This Ex-Gay Fitness Coach Just Found A New Religion On OnlyFans
Mark Turnipseed’s latest transformation is as eyebrow-raising as it is headline-worthy. The 38-year-old wellness coach, father of two, and former evangelical “man of God” has swapped sermons for sex work, re-emerging online as “Ryan Regency,” a self-described “bi bottom jock” on OnlyFans.
From coming out to conversion… and back again.
Turnipseed’s story first made waves in 2020 when he publicly came out in a personal essay for Outsports. At the time, he was married to a woman, battling sobriety, and finding unexpected freedom in small acts like shaving his legs while training for a triathlon.
“The moment they saw my shaved legs I felt a surge of power and strength from acceptance,” he wrote in May 2020. That same year, he leaned into his new identity, gaining a following as a social media fitness star known for his Speedos and chiselled physique.
But in June 2024, he shocked followers by declaring he was no longer gay after joining an evangelical community. In a since-deleted video, he claimed he’d been “lifted out of the trauma” and began preaching against homosexuality while still posting homoerotic imagery.
The church wasn’t the answer.
His time in the pulpit didn’t last. In a July 24 essay on his website, From Pastor To Prn: My Evolution Out of Evangelical America, Turnipseed described how the church left him feeling suffocated rather than saved.
“I tried to become what they said I was meant to be: a man of God,” he wrote. “But the deeper I went, the more I realised I wasn’t pulling people out of darkness. I was burying them in it. I was burying myself in it.”
Why he says sex work is healing.
For Turnipseed, sex work became both a creative outlet and a way to reclaim his body after years of shame. “Creativity isn’t optional, it’s oxygen,” he said, adding that sex is “one of the most direct, immediate, divine forms of creativity I’ve ever known.”
“When I’m performing, whether it’s in front of a camera, a lover, or a mirror, I’m not just chasing pleasure. I’m transforming pain.”
He also made it clear that his shift to OnlyFans wasn’t about financial desperation. “I didn’t become a sex worker because I had no other options,” he wrote. “I became one because it was the first time my whole self was allowed in the room.”
The latest chapter.
Now distancing himself from labels like straight, gay, or Christian, Turnipseed is embracing this new persona with confidence. Whether “Ryan Regency” is his final act remains to be seen, but for now, he says he’s found peace on his terms.
