Michael Zakar

ABOUT MICHAEL ZAKAR

LGBTQ+ author based in Los Angeles, California. He and his twin brother Zak make up the Zakar Twins, a duo which gained social media attention following the publishing of their first book, Pray the Gay Away, in 2017. They published their second, a self-help book titled How to be F*cking Happy, in 2021.

He and his brother struggled with their identity before the release of their first book in 2017.

The TikToks he and his brother upload to their zakartwins account have received over 1.7 million total likes. He and his brother were inspired to write their first book after realizing their mother found out they were gay.

His family is of Iraqi descent. He was born in Michigan.

He and his brother were interviewed by Daniel Tosh on a segment of CeWEBrity Profile on Tosh.0 .