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  • Top 10 LGBT YouTubers

    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

  • What Happens When Two Men Try To Hold Hands In Russia

    ChebuRussia TV of YouTube decided to try a social experiment on the streets of Moscow to see what would happen when two men held hands in public.

    Using a hidden camera in a back pack to capture the response from the general public, two men from ChebuRussia held hands in the Russian capital city of Moscow. The couple endured abusive outbursts from various people around the city, with some pointing fingers and shouting abuse at the couple, with one man yelling “Leave Russia”.

     

    Most of the outbursts towards the couple were from men.

    Two passersby physically assaulted them by walking directly into their path on two separate occasions.

    One member of ChebuRussia said, “I’m a bit frightened by his reaction, he hit hard”, after the assault.

     

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    The three-minute thirty video shows how tough it is to be openly gay in Moscow. The video has had over 3 million views in just one day.

    In 2013 President Putin passed a law which outlawed the promotion of homosexuality to anyone under the age of 18.

  • YouTuber Comes Out To Grandma

    YouTuber Loren Baldwin took advantage of vlogger Amy Hill’s music video ‘Coming Out’ to break her own news to her Grandmother.

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  • Steve Grand Has Really Got Something Worth Baring All For

    Gay singer-songwriter Steve Grand who became a star overnight last year when his first video went viral, stopped by vlogger Davey Wavey’s house to do some real musical promotion for his new album.

    So far a lot of the promotion that he receives is not for his music, but for his looks, so he wanted this to be different. It was until Davey literally got his hands on him.

     

     

     

  • The Life Of A Gay Man’s Dog

    Kyle’s dog Luna thinks she gets a raw deal when it comes to dating as Kyle seems more obsessed with getting himself a boyfriend, but Luna has her needs too.

    She is adorable and so is Kyle Krieger, the man who Instinct Magazine once labelled ‘The World’s Hottest Hairdresser’ and once you watch their video you will want to make more effort ensuring that the four-legged member of your family also gets a chance to look for true love.

    P.S. See if you can spot any of the celebs who are the voices of all the dogs. They include actress Rumer Willis, actor Skylar Astin, YouTube Activist Tyler Oakley, singer Lance Bass, drag queen Courtney Act, Tv’s Fashion Police Brad Goreski, actor Darren Criss, and Footballer Robbie Rogers

    by @RogerWalkerDack

  • Talking Gay Is Not Easy When You Are Straight

    We have a language of all of our own which just comes with the whole package of being gay.

    Whilst we all understand each other, it’s much tougher for straight guys to cotton on to what the hell we are saying.

    Talented Youtube Vlogger Davey Wavey quizzed three strapping straight men about their knowledge of our ‘dictionary’ and here are his hilarious findings.

    @RogerWalkerDack

  • VIDEO: Slightly Amazing Gay Pick Up Lines

    Are your pick up lines so old that you cannot get laid?

     

    Well to help you through the Christmas Party period American You Tube vlogger Hat has put together a list of hilarious brand new lines to get you noticed. Here’s one example, ‘You remind me of a Sudoku puzzle, because even if you’re HARD I’m going to finish you in 30 seconds!’

    He guarantees if you use his gems you will get laid, or punched on the nose… (but hey, some guys like that too).

    In the video Hat shares his favourite lines and includes a very funny reaction shot from an unimpressed lad, who calls him inappropriate.

     

     

     

  • Google and YouTube To Be Honoured As LGBT Game Changers

    GLAAD have announced that they are to honour Google and YouTube at a Gala in San Francisco.

    Glaad, the US’s national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organisation, today announced it will honour global technology leader Google and video-sharing innovator YouTube at the GLAAD Gala San Francisco.

    At the gala, Google and YouTube will receive the Ric Weiland Award, which honours innovators who advance LGBT equality through tech and new media. The award is named after Ric Weiland, who was a computer software pioneer and philanthropist. Together with his surviving partner Mike Schaefer, he is known for his dedication to LGBT and HIV/AIDS organisations.

    For years, Google has been one of Silicon Valley’s most vocal supporters of LGBT equality. In 2008, Google spoke out against California’s Proposition 8, a statewide ban on marriage for same-sex couples, and donated significant contributions to efforts to remove the ban.

    In 2010, Google announced that it would cover extra health coverage-related costs incurred by gay and lesbian couples unable to legally wed. The following year, Google expanded its employee healthcare coverage to include transition-related care for its transgender employees.

    In 2012, the company launched ‘Legalize Love,’ an international effort to “promote safer conditions for gay and lesbian people inside and outside the office in countries with anti-gay laws on the books.” That same year, Google unveiled a YouTube video showcasing employees speaking out in support of marriage equality in four battleground states – Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington. In 2013, YouTube unveiled its first-ever pride campaign, #ProudToLove, and changed its logo to be pride-themed for the first time in the company’s history.

    Earlier this year, Google showed its support for LGBT Russians through a rainbow ‘Google Doodle,’ which debuted just hours before the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. And in June, YouTube unveiled its #ProudToPlay campaign – a celebration of LGBT equality in sports. The campaign was featured on the YouTube and Google homepages and marked the second consecutive year that YouTube changed its logo for a pride campaign.

    ‘Few companies have the power to reach billions, and even fewer use that power to help ensure everyone can live the life they love,’ said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. ‘Tech innovators like Google are now at the forefront of the global conversation on LGBT equality, ushering in a new era of acceptance and understanding for users across the world. Through groundbreaking campaigns, outspoken support, and a relentless commitment to its LGBT employees, Google has raised the bar on corporate leadership that drives equality forward.’

    GLAAD also announced that Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, lead plaintiffs in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the landmark case that struck down California’s Proposition 8, will receive the Presidential Local Hero Award at the event.

    ‘Kris and Sandy’s courage and leadership have now touched the lives of countless loving and committed couples across California and beyond its borders, drawing us closer than ever before to full marriage equality in the United States,’ said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis.

  • ‘AIDS Ring’ Video By Pat Robertson Reinstated by YouTube

    Stonewall Bigot Nominee Pat Robertson has lost his battle to have a controversial AIDS remark removed from YouTube.

    The 83 year-old televangelist has lost his fight with YouTube to have a comment he made about gay men spreading AIDS with a ring which could cut and infect those who shook hands with someone wearing the ring in San Francisco, removed after the Google owned service re-instated the video.

    Robertson claimed the gay community had also passed several ‘draconian laws’ which prohibited people from discussing this particular affliction.’

    The video’s copyright owner the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) initially had the video removed, stating copyright infringement but when the clip reemerged with Robertson’s outrageous remarks removed Right Wing Watch (RRW) wrote,

    ‘…The episode reveals the lengths CBN will go to hide and censor the statements made by its own leader,’

    The video has now been reinstated after RWW said that the clip fell under a fair use clause – and seemingly YouTube agrees.

    Last week Stonewall released a list of nominees for its 8th Annual Awards, Pat Robertson has been nominated for a Bigot Of The Year Award.