Tyler Oakley first starting blogging while studying at Michigan State University. He started making videos to keep in touch with his friends that had moved away. He would have never thought that he would become such a big name on Youtube, with over 850,00 subscribers to date. He says he doesn't really have a formula for how he makes his videos - they just happen. His videos vary from opening fan mail, to talking about the latest gossip about Darren Criss and One Direction, to many different challenges he does with other youtubers, such as the chubby bunny challenge, the baby food challenge, and many others. He does many collaborations with some of my other favourite youtubers, such as Kingsley, Joey Graceffa, Jack and Finn Harries, Marcus Butler, and many others. Tyler is even part of one of my OTPs (One True Pairs) - Tyler and Darren Criss.
From being a Youtuber, Tyler has gotten many oppurtinites. He often shows up on Youtube's "What's Trending," and work for the Trevor Project - a non-profit organization that focuses on sucidie prevention among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. Tyler is gay himself, so this organization has been very close to his heart.
People often wonder why I love Tyler Oakley so much. Part of why I love Tyler and his videos is because he is so open and honest. He doesn't hide his sexuality, and is okay with people knowing about who he is. He doesn't hold anything back, and is committed to who he is. Another reason why I adore Tyler is his connection with this fans. He is connected to all the main social media networks - Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. He loves to communicate with his fans and even responded to one of my questions on Tumblr! He is very current and talks about the things all the rest of us fangirls want to hear about. Many people who aren't on these social networking sites, mainly Tumblr, will sometimes not understand the words and sentences he is saying. Such as "omg I can't even stop it with your face," "asdfghjkl," "can I sit on your face," "I can't even," and many more. Because I consider myself a fellow professional fangirl, I understand Tyler and his videos. Of course, he does recieve hate, because not everyone in the world are as accepting as we hope. In an interview, Tyler was asked about how he stays 100% himself and committed to who he is. He responded: "I've seen people claim that I'm putting on a lisp to seem gayer or that I talk about One Direction because it might get more views—I just don't have time for that."
Tyler is a great role model for all of those people who are having trouble completely being themselves like Tyler has been throughout his Youtube journey. I hope he continues to make more of these hilarious, entertaining and amazing videos. Some are more serious, some more goofy and silly, but all one hundred percent Tyler.
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