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" On YouTube, if anything, coming out as gay or bi or trans explodes someone's popularity. "
Tyler Oakley
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" In elementary school, I loved the 'Bailey School Kids' series. It was about a group of classmates who would speculate whether adults in their lives were supernatural beings. I read literally every single book in the series. "
Tyler Oakley
Classmates
School
Loved
" Every video I make, I want to make sure that it's doing something entertaining or hopefully inspiring or maybe teaching somebody something or sharing my mistakes so that they can learn from them or anything that will make a positive impact in the world. "
Tyler Oakley
World
Doing
Impact
" For any YouTuber, if you're too nervous to have somebody else document, it may be that what you're putting out there isn't authentic. "
Tyler Oakley
Somebody
May
Nervous
" When I graduated from college, I got a 9-to-5 traditional job doing social media for a company, and I'd spend all day long fighting with the system of getting things approved and the fact that social media has such a quick turnaround. Things had to be very reactive and instant. "
Tyler Oakley
Day
Job
Media
" I'm a fast foodie - like, a foodie, but with food courts. I'd love to go with all my friends to a food court that's also a buffet - with unlimited orange chicken from Panda Express, curly fries from Arby's, Hawaiian pizza from Sbarro, and Coke Zero. I'm a simple man with simple pleasures. "
Tyler Oakley
Man
Love
Simple
" My one guilty pleasure is, every airport, I will drop everything to get an airport massage at those kiosks. "
Tyler Oakley
Pleasure
Everything
Guilty
" I really like Nick Jonas. I think he is super-cute, handsome and talented. "
Tyler Oakley
Like
Talented
Think
" You don't go to your 9 to 5 and share every story with your coworkers, and in the same way, not every YouTuber shares every story with their audience. "
Tyler Oakley
Story
Way
Same
" All the money that's donated to the Trevor Project provides resources that directly affect the youth that actually watch my videos. It's a cool thing to see them basically provide resources for each other. "
Tyler Oakley
Watch
Money
Project
" There's something about YouTube, where you're not being anybody but yourself. You have the opportunity to start as yourself from the very beginning. From the very first video, you choose what you say, and you choose what's right and wrong for your presentation of yourself. "
Tyler Oakley
Start
Opportunity
Beginning
" When I first thought about leaving the traditional route of a 9-to-5 career to pursue full-time YouTube, it was terrifying - not many people were doing it. The thought was I have to have money saved up, because this very likely might fail. From the start, I had to give it my all for it to work. "
Tyler Oakley
People
Work
Thought
" Even if I never registered my YouTube channel with the intention of being a role model, if I am that for somebody, I can't help it. So I need to be conscious of it and realize that influence can be used for good or bad, and just try to do my best. "
Tyler Oakley
Good
Bad
I Am
" In 2016, one of the things I really hope to do is discover new talent and help develop it. Take what I've learned and what I can do and help amplify those voices. "
Tyler Oakley
Things
Help
Hope
" I hope to introduce my audience to who I think is the next class of YouTuber. "
Tyler Oakley
Next
Think
Class
" I initially thought I was going to be a teacher. Maybe like an elementary teacher or something like that, which would be fun. Maybe someday. "
Tyler Oakley
Fun
Thought
Teacher
" With everything that I've done with YouTube and podcasts for so many years, it's been: you can record it, edit, and then upload that day. With the book and documentary, it's been such a longer process. "
Tyler Oakley
YouTube
Book
Day
" I remember a distinct moment when it was my junior year of college, and the content I was making was changing and not really myself, and I tried to switch back to just putting me out there. I'm happy that happened really early in my career, because that was before I started doing podcasts or writing. "
Tyler Oakley
Happy
Writing
Myself
" A lot of the education that I got at Michigan State I still use to this very day. "
Tyler Oakley
Got
Day
Education
" In middle school, I was really into the 'Redwall' series, about anthropomorphic rodents in medieval times. I had a bowl cut, too, if you need the full imagery. "
Tyler Oakley
Middle School
You
School
" I think social media has amplified a lot of voices that maybe traditional media hasn't perfectly portrayed. "
Tyler Oakley
Think
Social Media
Lot
" Being misunderstood - that's the thing that scares me. Because my life is about oversharing. "
Tyler Oakley
Misunderstood
Being
Life
" Nowadays, if somebody in America is feeling alone and wants to find a coming out story, they just search 'coming out,' and they'll find millions of first-person examples of people telling their story. "
Tyler Oakley
Search
Story
Alone
" I found a vlogger named William Sledd who talked about his life - it was very minimal edits. It was one of those things where I discovered him, and I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm obsessed with him.' I felt like I was friends with him. And he was a huge inspiration for why I made my first video. "
Tyler Oakley
Inspiration
God
Why
" A lot of YouTubers get that mainstream celebrity, they get these big deals, maybe a book deal or a TV deal or whatever it is they aspired to do, and they kind of abandon ship on what got them to that point. "
Tyler Oakley
Book
Ship
Point
" There are so many voices on YouTube, and there are incredible creators that are popular for a reason. And although it's great to be inspired by them, nobody is going to subscribe to a second-rate version of them. It's really important to put your best foot forward and be your best self because you will always be the number one version of you. "
Tyler Oakley
Best
You
Forward
" I used to joke that I wanted to go to the moon, but I actually do. Like, some day I think I'm going to go to the moon. That would be cool. "
Tyler Oakley
Day
Go
Like
" Once you dye your hair for the first time, you see other people with dyed hair, and you see them differently than you did before. And you're just like 'Yes! Live! Work that color! Yes, I love you in every way! You're killin' it! I want to do that color next!' "
Tyler Oakley
Live
Hair
Love
" I feel so lucky to partner with Awesomeness to bring my story to the big screen. I started out making videos as a way to connect and am thrilled by the opportunity to share one of the most exhilarating years of my life. "
Tyler Oakley
Opportunity
Life
My Life
" There's no Hollywood tradition of maybe not telling people that you're gay to protect your future ambitions. The YouTube world is a little unprecedented. I think what people are seeing is that the more true to yourself you are, the more an audience will connect with you. "
Tyler Oakley
People
Think
Yourself
" In my new book, 'Binge,' I share essays about everything I've never told my viewers - touching on the best and worst days of my life, some hilarious, some embarrassing, but all extremely personal. "
Tyler Oakley
Best
Personal
My Life