tweet, the former YouTuber said the vitriol he received in response to "Leave Britney Alone" was rooted in transphobia toward a "gender-bending teenager," and a reason why his plea was not taken seriously."When I said it, I had to fear for my life," Crocker wrote in a statement posted to the social media platform. "Death threats were sent to my grandmothers house.
I was already living in the south as a gender-bending teenager with no money or ways of feeling protected." It was not only straight people who came for Crocker. "This hate was also directed towards me by other LGBT people," he wrote. "Not just verbal, but physical attacks were made towards me at gay bars and out in the streets. (By LGBT people who were embarrassed of me because.