Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Lohanthony Anthony Quintal joining the U.S military shocked YouTuber fans after he went for conversion therapy to change his gay sexuality.
A fan wrote: “It has been studied. People forced into conversion therapy are twice as likely to attempt suicide compared to their peers. That’s why 20 states have banned it. His “glow down” is a result of abuse.”
Outside of YouTube, he had a number of other ventures. He starred in the 2016 film Miss Stevens as Sam and hosted the MTV series Teen Wolf After, After Show (2014) and the AwesomenessTV web series Lohanthony & Rickey’s Guide to Dating (2016). His compilation album on Heard Well, Landscapes: A Music Compilation by Lohanthony, debuted in the top five of the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. He was nominated for two Teen Choice Awards over the course of his career.
After fans expressed concern over Anthony Quintal seemingly abrupt shift towards a celibate Christian lifestyle, the 21-year-old YouTuber said in a new video that his beliefs are not anti-gay, and that he’s abandoning his gay lifestyle to pursue God, but not out of homophobia.
“I apologize for the hurt I caused with my videos regarding my celibacy, regarding my sobriety, regarding being saved by Lord Jesus Christ,” said Quintal, better known by his username Lohanthony. “I hope you can forgive me if my words offended you in any way.”
As a teen, Quintal was a beloved openly gay YouTuber known for his pop culture commentary, liberal politics, and for inspiring young LGBTQ fans worldwide, gaining over 1.3 million subscribers at his peak.
Now, Quintal has surprised those followers with a very public shift in his branding. In one August 21 YouTube video, Quintal said that he would no longer have relationships with men. Quintal had previously come out as gay in a YouTube video that has since been made private on his channel.
Anthony Michael Quintal was born on May 24, 1999, in Melrose, Massachusetts. Quintal started making YouTube videos at age 10 using his parents’ computer, which he originally edited with iMovie and later with Final Cut Pro. His username, Lohanthony, is a portmanteau of the last name of actress Lindsay Lohan and his first name. His videos were filmed on his laptop camera from his bedroom floor, where he addressed topics like pop culture, his life, and his liberal politics from a “sassy, swear-y, proudly gay” perspective. His video “Calling All the Basic Bitches”, which showed him swinging his leg around and repeating the phrase, “Calling all the basic bitches,” went viral in 2012 and popularized the terms “basic” and “basic bitch” while garnering almost three million views by 2015. The video was recreated in 2015 by model Kate Moss and designer Marc Jacobs. Quintal also posted a video in which he came out as gay.
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