As someone who is both Christian and gay and who has been to conversion therapy, it’s a horrible promise Christian therapists often make to young gay people. I would not wish it upon my worst enemy. The amount of emotional trauma it causes and relational difficulties it leads to are unrivaled. It is the number one reason why I am staying in Texas. Someone needs to be there to speak against it.
Katherine Pearson It may even work in some cases, but this doesn’t make it right. And that’s exactly why Alan Chambers and so many other leaders of conversion therapy organisations, close their organisations. Because, and I quote Alan Chambers here, „it caused more harm than it did good things.“ I went through the same shit as you did, and that’s why I‘m staying at my quite conservative church. Because I know change comes from the inside. May God bless you and your ways, don’t you ever forget he loves you the way you are!
Katherine Pearson You’re a wonderful person, Katharine! Jesus Christ would celebrate you, and I know he would not be happy to see that his followers are harming his other followers with conversion therapy...he preached non-judgment, acceptance, empathy, kindness, humility, charity, etc. We’re taught the same things in Buddhism. The scary thing is that we started our first 🏳️🌈 youth program at my church in 1995...meanwhile, Christian churches still have Conversion Therapy in 2020. How does that even make sense? Well keep on fighting the good fight! Lotsa love and aloha from Hawai’i! 😁❤️🤙🏽🌈☀️ (just some symbols of hawai’i)
okay but the correlation between addiction and being gay makes ZERO sense to me. There are straight people with addictions LMAO, so that's not really an excuse.
Ancient 6.6 I haven’t looked at any statistics but that’s not a valid argument at all. Obviously, because there are more straight people. You would need to look it at proportionally I.e. out of all the straight people in the world, how many are addicts and out of all the gay people in the world, how many are addicts.
I remember watching Lohanthony being so outspoken about being himself, and it breaks my heart to see him this way. I really hope he gets out of this and he gets the help he needs.
@@KingOfThePirates101 he truth that sets you free which is the opposite to what homosexuals' tell you. They live a lie that they are happy but empirical evidence says otherwise.
For real.... I know it's easy to attack him, but who knows exactly what happened to make him take such a turn. Even his tone of voice is unsettling. Obviously he deserves ridicule for this, but I do hope he is able to find peace with his sexuality at some point.
To be fair, I think most people sound brainwashed in the way they speak about god. I was forced into Christianity as a child and I am SO fucking happy to be out of that shit.
When I tell you my jaw dropped at the title Edit: I feel so incredibly sad to hear this because Anthony is someone that I’ve watched in my teen and preteen years when I was still discovering myself as well. I’ve watched him through all the phases of his life - his sassy, spit fire, fun loving, childish self. His hilarious sit-down vlogs. His more matured, artistic, videography diaries, about who he was as a person ( which were actually very well made.) and all the while, I can’t help but to picture a fully confident voice of the LGBTQ community. So I just ...cannot even fathom this being a thing. 2020, I’m done with the shitty cultural resets.
this breaks my heart. i’m a christian and gay. i promise you that being gay is NOT the same as drug addiction etc... God loves you for you. You do not need to “be straight” for God to love you. God loves you always and unconditionally.
Neither the old or new testament denounce slavery so I'm always confused why gays can't follow denominations if they want. Morality is secular or religion would be fixed and literal.
Nika Summer Vlogs hey! i agree that God doesn’t like it when we sin. but the 6 verses used against homosexuality have been proven to be taken out of the context of the time and also the original translation. for example, the verse about a man laying with another man. in the original translation if you look at the original word it means man laying with boy. this does not go against a loving relationship. God says that love fulfills the law. so how then can a mutual and consensual love be wrong? even steven furtick (elevation church) has said that so many bible passages have been taken out of context about homosexuality. i love jesus with all of my heart. i want to spread his love to everyone. so many lgbt people have been burned by the church and it breaks my heart. If christians stopped treating the lgbtq community so badly, we would have so many more people who love Jesus.
I think his problems stem from having shitty parents. I remember youtubers talking about how when Anthony was just a kid his parents let him go to Los Angeles, he was going to parties with adult youtubers, and getting into bars/clubs because of his fame/his friends fame. I remember him joking about how his mom was at a hotel while he was out with his adult friends in Los Angeles. I'm sure his parents were loving all the free LA trips and money he was bringing in and forgot to keep him safe. Then when he started growing up he lost views and lost himself. It really is sad, hope he gets REAL help.
I agree. I think he's actually conflating his sexual orientation with his issues now. I guess he thinks denying who he is is going to help him? It's really sad and I hope he's able to work through his issues
I remember hearing that his father was severely homophobic so I would assume this has to be some sort of outcome from that toxicity and it sadly got to him badly. I hope he heals & understands that he can still be clean and live a happy gay life, even still loving god in the meantime.
Yes! And there are scholars who researched the origins of “Adam” and “eve” Adam being stemmed from a word that means caretaker of the earth. No correlation to gender
Tanner B that wording isn’t in the original texts found in scripture. The Bible has been translated many many many times. If it doesn’t make sense to you, take a theology class. That’s where I learned this. & take one that is text analysis based, not solely faith oriented
the fact he even calls it attraction promotes the homophobic mentality that being gay is a choice and that in itself is the most problematic thing when someone has such a platform
It is attraction? Homosexuality: the quality or characteristic of being sexually attracted solely to people of one's own sex. Being gay doesn’t define you as a person. It’s an attraction. I also have that attraction, but that does not define me as a person.
Just watch as his “testimony” is promoted by conservative groups as “proof” that sexuality can change. I’m afraid for him because as soon as he realizes that he wants to be in a relationship, those same people will not be there for him. That pressure can be absolute crushing and has led many to suicide. I’m a conversion therapy survivor, so I know firsthand. We need to be there for him when he finally gets to a place of accepting himself, because the people pushing his story now will not be there for him, and may actually turn on him.
Funny how homosexuals have a problem with accepting the truth. They seem to think that their way is the only way when it is patently obvious it is not the only way that they can see if they get their head out of their backside. I don't know how many ex-homosexuals I know who are no longer homosexual because they didn't want to be.
@@s-truth oh honey, I've accepted the truth that people who never have to question the lies they are being told about their life are going to type silly things like you just did.
@@s-truth Funny how those who aren't LGBTQ and know absolutely nothing about the experience feel the need to voice their opinion about something that doesn't affect their own lives AT ALL.
I saw someone on twitter claiming they were close friends with one of his cousins and that his family in general has never been supportive bc they are super conservative/religious. If that’s true and they caused this, i hope someone close to him tries reaching out to help. Is easy to trash him bc he is using his platform for bad, but if his family caused I hope someone tries helping too.
@@valentinafangirling yeah I’m pretty sure his parents played a part in this. I commented on his mom’s IG account asking if she had sent Lohanthony to conversation therapy and she deleted my comment and blocked me 🙄
@@valentinafangirling i remember him talking shit about his dad on occasions, even next to his mom and his mom supported who he was so much i wonder what happened 😢
@@valentinafangirlingexactly . He’s brainwashed and being spiritually abused . It’s so sad too because I think a lot of what he is saying about God being love is true, but the homophobia polluting the message is so sad , I can tell he isn’t really happy . He is being abused . I agree with you, his family likely had to do with this and I pray that he is able to find freedom of his own thoughts once again
@@s-truth How is that lying? He never said Anthony went through conversion therapy, maybe if you had reading comprehension skills you would notice that. He is watching someone compare his sexuality to drug/alcohol addiction after probably being traumatized from conversion therapy.. You're reaching...
Conversion therapy is abuse and should be illegal throughout the entire United States and the rest of the world. Thank you to Tyler for reminding everyone that who we are is who we are and no one has the right to change that!
He said he doesn’t support conversion therapy, yet his God playlist really shows you his beliefs. One video is about a group of people who “used” to be gay or as they say use to “act upon their same sex attractions”. It’s really sad, he seems to be struggling. I just hope he’ll be able to overcome whatever he is feeling with his identity or has been forced/told to follow. It’s 2020 and this shit is still happening ugh.
