He came out as non-binary and as a transgender woman on his TikTok, after gaining internet fame from partaking in 2022 Bama Rush, the formal recruitment process for sororities affiliated with the National Panhellenic Conference at the University of Alabama.
As of January 2024, Grant has confessed that he no longer identifies as transgender or non-binary, and he is in fact a cisgender gay man.
[6] Sikes, alongside other Alabama students such as Kylan Darnell, became internet famous as the recruitment process became an online sensation known as Bama Rush.
[3][11] According to the Alabama Panhellenic Association, "any student who consistently lives and self-identifies as a woman" can go through formal recruitment, but the sororities could individually discriminate based on gender identity and presentation.
[12] After receiving negative media attention for his assumed trans identity throughout his participation in Bama Rush, Sikes denied being a transgender woman.