UPDATE: Grant Sikes has taken to social media to clarify they are not transgender and instead "nonbinary" and attracted to men.

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A person who is nonbinary with a large social media following has revealed they were rejected by every University of Alabama sorority during recruitment season.

Grant Sikes, who has hundreds of thousands of TikTok followers and millions of views on their videos, has been documenting their efforts to join a sorority during their first year of college.

There are almost 20 sorority chapters at the University of Alabama and, apparently, none of them wanted Sikes to join.

Unfortunately, this chapter is closed. This recruitment journey is over for me,” Sikes wrote on their Instagram account, which also has tens of thousands of followers. “Being dropped from my last house this morning during primary recruitment at the University of Alabama doesn’t come as a surprise considering out of the almost 20 chapters – I was dropped by every single one except 2 before day 1."

I’m hopeful of a future where everyone is welcomed for just being themselves – everywhere,” Sikes continued in the post. “If you are going through a hard time today, remember that life is too short to ponder on the things lost. Choose happiness & always look for the positive things throughout life. Move on. See the good. See the bad. Hope for the best. Brave the worst."

In one of the TikTok videos, Sikes said they were "sad" because they "wanted to be part of a sisterhood." Sikes didn't exactly reveal why they were denied membership to all the sororities she attempted to join, but DailyMail.com has a working theory.

According to the publication, the University of Alabama had instructed students and their parents not to share videos from rush week activities this year. The instruction comes a year after the hashtag #BamaRush trended on TikTok, leading to some scrutiny over the process.

When DailyMail.com tried to speak with some prospective pledges, the students revealed they could not share any information as they "had been sworn to secrecy" and could be potentially "blacklisted" for speaking out, the publication reported.

DailyMail.com was even able to speak with Sikes's mother, who claimed the school had pressured both her and her child not to make any statements "at all" about the sorority rush process.

But Sikes's online fame and popularity are largely due to their videos detailing their efforts to join a sorority at the university. While none of Sikes's videos feature sorority recruitment activities, and most are just videos of them talking in a room to their phone's camera, DailyMail.com theorizes Sikes's failure to join any sororities at the universities could be due to their online posts.

The University of Alabama reportedly did reach out to DailyMail.com to clarify that it "does not restrict students from speaking to the media," but also admitted its sororities "may have media guidelines for their active members."