I guess no one has ever pushed you to follow God its a thought you have. One day soon you will be standing before Him in judgement and then you will understand the difference between God and christianity. One is a religion the other is not. Before you meet Him make sure you have accepted Jesus gift for atonement for your sins. God is holy no one gets to Him without being holy.we can only do that through a holy sacrifice for you and me. Thats Jesus. Accept Him today before its too late. Please if you can watch hell visions on yt God is showing people for those who reject the gift of Christ. Be blessed
Vic S the problem is some christians are too pushy on people that disagree with their beliefs. of course we respect your right to practice what you want but let us do the same
Vic S I think the point is that the type of Christians being talked about ... are the ones not leaving anybody alone. There’s only so much you can do. People have a right to be tired of judgmental, pushy, and, oftentimes, hateful people. Edit: it usually has nothing to do with your actual religious beliefs, in the end. People just want to be able to live their lives peacefully.
To say that this video needing to be made makes me feel sad. The fact that conversion therapy and homophobia is still a thing and people with a platform are spewing these things is horrifying. Thank you Tyler for being there to tell everyone that these things are wrong, and you should never be afraid to love who you love and more importantly yourself
Not necessarily. Just because it is legal doesnt mean its happening. It was just made illegal in my province in Canada in recent years, but there had never even once actually been a conversation therapy center or even instance. While I'm sure there was some at some point in your state, it being legal does not mean it's still happening. So, you might want to look into it. If it IS still happening in your state than you know a good change you can fight for on a local level
@@BrookieBabyily You people are so brainwashed. Whether the law says it is illegal to do conversion therapy or not, you can't do anything about the thousands of homosexuals who do not want to be homosexual getting help. That is their right and you ain't going to stop it.
Literally, here in Mexico there is a “celebrity” called Mauricio Clark, who is literally does the same since a couple of years: supporting conversion therapies, religion as a savior and literally. It’s sad that most of this cases go through this and there are people who died or get so broke for life for all the abuse and still people support this in XXI Century, but thank God there are people how show the real love no matter what happen, support and fight for equality, for love, for happiness and for LIFE! 💟🌈 Thanks so much for being one of the voices! Lots of love! 🌟🙏💟
If you want happiness and life keep clear of homosexuality. A researcher followed 200 homosexuals for 2 years on Fire Island and in his report the first thing he said was they are definitely not gay. He said they were some of the unhappiest people that he had ever met.
Roger Marks maybe is not because of how they are (because we are happy and full of life), is just because of people like you who doesn’t let other people be free and live his/her life and all the love they deserved.
This is actually really insane to see happen because the first Lohanthony video I saw was him as a kid reading his school essay about why gay marriage should be legalized. I have never seen such a 180
just want to put it out into the universe that religion/spirituality and sexuality are not opposites!! growing up I felt like I had so much media telling me that I had to choose between being gay and being religious, and it's taken me a long time to realize that I can be both, and both aspects of my identity are important to me and compliment each other. young lgbtq+ people that are struggling with this, you are not alone, and you don't have to choose. much love!
According to the bible you do have to choose. The bible says choose you this day who you will serve and there is not one case in it that speaks of a person who is a christian and homosexual. That fact alone rules out any idea of a person who is a christian and homosexual.
@@s-truth how certain are you that the Christian God is real? What evidence do you have? If there is a God (which I accept as a possibility) how could he expect us to know that Christianity is the right religion? If you are born in Turkey, where 99% of the population is Muslims, and you believe in Islam because everyone you know and love is part of that religion, do you spend eternity in Hell? If so, do you think this is an appropriate punishment? Do you think that people deserve to spend all of eternity suffering because they love someone who is the same sex as them?
if anyone is looking for a young coming of age gay dark comedy watch "but I'm a cheerleader" with Natasha lyonne. it deals with her struggle coming to terms with her sexuality actually at a conversion therapy place.
He’s associating being gay with drug and alcohol abuse, and saying the way to fix his life is to denounce his identity. But for, and a lot of people, coming out and accepting my identity was how I was able to heal and start living my life. Without coming out, to be honest, I’d probably be dead.
No he didn't. He told the truth which you seem to have a problem with. He got rid of the identity that he did not want for one that he did. Don't you like the idea of a person making a choice?
@@s-truth Research shows that heterosexism (or probabably what you would call homophobia) is what is linked to higher substance abuse and not being gay. You are incorrect, objectively. Go away.
@@CMch22 Total rubbish. I will go away when it is against the law to exercise freedom of speech which homosexuals don't seem to like if someone says anything they can't handle, like the truth.
If we follow Lohanthony’s logic, then every person addicted to drugs should be gay. Everyone who struggles with alcoholism should have same sex attractions. And everyone who does not should be straight. His argument is flawed. Hopefully he comes to realize that his experiences were based on the company he kept, what his popularity exposed him to at an impressionable age, and what his parents failed to shield him from. Let’s love on him, family. That’s what he needs.
Thats shitty logic. People can be addicted to different substances, while leaving out other ones. Just because youre addicted to weed doesnt mean you have to be addicted to other drugs or alcohol as well...
I'm from the Netherlands and its the first country where same sex marriage was legal, but conversoin therapy is also still legal?? I just found that out and I'm shocked! And then people say the Netherlands are so accepting of LGBTQ+ community
On his last video he specifically says he did not go to conversation therapy, he does not condone conversion therapy at all, and he quoted on how conversion therapy is not used by counselors. He’s explaining that his rejection of his desires comes from accepting God, he didn’t go to bootcamp and was forced into anything. He’s also not saying he’s straight!! Celibacy is taught and practiced in many religions.
Thank youuu !! I was thinking this , i am no religious fanatic but i listened to what he was saying and i think he means no harm . People love to jump to conclusions and give their opinions where it is not wanted or needed ,.
Tyler, thank you so much for making this video. I was raised in a home that is conservative baptist christian. For the past 8 years or so, I have dealt with unsupportive family and feeling shame for being who I am. When I came out as trans, my mom told me that sometimes we think sinful thoughts, but don't have to act on them. This was her telling me that I should just pretend to be a girl for my entire life, if I wanted God to love me or to get into heaven. Lohanthony being celibate and denying his sexuality reminds me very much of my mom's mindset, except he's doing it to himself. My mom acting this was towards me made me feel so ashamed of who I am, and hurt me so much, and when I watched Lohanthony's video it was like I was watching all that pain all over again. It broke my heart, but broke my heart even more to see someone putting out a video about how it's okay to deny who you are, or that that's the right thing to do. It felt like he was giving people a device to use to make others feel the pain I had felt. Thank you for making this video and addressing these things. I'm so glad someone did. If anyone is reading this, please know that you are loved and don't need to change anything about yourself for God or anyone else to love you.
Anthony has finished denying who he is as God created male and female, not male and female and homosexual. He is free to be who he is meant to be, a son of God who has had his sins forgiven and enjoying new life in Christ. There is nothing better than that.
@@s-truth "as God created male and female, not male and female and homosexual." This is interesting, because it reads as if you're saying being homosexual makes you a different sex. Which it doesn't. Anthony is still a male. Even if a cis man is gay, his sex is not homosexual. It is male. Homosexual is not a sex. Also, yes, God created male and female, but sex isn't that binary either. There are people who are intersex, who are born with different parts of both male and female sex organs. You can also embrace who you are and have a life in Christ. I have.
Ok - as someone who is literally in grad school to become a therapist: we're taught we need to be advocates and that we need to promote wellbeing. Im telling you now conversion "therapy" goes against everything that actual counselors stand for.
The weirdest thing for me was that I, out of literally NOWHERE, just thought of him and wonder where he had been since I had not heard of him around on TH-cam and stuff, and sure enough I looked him up on Twitter and li-te-ra-lly he had just posted about all of this the same day or a day before. Even I got scared because what a weird timing for my mind to remember him. D: scary
Hey Tyler! I’m just watching this now since I have just recently soon a tik tok about Anthony and I just want to say thank you for acknowledging and talking about this! Fortunately I have a very supportive family, I am proudly bisexual and my brother is gay and without people like you it’s very hard to get people to recognize that this is a real life situation. Conversation therapy is a threat to all LGBTQ+ members and should be illegal! I truly hope Anthony is okay.
I know a 100 gay people including my self who don’t have Weed, drugs or any of that as part of our lives! Hell some people don’t even drink (I’m not one of them) and that has nothing to do with our sexual attraction. He wants to look for some one to blame for his past struggles, he should look no farther then himself... this is a child looking to blame other for his problems and nothing more.
@@s-truth I said "poster child", not "spokesperson". "Poster child" refers to someone you think of when a topic comes up no matter what was said. "Spokesperson" would've been used if he was a direct advocate. Because of the wording and behaviors, I said "poster child", not "spokesperson"
just because his demeanors different doesn't discredit his new beliefs. he was trying to be open about his personal experiences, and i think we should be careful who we bash. if you are concerned, thats okay, but please dont bash people just because they have a different belief now, and to me, he seems to me like hes coming from a sincere place.
