GRUFF

GRUFF (born: ), formerly known as BONES, is a Canadian YouTuber known for his commentary and gaming videos. He is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. He has garnered attention online for his distinct voice.
He primarily uploads gameplay videos, most specifically relating to Minecraft content within his SMP (Survival Multiplayer) server, where he is accompanied by several of his close friends. He is most notoriously known for his video "I Faked My Voice for 9 Years".
==Personal Life==
GRUFF was born and raised in Toronto, Canada on May 14th, 2001. He graduated from High School in 2019 and is currently enrolled in Post-Secondary studies whilst creating content on YouTube. Alongside this, he also practices guitar, as well as song writing, as he aspires to create music.
He identifies with pansexuality, but prefers to be more casual about this part of his identity and refrains from talking about it often.
He is fairly open about his experiences with suffering from a functional voice disorder known as "Puberphonia", also referred to as "Mutational Falsetto", affecting the pitch of his voice. He refers to it as the habitual usage of a high-pitched voice after puberty, caused by strain via the cricothyroid muscle. His high-pitched speaking register is what he calls his "fake voice", which sits at approximately 220hz, in comparison to his real voice, which sits at approximately 100-104hz.
He is often misgendered due to his disorder. He talks openly about how this experience has caused him to have complications revolving around his gender identity growing up, and identifies the issue beginning at the time of puberty, when he felt isolated from his male peers as he was socialized around feminine influences. Likewise, he has stated that he is not certain about the status of whether he has been diagnosed, but recognizes that his Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) has identified and referred to his issues via its respective clinical term(s). As of September 6th, 2022, he has publicly revealed his natural speaking register.
==Appearance==
GRUFF prefers to keep his face offline, as he feels it takes away from his content and struggles with self-esteem issues, and often talks about how he is not comfortable sharing this part of his life yet, although in the future it may be considered. He presents himself online via a demonized version of himself, as he describes to resemble his real-life appearance. His persona online can be seen with beige skin with visible scarring, shoulder-length brown hair in the style of a mullet, horns extending from his forehead and shoulder, a brown tail, A skeleton/dead fish hoodie with skull shaped drawstrings, brown joggers wrapped in bandages, fingerless gloves, a dead fish tattoo on his wrist, piercings on his ears and eyebrow, and bracelets on his arm(s). He has stated via his Discord Server that this personification of himself is representative of the negative light in which he views himself.
==Trivia==
*GRUFF's favourite colour is brown, as seen in the colour pallete of his channel artwork.
*GRUFF announced that he wrote a song titled "Wasted Potential" on January 6, 2022.
*The demo instrumental of "Wasted Potential" was first teased via YouTube on September 6, 2022 via his outro.
*GRUFF's favourite artist is Catie Turner, and has even uploaded a cover of her song "Prom Queen". He is also very fond of Orla Gartland's music.
*GRUFF is very fond of cats, considering them one of his favourite animals, alongside ferrets. He is not a fan of dogs.
*Despite not consuming a lot of television, he considers "Fruits Basket" to be his favorite show, dating back to when he was a child.
*GRUFF is often misgendered due to his disorder, or even assumed to be a child, but he's actually a male and was 19 when he joined YouTube, turning 20 later that year. 
*He revealed his face https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ld3niEKVI 
==Gallery==
BONES.png| GRUFF Promotional Artwork
BONES Icon.jpg| GRUFF Channel Icon
BONES_Banner.png|GRUFF Channel Banner
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==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Comedy YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2021
Category:LGBT YouTubers
Category:Verified YouTubers