Despite only becoming recently famous at that point he won that series of CBB. He now presents Big Brother’s Bit On The Side.
Ellen Page is a Canadian actor who came out in February 2014 during a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s Time To Thrive conference. She stars in the X Men series of films.
22) Samantha Ronson, DJ and Producer, 1.51 million, @SamanthaRonson
YouTube is the video site where you can make a living if you’re watched and subscribed enough. But what are the most popular LGBT vloggers channels?
I’m basing the list on subscribers and video views. The comprehensive list is as follows…
10. Superfruit
Comprising of Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying of the A cappella group Pentatonix, the Superfruit channel is a mix of vlogs and A cappella music videos performed by Grassi and Hoying. They have managed to gather over 1.5 million subscribers and an impressive 136 million video views since 2013. Their most popular video is a Frozen medley with fellow Pentatonix member Kirstie Maldonado with over 10 million views.
9. Davey Wavey
31 year old Davey Wavey is the topless star of Youtube. He’s amassed 1.5 million subscribers and over 300 Million views over his 3 channels and has talked about subjects ranging from physical fitness to sex education. His most view video is titled My guilty pleasures with over 17 million views.
8. Toderick Hall
The musical parody maker Toderick Hall has 1.6 million subscribers and over 228 million video views. A wonderful mix of parody music videos lampooning different stereotypes and one man band mixes of artists. Toderick has quite a social media following over Twitter and Instagram, and his most watched video on Youtube is Disney Dudez with nearly 15 million views.
7. Lucas Cruickshank
Most people probably know Cruickshank better as loveable yet irritating 6 year old character Fred Figglehorn which he started performing when he was only 13-years-old. While he only has 3 million subscribers over his 2 channels, he has garnered an amazing 1.86 billion views on those channels, a vast majority of which are on the Fred channel with the most popular Fred video being Fred goes grocery shopping with 73 million views.
6. Ingrid Nilsen
Nilsen came out earlier this year and her coming out video is her most popular video with over 11 million views. She mostly vlogs her daily life, makeup tips and fashion advice, which has lead to a stint on reality show Project Runway: Threads, and has amassed a large fan base with over 3.7 million subscribers and 277 million video views and even works with Covergirl due to her YouTube presence.
5. Troye Sivan
South African born, Australian Singer and vlogger Sivan has made quite the impact on Youtube collecting nearly 4 million subscribers and 200 million views on his vlog channel and his VEVO channel. His first EP was released in 2008, and sold well, with his latest EP due to be released later this year. The audio of his single Happy Little Pill is his most viewed video with over 7 and a half million views.
4. Connor Franta
Franta’s first book A Work in Progress was released in April 2015 due to his popularity on Youtube, with 5 million subscribers on his main channel and second channel with a combined total video views of over 270 million. He has helped raise over $230,000 for The Thirst project, surpassing his original goal of $150,000 courtesy of his subscribers. With 9.3 million views, British vs America: How We Do It is his most watched video.
3. Joey Graceffa
The first Youtuber to come out as gay with a music video, which is his most watched video with 9.3 million views. Graceffa has a huge fan base with over 6 million subscribers and 692 million video views spread across his vlog channel and gaming channel.
His autobiography In Real Life was released in 2015, where he lays bare his troubled childhood dealing with an alcoholic mother and his own struggles with his sexuality.
2. Tyler Oakley
With a book due out soon. Oakley has cemented himself as a much loved Youtuber with 7 million people subscribing to his channel and garnering 437 million video views and resulting in meetings with Barack Obama and making a video with Michelle Obama talking about education issues. He also has a line of apparel available which have his famous quotes printed on them.
A collaboration with fellow Youtuber Colleen Ballinger (as her character Miranda Sings) titled The Photobooth challenge has nearly 8 million views.
1. Shane Dawson
12 million subscribers and over 2 billion video views later, Shane Dawson is a massively popular star on the site. His vlogs and comedic music videos gain millions of views and likes, with his most popular video, a Wrecking Ball parody getting 27 million views.
Dawson rarely holds back with tales of his life and came out as bisexual in July of 2015. His book I Hate my Selfie which recounts 18 of his most embarrassing and inspiring stories came out in early 2015
The One Direction star Liam Payne has officially gone into Twitter melt down after tweeting his support to Duck Dynasty family.
Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson caused outrage in December when in an interview with GQ magazine he described homosexuality as a ‘sin’ and ‘not logical’ and compared it to bestiality.
Liam Payne wrote to Robertson’s father Willie Robertson saying:
“huge love to you/your family huge respect for your business prosperities and the family values you still all behold. big fan.”
FREEDOM OF SPEECH?
The supportive tweet to the Duck Dynasty clan has landed Payne into hot water with the star adding insult to injury by slamming journalists and hope for a ‘freedom of speech law.’
Instead of apologising for any offense he may have caused Payne tweeted:
‘Being a fan of someones show and the way they still hold a family together doesnt mean i am ok with all they say.
‘Oh my god can someone literally not be a fan if a show without bring labeled?’
‘I just watched a show and I liked it as most people do,’
SLAMMING JOURNALISTS
Last year, fellow XFactor contestant James Arthur found himself in a media meltdown after using a gay slur in a dissing rap. This must have been on Payne’s mind – when he tweeted about the potential repercussions of his pro Robertson tweet.
‘Sick of all this bull il be back again when the freedom of speech law is back and people don’t believe to much into the bulls#!t they read
‘Can’t wait for the call tomorrow where I get told of for cussing had to be said like I said before much worse has happened In the world
‘Pick ur balls up off the floor and get on with it instead of taking advantage of every word said and twisting it for your own gain’
DEATH THREATS?
One of the first gay right’s campaigners to take issue with Payne’s tweet was Tyler Oakley, who Tweeted:
Wow. Very confused and disappointed by this @Real_Liam_Payne tweet. This literally changes everything…
However, within hours Oakley took to Twitter to say he was quitting for a while after receiving death threats from One Direction fans.
Tyler Oakley is an American YouTube personality and advocates for gay youth, presenting on topics such as queer politics and pop culture.
Last year Perez Hilton came under attack in a similar move from a ‘fandom’ when Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters threatened the Hollywood blogger.