@@TeenageVloggs i totally get it, my bad, i was prob just a lil fed up. i just think we should tread carefully on a person's religion and how we sometimes forget hes a person :)
ITS REALLY THIS SIMPLE Titus 2:11-15 KJV “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.”
As a conversion therapy survivor I am very aware of the awful scars experiences like this can leave. I know it shouldn't be necessary to bring this up but I so appreciate you speaking out about it and bringing it into light. There are kids who are suffering and who will need years to erase the self-rejection which results from conversion therapy.
TYLER I saw Boy Erased at TIFF when it premiered and they did a Q and A after the movie with Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton and the man who it's about and his mother, there was not a dry eye in the audience, it was so moving. 1000% recommend this movie to everyone
I'm actually trying to start a GSA in my school! I live in a rural area in one of the states that lit up red, and I want to start that change. The only reason I bring this up is to ask if anyone here has any ideas? I want to focus on bringing more LGTBQ education within the school and eventually some community outreach, and I was wondering if anyone has any experience or thoughts on how to do that in a productive way? Also, as a (soon-to-be) high school group, what can we do to fight against conversion therapy? Thanks for reading y'all
One thing that you can do is tell the truth as in if you don't want to be homosexual you don't have to be because there is genuine help for those who face this dilemma.
HEY! Boy Erased is a good film which sheds light on a difficult subject but it treats a violent and awful sexual assault in a way that I, as an SA survivor, had to leave the theater because of. If that’s something you really don’t want to deal with, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, dir. Desiree Akhavan is also incredible and doesn’t have the graphic SA scene. I believe it’s on Hulu and Prime!
I think he’s dad was 1000% homophobic. And maybe he was forced. But this is irresponsible because those young fans he once had and have may see this and force themselves to not be themselves.
@@s-truth Sure, he's not forced. But point is, he's not the first and won't be the last gay person to let the world around him get to him and influence how he views his sexuality. I hope he comes to terms with his sexuality some day.
@@s-truth why are you commenting under EVERYONES comments defending someone you don't even know and ALSO have no facts to back up THAT HE IS NOT hurting or going through a phase in his adult life. He could simply be embarrassed by the mask he wore on the internet FOR YEARS and just wants to exsit in a plane of exsitence where labels don't matter. AS someone OF the LGBTQ+ spectrum, AS someone who spent my middle school and highschool life watching him and teaching me how to love and except myself in a state, family, school, and country where being yourself can MAKE OR BREAK YOU, as someone whos empathic to people with mental illness and blocks I'm concerned with Lohanthony's recent behavior. Not because it's toxic. Or even directly affecting me. But because this is not his tune and out of character. Lohanthony isn't someone to say one thing while meaning or hiding another soooooo idk I think A LOT of people are rightfully concerned. ESPECIALLY with how opens he's been about his past and his struggles with mental health... we don't need you in the comments stating the obvious that shit is speculative. DUH. unless you're Lohanthony anything you speak on about him OR ANYONE is speculative....
my heart kinda broke for him watching his videos. he went so far into Christianity that he got lost. so thankful for people like you who always use your platform for the greater good. love you forever 💖
I believe that he said Jesus found me so I do not know how you think he got lost. People get lost when they can't handle the truth so they believe anything they are told, even if it is lies.
Actually, Amber when one is drawn into faith in God that is when you truly find yourself as you discover the real you and who you are meant to be. Jesus said that he came to give us life and life more abundant. No one gets lost with a life like that. T|he ones that get lost are those who do ont know what tomorrow holds and what happens to them when they die.
I haven’t seen your videos in sooooooooo long, and I feel like I’m in a time warp seeing you talk about Lohanthony. But what’s even crazier is that we are still having these conversations and that anti-gay rhetoric is still perpetuating in today’s world.
And in case you had not noticed the anti the anti christian rhetoric is alive and well perpetuated by those who cannot handle the truth and those who do not like someone stopping being homosexual.
Roger Marks I’m not homosexual but I am an ally, and I don’t perpetuate anti Christian rhetoric. Everyone has their right to live their life however they choose, as long as that choice does not negatively effect or harm others. As the Bible says, love thy neighbor
Tyler!! Im a long time subscriber who has fallen off the train 😅 BUT i wanted to say you look SO GOOD!! Thank you for posting this video also! It needed to be said !!
He said he didn't go to conversion therapy and he doesn't support it. I think he must have had a rough time and he wants to free himself and thats all it is. He's just going through a spiritual journey.
In the UK there is an organisation called 'Core Issues trust' who offer conversion therapy, but deny it being conversion therapy and claim they are a service for people who want to "leave the LGBTQ+ community". They recently got badly raided on their social medias but are still very active.
@@s-truth his family sent him to conversion therapy and now he's saying forceful and harmful remarks. He can be "straight" but shouldn't run his mouth and recommend that therapy when it actually kills people.
This is so heartbreaking. He was the first person that ever sparked something inside of me and made me excited to explore who I was as a young gay person when he first became popular on TH-cam and Vine. He truly informed a big part of me and helped me to realize that I was gay and that I wanted to become as open and free as he and people like him were. 💔
My bf and I saw Boy Erased in the theater and he had to walk out cuz he was crying so hard. It was a very well made and sad movie. It breaks my heart that people are forced into conversion therapy.
Boy erased is such an eye opener. Even as a gay person who has been through some adversity, the movie really shines a light on what so many people have to go through even to this day. I highly recommend but be ready to cry
While cannabis isn’t physiologically addicting it can be psychologically addictive in some people who develop cannabis use disorder. But I️ agree you can’t blame your own psychological problems on same sex attraction
Yes, Marijuana isn't "chemically addictive", but it still an addictive substance. People can 100% be addicted to weed, and even experience withdrawal symptoms similar to opioid withdrawal. Saying that weed addiction isn't real is like saying porn addiction isn't real, shopping addiction isn't real, adrenaline addiction isn't real. Y'all will literally be like "Ya I need weed to have an appetite, and to sleep well at night, and I need it to focus, and when I stop using it I get extreme mood swings and I lose/gain weight and I get insomnia and I get headaches but nahhhhh I'm not addicted lol". It's ridiculous. I have nothing against weed, I've used it myself and I believe it should be completely legalized and decriminalized, but to claim that people can't be addicted to weed is such an incredibly ignorant and harmful sentiment to have.
@RuralGayBoy But MY point is that weed addiction, while being a "psychological" addiction, presents itself in physical symptoms in many of the same ways as chemically addictive substances. You don't get physical withdrawal symptoms from other psychological addictions, but you do with weed. So trying to put weed addiction into just a category with psychological addictions rather than other drug/substance addictions is incredibly harmful, because weed addiction can be just as much of a physical thing as other drugs (even though it technically isn't chemically addictive). Weed almost needs to be put into it's own category, because it's not a chemical addictive like heroin, cocaine, or pills, but it also goes so far past just being a psychological thing. It's incredibly important to acknowledge that weed addiction is a real thing and can seriously impact people's lives. People are trying so hard to make weed be seen as completely harmless and a solution to all of life's problems, and THAT is a problem. It might have great benefits for some people but it's still a drug and needs to be treated and respected as such.
Naomi N. He hasn’t once condemned gays or made a single negative comments towards gays or really any LGBTQ member. He’s only spoken for himself and his experience/journey. You obviously haven’t watched a minute of any of his videos so don’t be judgmental just because you disagree.
It's so heartbreaking to see this happen to someone so public, but I'm so glad someone like you is taking this on and shining a light on conversion therapy and its horrors.
Ugh, I can't believe I've been protesting conversion therapy for fifteen years and it's still legal even for minors alllll across my state and others. This is life or death and so sad.
It’s the fact that Anthony said he never went to conversion therapy 😳 and as a Christian I don’t support conversion therapy because man cannot change you. Only Jesus.
The capital of Australia only just the other day made conversion therapy illegal. However there were still over 10 in power who voted against the bill.
I used to be such a big fan on lohanthony and I only looked him up recently looking for the funny bright videos I remember him making and it truly broke my heart to see what’s happened to him. I’m so thankful you brought light to this cuz it is so scary and sad that it’s still happening and also to bring light to his situation cuz that’s not him he is sooo brainwashed rn. Love you Tyler thank you!
