This profile is part of Queerty’s 2021 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Name: Cara Cunningham (formerly Chris Crocker), 33Bio: Cunningham became an overnight internet celebrity in September 2007 when she gave an impassioned and unapologetic defense of pop star Britney Spears in a video titled “Leave Britney Alone!” After it went viral, Cunningham, who heralds from rural Tennessee, amassed a huge following and hundreds of millions of views on YouTube.
From there, she made several TV appearances, dabbled in blogging, music, and pornography, and was the subject of a 2013 documentary Me @ The.