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Eugene Lee Yang's coming-out video puts to rest any doubt about his sexual preference. |
Eugene Lee Yang of the popular YouTube channel The Try Guys came out as gay with a new video that has already amassed over eight million views since Saturday (June 16).
Yang wrote, directed, and choreographed the non-lyrical piece himself (music by ODESZA), titling the video I’m Gay – Eugene Lee Yang.
“I need to own up to who I am 100% as a person,” Yang said in the video.
According to HuffPost, Yang has been out as queer for a while, but he wanted to clarify by coming out as gay.
Yang hosted the TrevorLIVE gala Monday (June 17) for The Trevor Project, which provides resources for suicide prevention and crisis intervention for LGBTQ youth.
Born in Texas to Korean immigrants, Yang was one of the very few Asian Americans in the Pflugerville community. He was bullied for his appearance as a child and struggled with body image.
Yang went to the University of Southern California where he graduated with a degree in cinema production. He joined BuzzFeed in 2013 and became a part of BuzzFeed’s The Try Guys in 2014. The group broke off from BuzzFeed in 2018.
The Try Guys have amassed a huge following over the years since their BuzzFeed days, now with almost six million subscribers on their own channel.
The channel also just released a video titled Why I’m Coming Out As Gay, offering a behind-the-scenes story to Yang’s coming out video. This second video has already garnered over four million views since yesterday.
“There’s a lot of really personal reasons why I haven’t explicitly come out,” said Yang. “We hold things back because we’re very scared that there’s going to be repercussions.
“I am afraid that some people I’m very close to will disown me and not talk to me anymore because of this video.”
Yang mentions that the church, his Southern upbringing, and his Korean heritage led him to believe he was naturally bad as a young kid growing up.
“I was never in a position where I had enough support, or education, or confidence, in any area, that when someone ridiculed me for either being Asian, … when people thought I could be gay; I was never at the point where I thought they were wrong,” he said. “I had a strong belief that I was not only bad, but I was wrong, there was something wrong with me. A lot of my journey was kinda figuring out that I was never inherently a bad person.”
According to HuffPost, Yang has been out as queer for a while, but he wanted to clarify by coming out as gay.
Yang hosted the TrevorLIVE gala Monday (June 17) for The Trevor Project, which provides resources for suicide prevention and crisis intervention for LGBTQ youth.
Born in Texas to Korean immigrants, Yang was one of the very few Asian Americans in the Pflugerville community. He was bullied for his appearance as a child and struggled with body image.
Yang went to the University of Southern California where he graduated with a degree in cinema production. He joined BuzzFeed in 2013 and became a part of BuzzFeed’s The Try Guys in 2014. The group broke off from BuzzFeed in 2018.
The Try Guys have amassed a huge following over the years since their BuzzFeed days, now with almost six million subscribers on their own channel.
The channel also just released a video titled Why I’m Coming Out As Gay, offering a behind-the-scenes story to Yang’s coming out video. This second video has already garnered over four million views since yesterday.
“There’s a lot of really personal reasons why I haven’t explicitly come out,” said Yang. “We hold things back because we’re very scared that there’s going to be repercussions.
“I am afraid that some people I’m very close to will disown me and not talk to me anymore because of this video.”
Yang mentions that the church, his Southern upbringing, and his Korean heritage led him to believe he was naturally bad as a young kid growing up.
“I was never in a position where I had enough support, or education, or confidence, in any area, that when someone ridiculed me for either being Asian, … when people thought I could be gay; I was never at the point where I thought they were wrong,” he said. “I had a strong belief that I was not only bad, but I was wrong, there was something wrong with me. A lot of my journey was kinda figuring out that I was never inherently a bad person.”
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