It needs to be clear: I’ve known Anthony personally for 3 years, while i do NOT support what Anthony is doing right now, he did NOT in fact go to conversion therapy, i saw the switch he did to himself.
damn. i hope you can get through to him but at the same time make sure to take care of yourself first ❤ you are not responsible for curing his self hatred
Tyler, this is such an important message! However, Lohanthony has said on video that he does NOT support conversion therapy. He became celibate on his own. You can find it online
I dip in and out of watching your videos but whenever I return they feel like home, and I can see they have a kind heart behind them Thanks for using your platform for good, positivity and fun. Conversion therapy is so insidious and harmful.
I literally just did a speech about conversion therapy in one of my college courses. It was shocking to see the amount of people who were saying, “but it’s not even that bad,” or “nothing like that really exists in the US.” **for context, I do live in Arkansas and the prevailing opinion (in most cases) is that anything is preferable to being gay**
I identify as a straight male, but conversion therapy breaks my heart. Love is love. You’re absolutely right. It shouldn’t matter what you identify as or who you love. Great video Tyler❤️
It's nice to read a comment like this from a heterosexual guy, as it wasn't like that for me growing up. Thats why I feel very strongly about Lohanthony because he had such a big following and was a role model, in that he was inspiring many millions of LGBTQ youth to be themselves and spreading a positive message to be proud of who you are etc. LGBTQ youth needs to know it's ok. There will sadly be some kids that will doubt themselves and get caught up in this kind of indoctrination. He was an influencer and now will be the poster child of conversion therapy and religious bigots.
I'm so sorry for Lohantony..I used to watch his videos, he was always so funny and full of joy and now seeing him struggle like that is heartbreaking but what he's doing is wrong and I hope he understand and realize it.
ITS SO WEIRD SEEING TYLER WITH A STACHE IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY THST HIS HAIR WAS MINT GREEN
Agreed. Also nice pfp
Smol Bean He’s already a gay uncle, but the stache makes him look more like a gay uncle
@@mostar1219 now that you said that, it reminds me of MY gay uncle............
@@emmylouise6298 then it faded. Lucky Charm Milk, purple (he rocked the brilliant iridescent display before another gay idol did)
I want to style it...the area near his nose and Cupid’s bow is driving my crazy 😂 I tried not looking at it through the whole vid
pov: you used to be a big fan of tyler oakley and you haven't watched him in years and he's just now coming up on your recommended
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The ✨accuracy✨
and you’re confused by the mustache and big arms
Been here since ‘08
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As someone who is both Christian and gay and who has been to conversion therapy, it’s a horrible promise Christian therapists often make to young gay people. I would not wish it upon my worst enemy. The amount of emotional trauma it causes and relational difficulties it leads to are unrivaled. It is the number one reason why I am staying in Texas. Someone needs to be there to speak against it.
In case you were wondering, it doesn’t work and just hurts you and those around you
Thank you for your work, please keep pushing, I'm sure you'll help many young people along the way.
Katherine Pearson It may even work in some cases, but this doesn’t make it right. And that’s exactly why Alan Chambers and so many other leaders of conversion therapy organisations, close their organisations. Because, and I quote Alan Chambers here, „it caused more harm than it did good things.“
I went through the same shit as you did, and that’s why I‘m staying at my quite conservative church. Because I know change comes from the inside.
May God bless you and your ways, don’t you ever forget he loves you the way you are!
Nah what I’m really sorry if there is a GOD I promise you their turn will come
Katherine Pearson You’re a wonderful person, Katharine! Jesus Christ would celebrate you, and I know he would not be happy to see that his followers are harming his other followers with conversion therapy...he preached non-judgment, acceptance, empathy, kindness, humility, charity, etc. We’re taught the same things in Buddhism. The scary thing is that we started our first 🏳️🌈 youth program at my church in 1995...meanwhile, Christian churches still have Conversion Therapy in 2020. How does that even make sense? Well keep on fighting the good fight! Lotsa love and aloha from Hawai’i! 😁❤️🤙🏽🌈☀️ (just some symbols of hawai’i)
conversion therapy should be illegal, full stop 🗣
thanks for speaking out on this
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Lohanthony never supported it
He never went through conversion therapy
No
He didn’t go thru conversion therapy. He was telling a difficult story of when he was sexually abused as a chikd
The fact that he put "homosexual attraction" in the same category as drug and alcohol addiction... yuck
im addicted to the gay chemicals :pensive: (/s)
Jake the Jake same
He didn't. He told us what happened to him.
He’s very sick.
@@chloeammiano5026 Evidence please apart from your very biased opinion.
Conversion therapy is horrible and horrifying and I can’t believe that people still think it’s okay.
just look up videos on ex homosexuals, it's very disturbing indeed.
It is okay
Fragnut Miginity no. It’s not.
It is literally torture.
He didn’t go to conversion therapy
@@andrewclark9261 yeah it's a troll
okay but the correlation between addiction and being gay makes ZERO sense to me. There are straight people with addictions LMAO, so that's not really an excuse.
Kissabunni absolutely and gay folk who have no issues with addiction
Exactly what I thought
I know right? Like, you can't be "addicted" to gay people; that's called homosexuality LOL.
also I'm bi and I don't have those addictions
Ancient 6.6 I haven’t looked at any statistics but that’s not a valid argument at all. Obviously, because there are more straight people. You would need to look it at proportionally I.e. out of all the straight people in the world, how many are addicts and out of all the gay people in the world, how many are addicts.
I remember watching Lohanthony being so outspoken about being himself, and it breaks my heart to see him this way. I really hope he gets out of this and he gets the help he needs.
He has got all the help he needed. Now, time for you to get the help you need.
@@s-truth Do you need help?
@@KingOfThePirates101 If I told you the truth you would not believe it as that seems to be above the homosexual pay grade.
@@s-truth Tell me. What is this truth you spoke so highly of?
@@KingOfThePirates101 he truth that sets you free which is the opposite to what homosexuals' tell you. They live a lie that they are happy but empirical evidence says otherwise.
no offense but the way lohanthony is speaking about god sounds hella brainwashed to me
For real.... I know it's easy to attack him, but who knows exactly what happened to make him take such a turn. Even his tone of voice is unsettling. Obviously he deserves ridicule for this, but I do hope he is able to find peace with his sexuality at some point.
To be fair, I think most people sound brainwashed in the way they speak about god. I was forced into Christianity as a child and I am SO fucking happy to be out of that shit.
Christianity is a cult change my mind
Chozey 😂
HalleluYAH washed by the WORD!
When I tell you my jaw dropped at the title
Edit: I feel so incredibly sad to hear this because Anthony is someone that I’ve watched in my teen and preteen years when I was still discovering myself as well. I’ve watched him through all the phases of his life - his sassy, spit fire, fun loving, childish self. His hilarious sit-down vlogs. His more matured, artistic, videography diaries, about who he was as a person ( which were actually very well made.) and all the while, I can’t help but to picture a fully confident voice of the LGBTQ community. So I just ...cannot even fathom this being a thing. 2020, I’m done with the shitty cultural resets.
My jaw dropped too it's sad
~ lohanthony's homophobic video of the weee eeee eeeeeeeekkkkkkkkk ~
LMFAOOO
BAHSHDHRHFF
lohanthany is not afraid of homosexuals
I died
LMAOAOA
this breaks my heart. i’m a christian and gay. i promise you that being gay is NOT the same as drug addiction etc... God loves you for you. You do not need to “be straight” for God to love you. God loves you always and unconditionally.
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Fact. God loves everyone, he however does not love the sin.
Neither the old or new testament denounce slavery so I'm always confused why gays can't follow denominations if they want. Morality is secular or religion would be fixed and literal.
Nika Summer Vlogs hey! i agree that God doesn’t like it when we sin. but the 6 verses used against homosexuality have been proven to be taken out of the context of the time and also the original translation. for example, the verse about a man laying with another man. in the original translation if you look at the original word it means man laying with boy. this does not go against a loving relationship. God says that love fulfills the law. so how then can a mutual and consensual love be wrong? even steven furtick (elevation church) has said that so many bible passages have been taken out of context about homosexuality. i love jesus with all of my heart. i want to spread his love to everyone. so many lgbt people have been burned by the church and it breaks my heart. If christians stopped treating the lgbtq community so badly, we would have so many more people who love Jesus.
@@slurvtrutl526 They can. No one is saying they have to attend a particular church.
