Eugene Lee Yang

Eugene Lee Yang (Korean: 양유진; born: ) is a South Korean-American YouTuber affiliated with The Try Guys, alongside Zach Kornfield and Keith Habersberger.
==Personal life==
Eugene was born and raised in Pflugerville, Texas, to South Korean immigrants Min-yeong Lee (이민영) and Jae-hong Yang (양재홍). He was their second child and has two sisters, Christina and Whitney. He has described his parents as "conservative, Christian", though they eventually came to accept his sexuality.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVGbHQ69Vt4https://twitter.com/EugeneLeeYang/status/1246917529752072193
He graduated with a B.A. in cinema production in 2008. Five years later, after experience in filmmaking and producing music videos and commercials, he began working at BuzzFeedVideo where he would become a part of The Try Guys, Zach Kornfeld, Ned Fulmer, and Keith Habersberger. Though in September 2022, Ned would no longer work with them due to having an extramarital affair with an employee.
He came out as gay on June 15, 2019, and is dating Matthew McLean.https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/6324338/eugene-lee-yangs-partner-matthew-mclean/
==Political views==
As a gay Asian man, Yang is vocal about the issues Asian-Americans and members of the LGBT community face and has worked with several charities dedicated to helping individuals who are members of said groups. He has made a number of contributions to charity The Trevor Project.https://www.mochimag.com/mochi-magazine/buzzfeed-eugene-lee-yang-changing-hollywoodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrI64F2Xzxwhttp://www.newnownext.com/buzzfeed-asian-men-recreate-white-male-underwear-ads/03/2017/http://www.gayrva.com/lifestyle/watch-the-try-guys-eugene-lee-yang-take-his-conservative-dad-to-a-drag-show/https://www.advocate.com/youth/2018/12/03/out-youtuber-try-guy-eugene-lee-yang-trevor-project-hero
Eugene has made a number of videos endorsing Beto O' Rourke.https://twitter.com/EugeneLeeYang/status/1571952289505751040
==Roles==
*Comfort Girls - Director/writer
*Brooklyn Nine-nine - Theo Lorql
*Nimona - Ambrosius Goldenloinhttps://twitter.com/EugeneLeeYang/status/1513519532048064524
==Trivia==
*He is the only openly gay member of The Try Guys, and the only Asian.
*Eugene is a fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender and has cosplayed as Zuko before. He also likes cosplaying as characters in general, especially during Halloween.https://twitter.com/EugeneLeeYang/status/1318639417867710470/photo/2https://twitter.com/EugeneLeeYang/status/618493212773085184/photo/1
*He claims to be bad at video games.
*Eugene's least favourite pony in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is Applejack.https://twitter.com/EugeneLeeYang/status/1043613870240067584
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:South Korean YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:LGBT YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2013