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Gay memes have contributed as much to LGBTQ culture as Pride, gay nightclubs, and Lady Gaga. So by definition gay memes, are memes that members of the LGBTQ community make to laugh about their own experiences of being gay. They’re used to find humor in the universal human experience and make people laugh. A meme is either a piece of text, audio, video, or image, that pokes fun at something in society.
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But in case this is literally your first time on a computer, we’ll give you a quick brief. If you’re reading this, we’re going to assume you know what a meme is. Clueless straight people What are gay memes? Whenever a pop diva does something wild or a hσmσphσbic politician embarrasses themselves, it creates a whole new set of memes like coal turns to diamonds!Ģ4. After all, we experience the world a lot differently than our straight peers, so naturally, we have our own brand of humor that gets put into gay memes. And that especially can be found in the gay groups online. Sharing funny memes has become a vital part of how friends and strangers communicate online. Wouldn’t the Internet be a dark, scary place if it weren’t for memes? And yet, it's still a place of love, acceptance, and inclusivity – where people of marginalized groups can find each other and make connections. “Check this one out!” Seby called out holding up his phone to show off a picture of SpongeBob SquarePants holding up his limp wrist with a caption, “Is he…you know?”…Cue both of us giggling like schoolgirls. Is it being offered as a statement of surprise? Or as a clunky and misguided compliment? At the very least, it would suggest the person saying it thinks gay people look a certain way.It was 4am, and here we are, the two of us on our phones, scrolling through our Twitter and Instagram feeds, chuckling away at hilarious gay memes. Surprise, compliment or criticism?īut what of that statement? ‘You don’t look gay.’ How are we supposed to react to that? Being your authentic self is so much more important than trying to fit in with the crowd. That said, I like to think I’m thankfully long past any conscious efforts to be ‘straight-acting’ and just want to simply be ‘David-acting’. For most of us, we’re still works in progress. If you never ever experience feelings of internalized homophobia, good for you. I’ve written about feeling internalized homophobia before, so won’t go on at length about it here. Well, what sort of pride is that? Certainly not gay pride, I’m ashamed to say.
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Hooray for me… still passing as straight. The second reaction, if I’m being totally honest, is a small flush of pride. Perhaps because being gay is so much a part of my own identity and life (I work for an LGBTI news website, after all), I think I must project gay-ness to the world. I’m not sure why but I tend to assume people can discern my sexuality just by looking at me or reading my body language. My initial reaction is, firstly, slight surprise. I have been told ‘you don’t look gay’ a handful of times over the years. It’s followed by a photo of a person dressed in a rainbow flag. There’s a funny meme doing the rounds of social media.