I think his problems stem from having shitty parents. I remember youtubers talking about how when Anthony was just a kid his parents let him go to Los Angeles, he was going to parties with adult youtubers, and getting into bars/clubs because of his fame/his friends fame. I remember him joking about how his mom was at a hotel while he was out with his adult friends in Los Angeles. I'm sure his parents were loving all the free LA trips and money he was bringing in and forgot to keep him safe. Then when he started growing up he lost views and lost himself. It really is sad, hope he gets REAL help.
I agree. I think he's actually conflating his sexual orientation with his issues now. I guess he thinks denying who he is is going to help him? It's really sad and I hope he's able to work through his issues
@@akiki5332 he got raped an converted to straight man
his mom is also a flaming republican, so is his father and they’re both religious as hell
I remember hearing that his father was severely homophobic so I would assume this has to be some sort of outcome from that toxicity and it sadly got to him badly. I hope he heals & understands that he can still be clean and live a happy gay life, even still loving god in the meantime.
Isn't he mexican? Hispanics in general are very homophobic so that would make sense
@@bulbasaur1232 he's from Ecuador.
Tyler’s moustache makes him look like someone’s dad
Linguini well he is...he is my dad 💅🏼
daddy !
we are his children
I didn’t recognize him at all😭
He looks like julien solimeta
the first bible, the hebrew one, has nothing in ti about being gay as bad. That was added in the translations
Yes! And there are scholars who researched the origins of “Adam” and “eve” Adam being stemmed from a word that means caretaker of the earth. No correlation to gender
@@Kolson1999 that doesn't make sense. "God created them male and female" assumes a heterosexual relationship.
Tanner B that’s part of the English (mis)translations, not the original
Tanner B that wording isn’t in the original texts found in scripture. The Bible has been translated many many many times. If it doesn’t make sense to you, take a theology class. That’s where I learned this. & take one that is text analysis based, not solely faith oriented
@@camillepeterson8778 no, sorry. I've seen the hebrew. It is correct.
the fact he even calls it attraction promotes the homophobic mentality that being gay is a choice and that in itself is the most problematic thing when someone has such a platform
Exactly. The only people who unironically use the term "same-sex attraction" are anti-gay bigots, usually hiding behind thea veneer of Christianity.
Gregory Wiederecht 100%, it’s designed to downplay the harm of conversion therapy
@RuralGayBoy Exactly
The same way men are attracted to women is attraction that has not been corrupted. Right?
It is attraction? Homosexuality: the quality or characteristic of being sexually attracted solely to people of one's own sex. Being gay doesn’t define you as a person. It’s an attraction. I also have that attraction, but that does not define me as a person.
Just watch as his “testimony” is promoted by conservative groups as “proof” that sexuality can change. I’m afraid for him because as soon as he realizes that he wants to be in a relationship, those same people will not be there for him. That pressure can be absolute crushing and has led many to suicide. I’m a conversion therapy survivor, so I know firsthand. We need to be there for him when he finally gets to a place of accepting himself, because the people pushing his story now will not be there for him, and may actually turn on him.
I'm so sorry you had to experience that, are there specific support groups for CT survivors?
@@HavnaBlast There's one called the Conversion Therapy Dropout Network
Funny how homosexuals have a problem with accepting the truth. They seem to think that their way is the only way when it is patently obvious it is not the only way that they can see if they get their head out of their backside. I don't know how many ex-homosexuals I know who are no longer homosexual because they didn't want to be.
@@s-truth oh honey, I've accepted the truth that people who never have to question the lies they are being told about their life are going to type silly things like you just did.
@@s-truth Funny how those who aren't LGBTQ and know absolutely nothing about the experience feel the need to voice their opinion about something that doesn't affect their own lives AT ALL.
This is unbelieveably sad. It almost feels like trolling.
I saw someone on twitter claiming they were close friends with one of his cousins and that his family in general has never been supportive bc they are super conservative/religious. If that’s true and they caused this, i hope someone close to him tries reaching out to help. Is easy to trash him bc he is using his platform for bad, but if his family caused I hope someone tries helping too.
@@valentinafangirling yeah I’m pretty sure his parents played a part in this. I commented on his mom’s IG account asking if she had sent Lohanthony to conversation therapy and she deleted my comment and blocked me 🙄
@@enriquecerros ooh that’s sus , she’s probably involved. poor lohanthony
@@valentinafangirling i remember him talking shit about his dad on occasions, even next to his mom and his mom supported who he was so much i wonder what happened 😢
@@valentinafangirlingexactly . He’s brainwashed and being spiritually abused . It’s so sad too because I think a lot of what he is saying about God being love is true, but the homophobia polluting the message is so sad , I can tell he isn’t really happy . He is being abused . I agree with you, his family likely had to do with this and I pray that he is able to find freedom of his own thoughts once again
As someone who’s experienced conversion therapy first hand, watching his videos was bone-chilling 💔
A Chat With Mat.t sending hugs. You are valid as the person you were born to be. I hope you have good people around you now.
glad you made it out alive! like, genuinely!
I’m so sorry you had to experience that. Sending you so much love! ❤️
Why? He didn't go through conversion therapy. I guess in your world lying is OK.
@@s-truth How is that lying? He never said Anthony went through conversion therapy, maybe if you had reading comprehension skills you would notice that. He is watching someone compare his sexuality to drug/alcohol addiction after probably being traumatized from conversion therapy.. You're reaching...
Conversion therapy is abuse and should be illegal throughout the entire United States and the rest of the world. Thank you to Tyler for reminding everyone that who we are is who we are and no one has the right to change that!
And you have no right to stop someone who is homosexual and doesn't want to be from getting help.
@@s-truth WHAT? homosexuality is literally GENETIC.
@@toby2512 So you got it from your Dad did you?
@@s-truth your one of those people who say "im not homophobic just dont do that shit around me" arent you?
@@xenduvall Am I? You learn something every day. I am amazed how knowledgeable homosexuals are about people they have never met.
"THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING GAY. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH SAME SEX ATTRACTION." !!!!!!
just because you put it in all caps doesnt mean it's true lol
@@Hanan.T.K and yet, it is true.
@@jakethejake1772 whatever makes you sleep at night ..
I have to admit I like being around people that are happy.
@@Hanan.T.K lmao true that
He said he doesn’t support conversion therapy, yet his God playlist really shows you his beliefs. One video is about a group of people who “used” to be gay or as they say use to “act upon their same sex attractions”. It’s really sad, he seems to be struggling. I just hope he’ll be able to overcome whatever he is feeling with his identity or has been forced/told to follow. It’s 2020 and this shit is still happening ugh.
Difficult isn't when you can't handle the truth. He has already overcome his false identity and found his new and real one in Christ.
Fairy story number 127. The truth hurts doesn't it asmr that is why you can't handle it.
@@user-vf2gp1ts3e Judging by the hundreds of you tube sites covering this topic I would suggest that it is your type that is obsessed.
@@user-vf2gp1ts3e And I am not the type that produces 500 videos on one topic on you tube. A life is desperately needed.
@@user-vf2gp1ts3e Speak for yourself.
Im honestly so tired of judgy, pushy Christians.
I guess no one has ever pushed you to follow God its a thought you have. One day soon you will be standing before Him in judgement and then you will understand the difference between God and christianity. One is a religion the other is not. Before you meet Him make sure you have accepted Jesus gift for atonement for your sins. God is holy no one gets to Him without being holy.we can only do that through a holy sacrifice for you and me. Thats Jesus. Accept Him today before its too late. Please if you can watch hell visions on yt God is showing people for those who reject the gift of Christ. Be blessed
Vic S the problem is some christians are too pushy on people that disagree with their beliefs. of course we respect your right to practice what you want but let us do the same
Vic S
i don’t think they’re talking about normal christians. they’re talking about the super fucking pushy ones who say it’s bad to be gay maybe? idk
Vic S I think the point is that the type of Christians being talked about ... are the ones not leaving anybody alone. There’s only so much you can do. People have a right to be tired of judgmental, pushy, and, oftentimes, hateful people.
Edit: it usually has nothing to do with your actual religious beliefs, in the end. People just want to be able to live their lives peacefully.
@@claudia-ob2wv And in case you had not noticed, homosexuals are very pushy when someone says something they don't like because it is the truth.
