Right-wing troll Milo Yinnopoulos crawled out from obscurity this week to declare that he now identifies as “ex-gay” and nobody is more happy about it than Gay Twitter.
“I was never wholly at home in the gay lifestyle,” Yinnopoulos told the very Christian and very homophobic LifeSiteNews. “Who is? Who could be?”
“[I] only leaned heavily into it in public because it drove liberals crazy to see a handsome, charismatic, intelligent gay man riotously celebrating conservative principles.”
Yinnopoulos went on to say that his husband “has been demoted to housemate,” which “hasn’t been easy” but it “could be worse for him, I guess.”
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Now, here’s what the gays on Twitter are saying about the whole thing…
https://twitter.com/jenivescomedian/status/1369977363828768769
https://twitter.com/beka_valentine/status/1369473533919727620
https://twitter.com/hitlerdykee/status/1369774607507492866
Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos now claims to be “ex-gay” and, as a gay man, I for one am ex-haling a sigh of relief.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 10, 2021
Milo Yiannopoulos has come out as an “ex-gay” so I’m very much looking forward to my dad hearing about him for the first time ever and sharing an article about it.
— Daniel Hobbs (@hobbsisme) March 10, 2021
Milo Yiannopoulos now claiming to be “ex-gay" is a good thing. He gives gays a bad name. He can now assert he's just an asshole.
— Nita Cosby (@5_2blue) March 10, 2021
https://twitter.com/make_it_snow/status/1369480991400689665
https://twitter.com/sabrina_verita/status/1369455825459179520
In a new grift, fascist MAGA lunatic Milo Yiannopoulos says he’s an “ex-gay” which that’s not how it works since it’s not a choice, I would know because I’m gay. It’s yet another way for this piece of shit to get loathsome hateful creatures to give him money.
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) March 10, 2021
Thank God Milo Yiannopoulos is coming out as an "ex gay".
We never wanted him on our team.
Sorry heterosexuals he is all yours now.— MikeisbusyMN ??????? (@MikeisbusyMN) March 10, 2021
Milo Yiannopoulos converting straight just made me heterophobic
— gnome (@gnomeszs) March 10, 2021
The gays have successfully bullied Milo Yiannopoulos into being straight and I love that for us.
— Lana Del Gay (@McClellandShane) March 10, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Donston
Milo doesn’t even have Conservative values. He’s just a disturbed person that’s full of hate and is constantly looking for attention and a target.
Fluidity, choice of identity, choice of lifestyle, the individualism of sexuality, the gender, romantic, sexual, affection, emotional investment, commitment spectrum- that is one thing. Using identities and behaviors to construct personas, for attention, to troll, to stay relevant, to indulge likely internalized phobias, to stand out from other hateful “Conservatives”- that’s an entirely different thing. It’s been apparent that Milo is a deeply damaged and resentful individual who doesn’t have any real values or perspective. And there’s no reason for him to have ever been relevant. But the media (mostly the “Liberal media”) kept giving him a platform, kept using his trolling as clickbait, and was content making him the butt of the joke primarily because he’s “queer presenting”. His semi relevance is mostly the “Liberal’s media’s fault. And y’all continue giving him the attention he craves. The media and Milo indulges a game.
marquez
Invitation to a sex club – xmeet.fun
rand503
He sounds like Donald Trump.
Cam
If Peta wrote a check, Milo would put on Bunny ears and advocate for Veganism.
WSnyder
The Irrelevant desperately seeking relevancy to grift conservatives out of their money, like DJT.
Fine with me. It’s not like he’s gonna get a single penny from the LGBTQ+ Community.
James (controversial2019)
I’ve never seen an interview with him (don’t even know what he does) – all I know is that from the 2 articles Queerty has posted about him, he looks super creepy.
Both pictures, he’s tilting his head and face in a way where you can imagine his face being lit up in a dark alley in a horror film. Are they just bad photos? Or does he always come across so creepy?
darklight413
I never see anything about him at all except for here. It’s nice that Queerty is keeping his popularity going.
cs1900
When his book came out several years ago, billboard ads for it were all over the place on El platforms in Chicago. He doesn’t really DO anything, though, apart from acting as the token gay person rabidly radical conservatives use as deflection from accusations of homophobia.
BaltoSteve
I would say, congratulations on becoming an Incel. However, with the number of closet cases in that party, I would hazard to guess there is a number of conservative women who are quite proficient at pegging.
darklight413
If you’re all of a sudden “not gay” that means you never were. As he says, it was only to piss off liberals. And, as for his “husband” it’s what he gets for marrying a piece of shit. You don’t marry someone like that by accident.
Donston
At the end of the day, all these identities are a choice. Plenty of people who are homosexual never embrace being seen as “gay”. Plenty of inherently bi or pan people never embrace those identities. Some people who are hetero don’t present themselves as “straight”. While yes, some folks who aren’t legit homo embrace being seen as “gay”. While some people do experience degrees of fluidity or contradictions in their life. And everyone has their own thing going on when it comes to their sexuality, their lifestyle choices, their reasons for indulging whatever behaviors or embracing whatever identities. And the gender, romantic, sexual, affection, emotion, commitment spectrum is wide and varied.
None of this has much to do with Milo. He’s someone who uses everything in his tool box to troll or get attention. While I hardly feel bad for his (black) husband. He was fine being used as tool in Milo’s games. I’m pretty certain in Milo’s head he thought: marrying a black guy would really piss off those “Liberals”. Milo is just a disturbed, petulant kid. It doesn’t matter what identities he embraces or his sexuality or where in fits in the spectrum. Folks like him just show how pathetic, clout chasing, insecure and trauma driven some people can be.
marshal phillips
Bye, girl
DennisMpls
Sigh…..Yet another Queerty article that skims the absolute surface of an issue for context, and then fills out the piece with tweets.
Yes, I know I can simply not come here, and that some people delight in the snark of Twitter, but gay topical journalism has never been so barren.
Mack
Well no one forced you to read the article, you chose to come in and make a fool out of yourself with your comment.
Donston
Unfortunately, this type of “journalism” has become typical for all media, especially “queer media”. An over-dependence on social media, no genuine research, no nuanced investigating or conversation, click-bait-y headlines, sensationalistic headlines, ass-kissing, hypocrisy, obsessed with marketing “villains”. It’s all pretty bad at this point. This is just one of the worst at it.
Mr. Stadnick
He has 5 day PNP eyes!
LumpyPillows
How does one tell when Milo is lying? He is either writing or speaking.
CityguyUSA
You can’t turn it off just because it doesn’t suit you. If you’re gay you’re gay.
Moritz
Everyone knows that poor ole Milo is broke, so he turned to what he thinks is a sure money maker. Maybe it is. I don’t like to think that there are that many people out there suffering and in pain and desperate enough to pay someone to change their very core. If ever there was a land of suckers though, it would be Florida.
There will always be fraudsters out there to take advantage of the weak and infirm. I guess we can now add Milo to that list. Pity his poor husband, having to go along with all the lies Milo is sure to tell.