Gay Hell: Eljah Daniel, a 24-year-old YouTuber and musician bought the town Hell in Michigan in the United States and renamed it to Gay Hell to protest against President Donald Trump’s policy of banning pride flags at American embassies.
The popular social media influencer known for his humour shared the news of his new purchase on his Twitter account, Monday.
In a tweet, he wrote: “Ahead of pride month Trump’s administration put a ban on embassy’s flying pride flags. so as of today, I am now the owner of Hell, Michigan.
I bought the whole town. And my first act as owner, I have renamed my town to Gay Hell, MI. The only flags allowed to fly are pride.”
ahead of pride month Trump’s administration put a ban on embassy’s flying pride flags.
so as of today, I am now the owner of Hell, Michigan. I bought the whole town.
And my first act as owner, I have renamed my town to Gay Hell, MI.
The only flags allowed to fly are pride. pic.twitter.com/AKOcZm2Jvm
— elijah daniel (@elijahdaniel) June 17, 2019
Also known by the moniker ‘Lil Phang’, Daniel did not discloce how much he paid to buy the town which has only 70 residents. Daniel later confirmed that the ‘only pride flags’ rule was only a joke and won’t be enforced.
“I have a young audience who is 16 to 24 who would not be involved in politics if it wasn’t in a funny or meme way. I’m just trying to have fun and get my audience politically active,” he said.
Daniel’s connection with Hell goes way back. In 2017, he became the town’s Mayor and immediately banned heterosexuality.
“I love straights, but my #1 priority is the safety of my town. Until the heterosexual threat has been reviewed we cannot allow them to enter,” he said then.
The YouTuber with more than 500,000 subscribers hopes that renaming the town would be a big boost to Michigan tourism.
PNN