To say that this video needing to be made makes me feel sad. The fact that conversion therapy and homophobia is still a thing and people with a platform are spewing these things is horrifying. Thank you Tyler for being there to tell everyone that these things are wrong, and you should never be afraid to love who you love and more importantly yourself
its the fact I was just shown my state does conversion therapy for me
same :(
Yeah😔
Not necessarily. Just because it is legal doesnt mean its happening. It was just made illegal in my province in Canada in recent years, but there had never even once actually been a conversation therapy center or even instance. While I'm sure there was some at some point in your state, it being legal does not mean it's still happening. So, you might want to look into it. If it IS still happening in your state than you know a good change you can fight for on a local level
@@BrookieBabyily You people are so brainwashed. Whether the law says it is illegal to do conversion therapy or not, you can't do anything about the thousands of homosexuals who do not want to be homosexual getting help. That is their right and you ain't going to stop it.
same
Literally, here in Mexico there is a “celebrity” called Mauricio Clark, who is literally does the same since a couple of years: supporting conversion therapies, religion as a savior and literally. It’s sad that most of this cases go through this and there are people who died or get so broke for life for all the abuse and still people support this in XXI Century, but thank God there are people how show the real love no matter what happen, support and fight for equality, for love, for happiness and for LIFE! 💟🌈
Thanks so much for being one of the voices! Lots of love! 🌟🙏💟
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uff la Mauricia, pobrecito, la verdad no sé qué gana diciendo esas cosas
GraceDcastle exacto, pero es lo malo de los “famosos” deben hacer todo para hacerse notar o mueren, sea bueno o malo.
If you want happiness and life keep clear of homosexuality. A researcher followed 200 homosexuals for 2 years on Fire Island and in his report the first thing he said was they are definitely not gay. He said they were some of the unhappiest people that he had ever met.
Roger Marks maybe is not because of how they are (because we are happy and full of life), is just because of people like you who doesn’t let other people be free and live his/her life and all the love they deserved.
How did I miss this entire Shia LaBeouf moment during the pandemic
This is actually really insane to see happen because the first Lohanthony video I saw was him as a kid reading his school essay about why gay marriage should be legalized. I have never seen such a 180
just want to put it out into the universe that religion/spirituality and sexuality are not opposites!! growing up I felt like I had so much media telling me that I had to choose between being gay and being religious, and it's taken me a long time to realize that I can be both, and both aspects of my identity are important to me and compliment each other. young lgbtq+ people that are struggling with this, you are not alone, and you don't have to choose. much love!
According to the bible you do have to choose. The bible says choose you this day who you will serve and there is not one case in it that speaks of a person who is a christian and homosexual. That fact alone rules out any idea of a person who is a christian and homosexual.
@@s-truth how certain are you that the Christian God is real? What evidence do you have? If there is a God (which I accept as a possibility) how could he expect us to know that Christianity is the right religion? If you are born in Turkey, where 99% of the population is Muslims, and you believe in Islam because everyone you know and love is part of that religion, do you spend eternity in Hell? If so, do you think this is an appropriate punishment? Do you think that people deserve to spend all of eternity suffering because they love someone who is the same sex as them?
The moustache just transformed him into 40 year old evil biology professor
if anyone is looking for a young coming of age gay dark comedy watch "but I'm a cheerleader" with Natasha lyonne. it deals with her struggle coming to terms with her sexuality actually at a conversion therapy place.
That movie is so good
He’s associating being gay with drug and alcohol abuse, and saying the way to fix his life is to denounce his identity. But for, and a lot of people, coming out and accepting my identity was how I was able to heal and start living my life. Without coming out, to be honest, I’d probably be dead.
No he didn't. He told the truth which you seem to have a problem with. He got rid of the identity that he did not want for one that he did. Don't you like the idea of a person making a choice?
sexuality isn’t a choice.
@@s-truth Research shows that heterosexism (or probabably what you would call homophobia) is what is linked to higher substance abuse and not being gay. You are incorrect, objectively. Go away.
@@s-truth Also when did you choose your sexuality?
@@CMch22 Total rubbish. I will go away when it is against the law to exercise freedom of speech which homosexuals don't seem to like if someone says anything they can't handle, like the truth.
If we follow Lohanthony’s logic, then every person addicted to drugs should be gay. Everyone who struggles with alcoholism should have same sex attractions. And everyone who does not should be straight. His argument is flawed. Hopefully he comes to realize that his experiences were based on the company he kept, what his popularity exposed him to at an impressionable age, and what his parents failed to shield him from. Let’s love on him, family. That’s what he needs.
And if we follow your logic, everyone has to turn the truth into a lie.
Roger Marks stay mad lol
Thats shitty logic. People can be addicted to different substances, while leaving out other ones. Just because youre addicted to weed doesnt mean you have to be addicted to other drugs or alcohol as well...
@@s-truth stay mad
@@undeniablyunreliable Stay ignorant
i live in indiana. we had mike pence before the country did. its always been terrifying
Mads Jackson stay safe out there.
Oh my goodness this comment is so scary 🥺🥺🤧
So upsetting :( I hope he’s able to be himself again real soon ❤️😢
I’m sure he is found. Saved. Not getting himself involved.
He is already his real self and it is not being homosexual strange as that may seem.
Roger Marks yes, someone had to say it! Sexuality blinds the people. Look into our hearts not parts!
I hope someday soon conversion therapy becomes one of those wild things that humans USED to do. Like bloodletting or lobotomies.
I'm from the Netherlands and its the first country where same sex marriage was legal, but conversoin therapy is also still legal?? I just found that out and I'm shocked! And then people say the Netherlands are so accepting of LGBTQ+ community
there is also a lifetime movie based on an original story, its called Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story. I can be found on Hulu and Lifetime.
Yes! I cried even harder at this one than Boy Erased. It hurt so bad to watch but it was so educational and such a good movie.
On his last video he specifically says he did not go to conversation therapy, he does not condone conversion therapy at all, and he quoted on how conversion therapy is not used by counselors. He’s explaining that his rejection of his desires comes from accepting God, he didn’t go to bootcamp and was forced into anything. He’s also not saying he’s straight!! Celibacy is taught and practiced in many religions.
Thank you!
Thank youuu !! I was thinking this , i am no religious fanatic but i listened to what he was saying and i think he means no harm . People love to jump to conclusions and give their opinions where it is not wanted or needed ,.
He's lying.
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Literally everyone in these comments are TH-cam stans from 2013 who are watching their first Tyler Oakley video in years bc we wanna hear the tea ☕️
who's here after watching Troye's vlog
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Tyler, thank you so much for making this video. I was raised in a home that is conservative baptist christian. For the past 8 years or so, I have dealt with unsupportive family and feeling shame for being who I am. When I came out as trans, my mom told me that sometimes we think sinful thoughts, but don't have to act on them. This was her telling me that I should just pretend to be a girl for my entire life, if I wanted God to love me or to get into heaven. Lohanthony being celibate and denying his sexuality reminds me very much of my mom's mindset, except he's doing it to himself. My mom acting this was towards me made me feel so ashamed of who I am, and hurt me so much, and when I watched Lohanthony's video it was like I was watching all that pain all over again. It broke my heart, but broke my heart even more to see someone putting out a video about how it's okay to deny who you are, or that that's the right thing to do. It felt like he was giving people a device to use to make others feel the pain I had felt. Thank you for making this video and addressing these things. I'm so glad someone did. If anyone is reading this, please know that you are loved and don't need to change anything about yourself for God or anyone else to love you.
Anthony has finished denying who he is as God created male and female, not male and female and homosexual. He is free to be who he is meant to be, a son of God who has had his sins forgiven and enjoying new life in Christ. There is nothing better than that.
@@s-truth "as God created male and female, not male and female and homosexual." This is interesting, because it reads as if you're saying being homosexual makes you a different sex. Which it doesn't. Anthony is still a male. Even if a cis man is gay, his sex is not homosexual. It is male. Homosexual is not a sex. Also, yes, God created male and female, but sex isn't that binary either. There are people who are intersex, who are born with different parts of both male and female sex organs. You can also embrace who you are and have a life in Christ. I have.
Ok - as someone who is literally in grad school to become a therapist: we're taught we need to be advocates and that we need to promote wellbeing. Im telling you now conversion "therapy" goes against everything that actual counselors stand for.
!!!!!!yes ALSO good luck w grad school, we need better therapists in the world!
Yeah so what? His story has nothing at all to do with conversion therapy so stop trying to make out he is speaking about what is not there.
Boy Erased is also a book! It is Garrard Conley’s memoir.
The weirdest thing for me was that I, out of literally NOWHERE, just thought of him and wonder where he had been since I had not heard of him around on TH-cam and stuff, and sure enough I looked him up on Twitter and li-te-ra-lly he had just posted about all of this the same day or a day before.
