Ari Fitz

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| caption = Ari Fitz in January 2017

| birth_name = Arielle Scott

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1989}}

| birth_place = Vallejo, California, US

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| occupation = YouTuber, model, film producer

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| channel_handle = arrowsfitz

| channel_handle2 = angryarrows

| channel_display_name = ARROWS

| channel_display_name2 = ARROWS

| years_active = 2013–present

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| subscribers = 251,000

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| views = 12,772,489 views

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Arrows Fitz{{Citation|title=i'm trans. my name is ARROWS (@angryarrows) now.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV45MSxKKc8|language=en|access-date=2021-06-02}}{{Cite web|title=Arrows Fitz - Owner, Executive Producer @ Whatta Weekend. (he/they)|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/arrows-fitz|website=LinkedIn}} (born Arielle Scott;{{Cite web|last=Owen|first=Elliot|title=Oaklanders School 'Real World' Cast on Transgender Identity|url=https://www.eastbayexpress.com/CultureSpyBlog/archives/2014/02/27/oaklanders-school-real-world-cast-on-transgender-identity|access-date=October 7, 2019|website=East Bay Express|date=February 27, 2014|language=en}} 1989), commonly known as Ari Fitz, is an American model, vlogger, television personality, and film producer. He{{efn|Fitz uses he/him and they/them pronouns. This article uses masculine pronouns for consistency.}} is best known for his YouTube channel Tomboyish, in which he explores topics related to being an androgynous person who presents as both masculine and feminine.{{Cite web|url=https://bust.com/tv/196088-ari-fitz-on-her-new-web-series-that-highlights-untold-queer-love-stories.html|title=Ari Fitz's New Web Series Highlights Untold Queer Love Stories|website=bust.com|date=June 10, 2019 |language=en-gb|access-date=October 7, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://posturemag.com/online/ari-fitz/|title=Social Media Star Ari Fitz on Staying Focused and Believing in Herself|date=March 7, 2018|website=Posture Media|access-date=October 7, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.out.com/art-books/2017/10/11/gallery-ari-fitz-christine-ting-celebrate-black-queer-intimacy|title=Gallery: Ari Fitz & Christine Ting Celebrate Black Queer Intimacy|date=October 1, 2017|website=out.com|language=en|access-date=January 28, 2020}}

Life and career

Fitz was born in 1989, in Vallejo, California. He attended University of California, Berkeley and received a degree in business,{{Cite web|url=https://www.afterellen.com/tv/206817-ari-fitz-keeps-it-100-on-the-real-world-ex-plosion|title=Ari Fitz keeps it 100 on "The Real World: Ex-Plosion"|date=January 6, 2014|website=AfterEllen|access-date=October 7, 2019}} and began to model as an undergraduate. He has modeled for companies such as UGG and Kenzo, and appeared on a cover for Nylon.

Fitz created his YouTube channel when he was 23, and soon after appeared as a cast member on Real World: Ex-Plosion, at the time going by the name Arielle Scott.{{Cite web|url=http://shortyawards.com/9th/itsarifitz|title=Ari Fitz – The Shorty Awards|website=shortyawards.com|access-date=October 7, 2019}} In 2016, Fitz moved to Los Angeles to pursue a full-time career in vlogging.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/ari-fitz-interview-leaving-instagram|title=Ari Fitz Left Instagram Because It's Policing Queer Black Users|website=Bitch Media|language=en|access-date=October 7, 2019}} Soon after arriving, he turned down a modeling contract at a well-known agency because the agency sought to control his YouTube content.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvxjm7/jacob-tobia-teenage-boys-masculinity|title=A Letter to Teenage Boys, From Someone Who Used to Be One|last=Tobia|first=Jacob|date=April 2, 2018|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=October 7, 2019}} Fitz began to vlog daily on his YouTube channel Tomboyish. The majority of the content is related to gender and sexuality. Fitz also produces short films that he posts to his channel, such as Bubbles, a scripted web series, and My Mama Wears Timbs, a short documentary about a masculine of center pregnant woman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pride.com/identities/2019/6/19/pride25-2019-ari-fitz|title=Ari Fitz Is Telling Stories the World Needs to Hear|date=June 1, 2019|website=pride.com|language=en|access-date=October 7, 2019}}

= Accolades =

Fitz received a nomination for Best Social Media in the LGBTQ+ YouTube Channel category at the 9th annual Shorty Awards. He was named on Pride.com's 2019 Pride 25 list.

Personal life

Fitz identifies as queer and transgender nonbinary. He has stated that he uses he/him and they/them pronouns.{{Citation|title=GRIP THIS BTS|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh0lwkpbCpo|language=en|access-date=2021-06-02}}