Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Colors of the Pride Flag

If you watch YouTube as much as I do (and if you're subscribed to my channel) you will know that there is not much diversity in terms of the ethnic diversity of Gay YouTubers.
Recently a lot of people have questioned, "Why are there so many gay YouTubers?" The real question should be, "Why are the famous gay YouTubers all white?" Even if we were to analyse the number of channels you will find that a majority of the LGBT vloggers are white, identify as gay, and are male. I can give you a list of the ones that I am subscribed to now.
Davey Wavey
Tyler Oakley
The Rhodes Bros
Connor Franta
Troye Sivan
David Outt
Michael Rizzi
Calum McSwiggan
Ethan Hetchcote
Mark E. Miller
Jack Merridew
Joseph Birdsong
Lucas (Fred)
Matthew Schuller
There are a few more but these are channels that are will above 20,000 subscribers. Now lets compare that to the amount of fellow LGBT Tubers I am subscribed to that are either FEMALE, TRANS, or NOT white.
Ashley Mardell
Alex Bertie
Benton
FoxyHotMess
Jake Edwards
Lohanthony
And again, the channels listed above are the ONLY ones that have more than 20,000 subscribers that claim the L, B, and T of the gay community. Only TWO of the people on this list are not white. I am subscribed to various other LGBT YTubers but as you can imagine their subscription count is only a small fraction of those listed above. 
We can even see this transfer over to the Hollywood scene. Ellen, Neil Patrick Harris, Jamie Lynch, Chris Colfer, and other white celebrities are at the forefront of gay representation within the media. 
Where are the people of color in the LGBTQ spotlight??? Also if you know of any LGBT vloggers of color PLEASE comment their channels!

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