Edited sentence: As stated above, LeRoy does not appear in public without obscuring his appearance, often with a large hat, glasses, and a wig.As stated below, the author explains that this is due to shyness.JT LeRoy Google Image Search Consistently depicts the author in obscuring garb, ostensibly because of "extreme shyness".The controversy is coincident with several facts lending to the conclusion that LeRoy is a only pseudonym