Teen Girls Are Depressed After Massive YouTube Star Comes Out As Gay In A New Video

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Connor Franta

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Massive YouTube star Connor Franta has chosen his favorite social media platform to come out to his fans...all 3.6 million of them.

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On Monday, Franta uploaded a video saying that he had always felt different than everyone else; that he struggled with his identity. 2014, he said, was the first year he finally held comfortable with himself. Franta is 22-years-old.

Here's the video:

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"I just want to be able to be me and not be afraid. I'm sick of censoring myself," he said in his video. "This is just one little part of who I am, and I'm not gonna let my sexuality define or confine me. It's part of me, it's not all of me."

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He wanted others who may be in his position to know that it would be okay to come out.

"It may not seem like it right now, but you are gonna be fine. I know it's scary, but don't be afraid. You are who you are, and you should love that person," he says to his fans in his coming out video. "I don't want anyone to have to go through 22 years of their life afraid to accept that."

Some of his fans (many of which are young teen girls) are saddened by the news, gleaning that this new development may mean marriage to Franta is not in their future.

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