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Logan Paul Admits Resolution to 'Go Gay' Was 'Poor Choice of Words'
The social media star apologized after a backlash to his resolution to "go gay for just one month."
January 12 2019 4:35 PM EST
May 31 2023 7:49 PM EST
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The social media star apologized after a backlash to his resolution to "go gay for just one month."
Logan Paul's resolution to "go gay" for a month was met with a slew of backlash on social media.
The controversial YouTube star made the ignorant remarks in a Wednesday video for his Impaulsive Podcast, in which he outlined resolutions for the first three months of 2019.
"So it's male-only March," he said, in addition to monthly goals like sobriety and veganism. "We're gonna attempt to go gay for just one month."
Many outraged responses took issue with Paul's language, noting that being gay is not a choice and declaring that it is one feeds into dangerous myths about the LGBTQ community.
\u201cIn 26 states, your employer can fire you for being LGBTQ.\n\nLGBTQ children are as much as 7x more likely than their cisgender, heterosexual peers to die by suicide. \n\nNearly a third of LGBTQ children report being bullied on school grounds.\n\nCool prank, Logan Paul.\u201d— Charlotte Clymer \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Charlotte Clymer \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1547249279
\u201c@Mud2Mugs @LoganPaul he\u2019s not exploring his sexuality. he\u2019s mocking gay men and using the lgbt community as a publicity stunt for views, and on top of that, is promoting the false belief that being gay is a choice to his young and impressionable audience.\u201d— dan!el \u2730 (@dan!el \u2730) 1547233507
\u201cLogan Paul joking about being gay \u201cfor one month\u201d while countless LGBT+ around the world are killed & committing suicide for their sexuality, is disgusting. He continues to be an awful representation of the YouTube community & shows he truly has learned NOTHING over the last year\u201d— Daniel Preda (@Daniel Preda) 1547248103
Paul, responding to such a criticism from the LGBTQ media organization GLAAD on Twitter, admitted that he made a "very poor choice of words" in his podcast, and invited the group to discuss the matter on his podcast.
\u201cvery poor choice of words... my fault. let\u2019s get together and talk about it on my podcast next week?\u201d— Logan Paul (@Logan Paul) 1547254871
However, many in the comments questioned if Paul was sincere in his apology or, knowing the attention his remarks received, was simply plugging his podcast.
Paul has been under fire for dangerous attention-grabbing before, such as when he posted a video one year ago of a dead body in Aokigahara Forest, a Japanese location where many have taken their lives.
Regardless of intent, many members of the LGBTQ community declared that, no, Paul was not welcome in its fold.
\u201cInstead of "going gay for a month" can Logan Paul "go away for forever"?\u201d— Gus Kenworthy (@Gus Kenworthy) 1547327498
\u201cfollowing on from an emergency meeting of the gay mafia this morning, i can confirm that we unanimously voted ~not~ to accept logan paul as one of our kind. thank u for ur time\u201d— ryan john butcher (@ryan john butcher) 1547289604