Even I got scared because what a weird timing for my mind to remember him. D: scary
Whoever is reading this: You are perfect the way you are. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Thank you ❤️. You are as well friend!
...yeah I am not very sure about that but whatever floats your boat lmao
@@s-truth that makes no sense
@@lillianfilipiack7993 Yeah, when you are controlled by an ideology that is lies, nothing makes sense.
@@s-truth murder and sexuality is two different things 😂 liking your preference isn’t killing anyone. be quiet please 😂
I love you and this mustache is WORKING🔥
Hey Tyler! I’m just watching this now since I have just recently soon a tik tok about Anthony and I just want to say thank you for acknowledging and talking about this! Fortunately I have a very supportive family, I am proudly bisexual and my brother is gay and without people like you it’s very hard to get people to recognize that this is a real life situation. Conversation therapy is a threat to all LGBTQ+ members and should be illegal! I truly hope Anthony is okay.
I know a 100 gay people including my self who don’t have Weed, drugs or any of that as part of our lives! Hell some people don’t even drink (I’m not one of them) and that has nothing to do with our sexual attraction. He wants to look for some one to blame for his past struggles, he should look no farther then himself... this is a child looking to blame other for his problems and nothing more.
You Clearly didn’t see his video.... the video was about his sexual assault
If only Lohanthony foresaw himself being the poster child for Pro-Conversion Therapy coming
He is not the poster boy for conversion therapy. Why do you specialize in lying?
@@s-truth I said "poster child", not "spokesperson". "Poster child" refers to someone you think of when a topic comes up no matter what was said. "Spokesperson" would've been used if he was a direct advocate. Because of the wording and behaviors, I said "poster child", not "spokesperson"
@@mostar1219 And I said poster boy, not a spokesperson. If you were not so obsessed about lying you would have noticed.
speak on it! love u
he sounds like he’s on drugs now more than ever
That is right. he is totally sold on the drug Jesus because he has given him new life that homosexuality never offered.
just because his demeanors different doesn't discredit his new beliefs. he was trying to be open about his personal experiences, and i think we should be careful who we bash. if you are concerned, thats okay, but please dont bash people just because they have a different belief now, and to me, he seems to me like hes coming from a sincere place.
@@daniellee8299 it was a joke bro
@@TeenageVloggs i totally get it, my bad, i was prob just a lil fed up. i just think we should tread carefully on a person's religion and how we sometimes forget hes a person :)
Sounds like he had an “ego death” from “experimenting w hallucinogens” and is in psychosis honestly. This almost happened to me
ITS REALLY THIS SIMPLE
Titus 2:11-15 KJV
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.”
As a conversion therapy survivor I am very aware of the awful scars experiences like this can leave. I know it shouldn't be necessary to bring this up but I so appreciate you speaking out about it and bringing it into light. There are kids who are suffering and who will need years to erase the self-rejection which results from conversion therapy.
He said he doesn’t believe in conversion therapy?!
I can’t decided if Tyler looks like a librarian, a dad, or a classy old school detective. 🤣👏🏻
Regardless I’m here for it. ❤️😘
Looks like a creepy guy who drives a white van. It’s hard to take him seriously.
Daniel Ray it’s hard to take YOU seriously.
@@danielray1441 nope he looks really cute like this ❤️
Randomly though about lohanthony after all these years and wow..... this is not what I was expecting at all
TYLER I saw Boy Erased at TIFF when it premiered and they did a Q and A after the movie with Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton and the man who it's about and his mother, there was not a dry eye in the audience, it was so moving. 1000% recommend this movie to everyone
I genuinely appreciate you stepping up like this, Tyler. Thank you. And thank you for also treating Lohanthony with compassion.
Thank you for speaking on this, Tyler. Even a year later this is all too real.
Love when you speak up for LGBTQ+ news. Would love to see you covering these topics more.
I'm actually trying to start a GSA in my school! I live in a rural area in one of the states that lit up red, and I want to start that change. The only reason I bring this up is to ask if anyone here has any ideas? I want to focus on bringing more LGTBQ education within the school and eventually some community outreach, and I was wondering if anyone has any experience or thoughts on how to do that in a productive way? Also, as a (soon-to-be) high school group, what can we do to fight against conversion therapy? Thanks for reading y'all
If any of that was helpful and you have some more questions, just let me know. I have checklists and all sorts of documents that can help you out.
Kit M uhhhh if what was helpful?
K Bartlett the long comment above, with advice on how to get your GSA up and running.
@@kitm141 I'm so sorry but i literally cannot see anything
One thing that you can do is tell the truth as in if you don't want to be homosexual you don't have to be because there is genuine help for those who face this dilemma.
HEY! Boy Erased is a good film which sheds light on a difficult subject but it treats a violent and awful sexual assault in a way that I, as an SA survivor, had to leave the theater because of. If that’s something you really don’t want to deal with, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, dir. Desiree Akhavan is also incredible and doesn’t have the graphic SA scene. I believe it’s on Hulu and Prime!
thank you for bringing this to light!! it is a HUGE ISSUE.
I think he’s dad was 1000% homophobic. And maybe he was forced. But this is irresponsible because those young fans he once had and have may see this and force themselves to not be themselves.
No one has forced him to be or do anything. That is your lame spin on the story.
@@s-truth Sure, he's not forced. But point is, he's not the first and won't be the last gay person to let the world around him get to him and influence how he views his sexuality. I hope he comes to terms with his sexuality some day.
@@s-truth why are you commenting under EVERYONES comments defending someone you don't even know and ALSO have no facts to back up THAT HE IS NOT hurting or going through a phase in his adult life. He could simply be embarrassed by the mask he wore on the internet FOR YEARS and just wants to exsit in a plane of exsitence where labels don't matter.
AS someone OF the LGBTQ+ spectrum, AS someone who spent my middle school and highschool life watching him and teaching me how to love and except myself in a state, family, school, and country where being yourself can MAKE OR BREAK YOU, as someone whos empathic to people with mental illness and blocks
I'm concerned with Lohanthony's recent behavior. Not because it's toxic. Or even directly affecting me. But because this is not his tune and out of character. Lohanthony isn't someone to say one thing while meaning or hiding another soooooo idk I think A LOT of people are rightfully concerned. ESPECIALLY with how opens he's been about his past and his struggles with mental health... we don't need you in the comments stating the obvious that shit is speculative. DUH. unless you're Lohanthony anything you speak on about him OR ANYONE is speculative....
@@s-truth you dont have any proof and you dont know him
@@lillianfilipiack7993 And you don't have any proof and don't know him.
my heart kinda broke for him watching his videos. he went so far into Christianity that he got lost. so thankful for people like you who always use your platform for the greater good. love you forever 💖
I believe that he said Jesus found me so I do not know how you think he got lost. People get lost when they can't handle the truth so they believe anything they are told, even if it is lies.
Actually, Amber when one is drawn into faith in God that is when you truly find yourself as you discover the real you and who you are meant to be.
Jesus said that he came to give us life and life more abundant. No one gets lost with a life like that.
T|he ones that get lost are those who do ont know what tomorrow holds and what happens to them when they die.
I just emailed my attorney general! I serve on his teen ambassadors board and I hope to help end conversion therapy in Ohio! ❤️
Why don't you do something positive and help those who do not want to be homosexual get help.
@@s-truth maybe you should do something positive and get yourself a therapist
@@floniaa500 Maybe you should do something useful and get a life.
@@s-truth i have one. seems like you’re the one who doesn’t tho.
@@floniaa500 You have one what?
I haven’t seen your videos in sooooooooo long, and I feel like I’m in a time warp seeing you talk about Lohanthony. But what’s even crazier is that we are still having these conversations and that anti-gay rhetoric is still perpetuating in today’s world.
And in case you had not noticed the anti the anti christian rhetoric is alive and well perpetuated by those who cannot handle the truth and those who do not like someone stopping being homosexual.
Roger Marks I’m not homosexual but I am an ally, and I don’t perpetuate anti Christian rhetoric. Everyone has their right to live their life however they choose, as long as that choice does not negatively effect or harm others. As the Bible says, love thy neighbor
Tyler!! Im a long time subscriber who has fallen off the train 😅 BUT i wanted to say you look SO GOOD!! Thank you for posting this video also! It needed to be said !!
woah I haven’t seen the video yet but LOHANTHONY wtf?! 😭😭
He said he didn't go to conversion therapy and he doesn't support it. I think he must have had a rough time and he wants to free himself and thats all it is. He's just going through a spiritual journey.
