Before I came out, I used to be under the impression that being gay was a choice. In my defense though, I had feelings for both sexes and I wasn't sure what was going on. At the time, I assumed that I could choose to be straight or that I could choose to be a lesbian, but as I kept growing neither of my feelings quieted and I later realized that being gay is not a choice.

On Friday, January 11, YouTuber Logan Paul released a podcast where he talked about trying different challenges each month, he mentions going vegan and sober for the month of January and then going all out in February. In March, however, Paul mentions that March was going to be deemed "Men Only March." Essentially Logan Paul and his co-host Mike Mijlak would be "going gay" for a month. Obviously, knowing Logan Paul this was meant as a joke, but sexuality is nothing to joke about.

So many members of the LGBTQIA community are forced to hide their sexuality for safety reasons, and for Logan Paul joking and saying that he is going to "go gay" for a month is unacceptable. We live in a time period where LGBTQIA teens are being thrown out into the streets or committing suicide just for choosing to be their authentic selves. Right now members of the LGBTQIA community are being murdered and detained in Russia, and many more are having to flee just find safety.

This is not Logan Paul's first controversial event that he's had. In January of 2018, Paul released a video where he showed a video of a dead body that was found in the Suicide Forrest in Japan. Since the release of that video, Logan Paul had a brief suspension of ad revenue on his videos and was even written out of several YouTube Red series.

I honestly don't believe that Logan Paul was really sorry about the Suicide Forrest video, or that he is actually sorry about the joke he made on his Podcast. He had time to think and edit both of those projects before posting them on their respective platforms. I think he's honestly just sorry that he either got caught or that he offended people.

If Logan Paul is actually sorry, for the joke he said during his podcast then he should show it by donating or volunteering with The Trevor Project, GLAAD, or The Human Rights Campaign. Maybe then, he will think twice before he makes another offensive post on social media.