and took the video down, saying that the comment had been made years earlier when she had been very uneducated. After a month-long break, she returned to her YouTube channel in August 2012. Green won a 2016 Streamy Award for Science or Education. In May 2017, Green had a series of dialogs on Twitter, in her own videos, and in the videos of other YouTubers, with critics of identity politics, gender identity, and modern feminism. She said that some of the points these critics made were "more valid than they'd previously seemed" and though she did not repudiate any of her past positions on these issues, the critics welcomed Green's overtures. In 2018, Green published her first book, Sex Plus: Learning, Loving and Enjoying Your Body. On 3 September 2019, Green launched a podcast, titled Indirect Message, which "explores how the internet is changing society." Personal life Soon after leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Green fell into a state of deep depression and struggled with self-harm and suicidal thoughts. She began to work with a therapist who helped her through her depression. She is now an atheist, though occasionally attends the Unitarian Universalist church. Green identifies as pansexual. She now lives in Los Angeles. See also List of LGBT people from Portland, Oregon References External links 1989 births Activists from California Activists from Utah American atheists American feminists American former Christians American people of Iranian descent American women podcasters American podcasters American Unitarian Universalists American women bloggers American bloggers American YouTubers Atheist feminists Discovery Channel people Educators from California American women educators Educators from Oregon Educators from Utah Former Latter Day Saints Internet activists LGBT feminists LGBT people from Oregon LGBT people from Utah LGBT Unitarian Universalists LGBT YouTubers Living people Pansexual women People associated with Planned Parenthood People from San Francisco Sex-positive feminists Streamy Award winners University of California, Berkeley alumni Victims of cyberbullying Video bloggers Women video bloggers Writers from Salt Lake City 21st-century American women 20th-century LGBT people 21st-century LGBT people Pansexual entertainers