This shit is so fucking depressing. I mean it’s devastating.
very surprised when i saw this on your ig!!! i’ve been following lohanthony also!!! this is so out of the blue for him!
Wonderful isn't he has seen the light and been delivered of his addiction to homosexuality and become a real person.
In the UK there is an organisation called 'Core Issues trust' who offer conversion therapy, but deny it being conversion therapy and claim they are a service for people who want to "leave the LGBTQ+ community". They recently got badly raided on their social medias but are still very active.
This whole situation makes me so sad 😔
it's very upsetting, tbh.
Why? don't you believe he has the right to make a choice of his choosing? Sounds like it to me.
@@s-truth his family sent him to conversion therapy and now he's saying forceful and harmful remarks. He can be "straight" but shouldn't run his mouth and recommend that therapy when it actually kills people.
@@ElizabethNicoleSchwartz According to most people commenting here he isn't.
I just came from troye's video omg so much content in a single day 🤧
This is so heartbreaking. He was the first person that ever sparked something inside of me and made me excited to explore who I was as a young gay person when he first became popular on TH-cam and Vine. He truly informed a big part of me and helped me to realize that I was gay and that I wanted to become as open and free as he and people like him were. 💔
If you want to be really free, ditch your homosexuality and get switched onto Jesus. Now, that is real freedom.
My bf and I saw Boy Erased in the theater and he had to walk out cuz he was crying so hard. It was a very well made and sad movie. It breaks my heart that people are forced into conversion therapy.
Boy erased is such an eye opener. Even as a gay person who has been through some adversity, the movie really shines a light on what so many people have to go through even to this day. I highly recommend but be ready to cry
just so misinformation isn't spread- Anthony has a recent video where he states that he has *not* gone through conversation therapy
HELLOOO GOD LOVES GAYS and weed isn't addictive lol
While cannabis isn’t physiologically addicting it can be psychologically addictive in some people who develop cannabis use disorder. But I️ agree you can’t blame your own psychological problems on same sex attraction
HAHAHA weed is 1000% addicting. It’s benefits are amazing but to say people don’t get addicted is bull
Yes, Marijuana isn't "chemically addictive", but it still an addictive substance. People can 100% be addicted to weed, and even experience withdrawal symptoms similar to opioid withdrawal. Saying that weed addiction isn't real is like saying porn addiction isn't real, shopping addiction isn't real, adrenaline addiction isn't real. Y'all will literally be like "Ya I need weed to have an appetite, and to sleep well at night, and I need it to focus, and when I stop using it I get extreme mood swings and I lose/gain weight and I get insomnia and I get headaches but nahhhhh I'm not addicted lol". It's ridiculous. I have nothing against weed, I've used it myself and I believe it should be completely legalized and decriminalized, but to claim that people can't be addicted to weed is such an incredibly ignorant and harmful sentiment to have.
No, it definitely is
@RuralGayBoy But MY point is that weed addiction, while being a "psychological" addiction, presents itself in physical symptoms in many of the same ways as chemically addictive substances. You don't get physical withdrawal symptoms from other psychological addictions, but you do with weed. So trying to put weed addiction into just a category with psychological addictions rather than other drug/substance addictions is incredibly harmful, because weed addiction can be just as much of a physical thing as other drugs (even though it technically isn't chemically addictive). Weed almost needs to be put into it's own category, because it's not a chemical addictive like heroin, cocaine, or pills, but it also goes so far past just being a psychological thing. It's incredibly important to acknowledge that weed addiction is a real thing and can seriously impact people's lives. People are trying so hard to make weed be seen as completely harmless and a solution to all of life's problems, and THAT is a problem. It might have great benefits for some people but it's still a drug and needs to be treated and respected as such.
Did you even watch his video..? He doesn’t support conversion therapy. He said many Christians are against it and so is he.
regardless hes homophobic
@@naomi-art-stuff Regardless you can't handle the truth.
Naomi N. He hasn’t once condemned gays or made a single negative comments towards gays or really any LGBTQ member. He’s only spoken for himself and his experience/journey. You obviously haven’t watched a minute of any of his videos so don’t be judgmental just because you disagree.
@@HeyoChris he literally tried to associate his drug addiction with his gayness
Naomi N. LOL what? DID👏🏼 YOU👏🏼 EVEN👏🏼 WATCH👏🏼 HIS👏🏼 VIDEOS??
It's so heartbreaking to see this happen to someone so public, but I'm so glad someone like you is taking this on and shining a light on conversion therapy and its horrors.
Can't handle the truth by the looks of things. Conversion therapy had nothing at all to do with his story.
Ugh, I can't believe I've been protesting conversion therapy for fifteen years and it's still legal even for minors alllll across my state and others. This is life or death and so sad.
It’s the fact that Anthony said he never went to conversion therapy 😳 and as a Christian I don’t support conversion therapy because man cannot change you. Only Jesus.
would love an update in this somehow. his twitter is deleted now tho :/
The capital of Australia only just the other day made conversion therapy illegal. However there were still over 10 in power who voted against the bill.
Yes, it is known as free will which it seems homosexuals do not want you to have.
He disappeared from the internet for years, and then he comes back and his wholesome personality is gone. Like it never existed.
I used to be such a big fan on lohanthony and I only looked him up recently looking for the funny bright videos I remember him making and it truly broke my heart to see what’s happened to him. I’m so thankful you brought light to this cuz it is so scary and sad that it’s still happening and also to bring light to his situation cuz that’s not him he is sooo brainwashed rn. Love you Tyler thank you!
It needs to be clear: I’ve known Anthony personally for 3 years, while i do NOT support what Anthony is doing right now, he did NOT in fact go to conversion therapy, i saw the switch he did to himself.
damn. i hope you can get through to him but at the same time make sure to take care of yourself first ❤ you are not responsible for curing his self hatred
@@naomi-art-stuff Have you cured your self hatred yet?
@@s-truth yes when I was 13 and realized im gay ❤ thank you for asking
Why do people think he did then?
honestly I've done that before and it seems like a mix of internalized homophobia and religious trauma
Tyler, this is such an important message! However, Lohanthony has said on video that he does NOT support conversion therapy. He became celibate on his own. You can find it online
Yeah, but people who cannot handle the truth only want people to hear what they want them to hear even if it is lies.
I dip in and out of watching your videos but whenever I return they feel like home, and I can see they have a kind heart behind them Thanks for using your platform for good, positivity and fun. Conversion therapy is so insidious and harmful.
Thank you for using you platform to speak on matters like this! It’s so important. 💛
I literally just did a speech about conversion therapy in one of my college courses. It was shocking to see the amount of people who were saying, “but it’s not even that bad,” or “nothing like that really exists in the US.”
**for context, I do live in Arkansas and the prevailing opinion (in most cases) is that anything is preferable to being gay**
Of course it is. Being the real you is much more preferable.
I identify as a straight male, but conversion therapy breaks my heart. Love is love. You’re absolutely right. It shouldn’t matter what you identify as or who you love. Great video Tyler❤️
It's nice to read a comment like this from a heterosexual guy, as it wasn't like that for me growing up. Thats why I feel very strongly about Lohanthony because he had such a big following and was a role model, in that he was inspiring many millions of LGBTQ youth to be themselves and spreading a positive message to be proud of who you are etc. LGBTQ youth needs to know it's ok. There will sadly be some kids that will doubt themselves and get caught up in this kind of indoctrination. He was an influencer and now will be the poster child of conversion therapy and religious bigots.
As conversion therapy is not promoted by him what is your beef?
@@s-truth you’re so hurt that you replying to every comment you see that is a positive comment. you ok?
I'm so sorry for Lohantony..I used to watch his videos, he was always so funny and full of joy and now seeing him struggle like that is heartbreaking but what he's doing is wrong and I hope he understand and realize it.
What is wrong about finding a better life in Christ? Millions have done that.
I’m straight but I abuse “drugs” sooooo....
I love the way you reminded us that he’s a human in pain. You spoke about this in such a great respectful way. The whole situation is so, so sad.
Got that wrong. he WAS a human in pain but now that he no longer homosexual ,w no longer is in pain because he has been set from the prison he was in.
@@s-truth your behavior is so alarming
@@averie3881 I am too polite to tell you what your behaviour is.
@@s-truth but you’re not too polite to leave 530 homophobic comments on this account sweetheart 💀💀
I haven’t been recommended a Tyler oakley video in YEARS. I’m here for it
WELCOME BACK
Tyler Oakley 💀😮