Milo Yiannapoulos’ Rise and Fall, From GamerGate to Pedophilia Video (Photos)

Breitbart News columnist Milo Yiannopoulos’ rising star has turned into a meteor plummeting toward Earth. After video of Milo voicing support for adults to have sexual relationships with boys began circulating the Internet, the Conservative Political Action Conference dropped him for its keynote and his book deal was canceled.

Here’s the complete timeline of Milo’s rise, from his opportunism in the “GamerGate” harassment campaign against women in the video game industry, to now.

2011 — Milo founds “The Kernel”
Milo launches the London-based blog, which covered tech startups. By 2012, he was sued for allegedly not paying contributors to the blog. They allege he owed them more than £10,000. The blog closes in 2013 and Milo sold it in 2014.

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2014 — Milo joins Breitbart News
As an incendiary Breitbart columnist, Milo relies on shock, and mostly targets feminism, Islam, liberals, social justice and his idea of political correctness. Column subjects have included “Why I Don’t Like Beyonce” and “Birth Control Makes Women Unattractive and Crazy.”

August 2014 — GamerGate
The online “movement” called “GamerGate” draws on some existing toxic attitudes in the video game community as women gain more visibility in the space. Spawning from a screed by a jilted man against his ex-girlfriend, it espouses to fight for “ethics in games journalism.” However, the most vocal component of GamerGate almost exclusively focuses on harassing women game developers and journalists online.

October 2014 — Milo and GamerGate
Milo begins to write about GamerGate for Breitbart, claiming feminists are taking over and destroying the industry. He gains acclaim in the GamerGate community and becomes one of its stars, gaining many online followers from his involvement.

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2015 — Breitbart starts “Breitbart Tech”
Breitbart starts a dedicated “Tech” section that Milo runs. Milo becomes a Senior Editor. Through GamerGate in particular, Milo rises as a figure in the “alt-right” movement. Breitbart Chairman and Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon once described Breitbart as the “platform of the alt-right.” The “alt-right,” it should be noted, is widely regarded as a white nationalist movement.

2015 — “Dangerous Faggot” College Tour starts
As he becomes better known for his incendiary, often hateful conservative opinions, Milo kicks off a speaking tour of U.S. college campuses called the “Dangerous Faggot Tour.” His presence was regularly protested, with critics claiming Milo uses the platforms to spread hate speech. These protests sometimes caused university officials to cancel his speaking engagements.

July 2016 — Milo goes after “Ghostbusters”
Again gaining notoriety in conservative “geek” circles, Milo pans the all-women “Ghostbusters” reboot on Breitbart. His review of the movie coincided with many complaints around the Internet, mostly leveled by men, claiming the reboot with a female cast was somehow an attack on culture by the forces of political correctness and feminism.

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July 2016 — Milo attacks Leslie Jones and is banned from Twitter
Milo takes to Twitter to insult actress Leslie Jones, and in so doing kicks off a harassment campaign against Jones by his followers. Jones leaves Twitter, and Milo is permanently banned from the site for “inciting harassment.” Milo positioned the ban as an attack on his free speech rights.

July 2016 — Milo stumps for Trump
Gaining fame and notoriety, Milo throws his particular influence behind Donald Trump for president. He hosts a “Gays for Trump” event at the GOP National Convention, and refers to Trump as “Daddy.”

December 2016 — Milo blasts transgender student on stage
While visiting the University of Milwaukee, Milo showed the photo of a transgender student, named her, and disparaged her on stage.

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December 2016 — Book deal
Threshold Editions, an imprint of publisher Simon & Schuster that focuses on conservative works, signs a book deal with Milo. Reportedly, he was offered an advance of $250,000 for his book, “Dangerous.”

Jan. 23, 2017 — Milo supporter shoots man at protest
A Milo appearance at the University of Washington prompted a student protest. During that protest, a supporter of Milo’s and Donald Trump shot a protester, seriously injuring him. The shooter claimed he was acting in self-defense..

Feb. 2, 2017 — Protesters force speech cancellation at Berkeley
Protesters appear before a Milo event at the University of California – Berkeley, including members of the “Black Bloc” anarchy group. The protests turn violent. Police break up the protest, and Berkeley cancels Milo’s appearance as a result.

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Feb. 18, 2017 — Comedian Bill Maher hosts Milo on “Real Time”
Maher interviewed Milo on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” despite the controversy the move created. Maher, responding to the Berkeley protest in particular, claimed bringing Milo to the show was essential to the protection of free speech.

Feb. 18, 2017 — CPAC announces Milo will headline conference
The Conservative Political Action Committee announced Milo as its keynote speaker.

Feb. 20, 2017 — Milo on video defending sexual relations with boys
A recording from Milo’s appearance on the podcast “Drunken Peasants” begins to circulate the Internet. In it, Milo defends the idea of adults having sexual relationships with adolescent boys.

Feb. 20, 2017 — Milo suffers backlash
The comments draw backlash from both progressive and conservative quarters. CPAC announces it disinvited Milo from speaking at its event, and Simon & Schuster cancels Milo’s book contract. Reports also claim Breitbart employees threaten to quit their jobs if Milo is not fired from the blog.

Feb. 20, 2017 — Milo resigns from Breitbart
Milo says in a statement, “I would be wrong to allow my poor choice of words to detract from my colleagues’ important reporting, so today I am resigning from Breitbart, effective immediately. This decision is mine alone.”