--- description: YouTube star Shane Dawson has come out as bisexual, in a touching 15-minute video posted to his channel Tuesday title: YouTuber Shane Dawson Comes Out as Bisexual image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # YouTube Star Shane Dawson Has Come Out to His Fans as Bisexual in an Emotional Video by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2015 8:12 AM CUT by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2015 8:12 AM CUT YouTube star Shane Dawson has come out as bisexual, in a touching 15-minute video posted to his channel Tuesday. Twenty-six-year-old Dawson, whose real name is Shane Lee Yaw, is known by his 6.7 million [subscribers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPdE3rbqf%5FQ "undefined") for his comedies, parodies and sketches that he has been uploading to YouTube since 2008. In the emotional video, which has so far gained more than 1 million hits, Dawson says he had been confused about his sexuality all his life, but especially in the past year. “This is something I’ve come to the conclusion through therapy and from being honest with myself,” he says. “I am bisexual.” Dawson says he never thought he would make the video but did so because he thought it could help people who were also unsure about their sexuality. “There are a lot of coming out videos of people who are gay or lesbian and they’re so confident,” he says. “But it made me cry because I’m not that, I don’t know who I am 100%. And I know that a lot of you guys might feel the same way.” After the video was uploaded, Dawson tweeted thanks to his fans for their support. > [](https://twitter.com/shanedawson/status/618485375720296448) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3949106/shane-dawson-bisexual-youtube-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3949106/shane-dawson-bisexual-youtube-video/"},"headline":"YouTube Star Shane Dawson Has Come Out to His Fans as Bisexual in an Emotional Video","datePublished":"2015-07-08T08:12:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:02:37.832Z","description":"Dawson made the video because he thought it could help others who were confused about their sexuality","url":"https://time.com/3949106/shane-dawson-bisexual-youtube-video/","keywords":["celebrities","YouTube","video","sexuality"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3949106/shane-dawson-bisexual-youtube-video/","name":"YouTube Star Shane Dawson Has Come Out to His Fans as Bisexual in an Emotional Video"}}]}] ```