Kevin DeAnna (born 1983 [1] ) is an American far-right writer and activist.
As a student at the College of William & Mary, he led the campus chapter of Young Americans for Freedom and helped edit a libertarian-leaning student paper, The Remnant. [2]
After graduating he took a job at the Leadership Institute. Soon after, in 2006, he founded Youth for Western Civilization, which he led until 2012. [1]
Around 2012 DeAnna left the Leadership Institute for World Net Daily , where he wrote many articles over the next five years, mostly without a byline. [1]
At the same time, DeAnna wrote hundreds of article for white nationalist publications under the pseudonyms "Gregory Hood" (writing for Radix Journal , Counter-Currents , American Renaissance , and others) and "James Kirkpatrick" (writing for VDARE). DeAnna has also published two books under these names. [2]
At one point he was a member of the Wolves of Vinland. [3]
In the 2010s Deanna dated former Breitbart editor Katie McHugh, who leaked some of their emails to the Southern Poverty Law Center after she left the alt right milieu. [2]