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"Are you gay?"
Me internally: Let me check my entire personality, wardrobe, music taste, and 4,000 screenshots… Yes.
The self-realisation pipeline
Straight people: "how did you know you were gay?"
Me: How did you know you were straight?
Them: I just… knew.
Me: RIGHT.
The double standard
My straight friends watching me watch a movie: "Is that guy gay?"
Me: He hasn't spoken yet but yes, absolutely, 100%.
Gaydar is a real and powerful thing
Growing up: trying to figure out why every male friendship felt different
Now: oh. OH. that was a crush. they were all crushes.
Retroactive clarity hits different
"I don't have a problem with gay people, I just don't want it shoved in my face"
Sir I watched a straight couple kiss on every TV show for 30 years.
The hypocrisy is deafening
Gay culture is making your coming out ten times more dramatic in your head and then your friends going "yeah we know, we've known for years."
Every. Single. Time.
Me: I'm gay
My bank account: This explains the skincare routine, the concerts, and the £40 candles
Me: …valid
Financial accountability era
Gay solidarity is making eye contact with another gay person in a fully straight environment and exchanging an entire conversation with one look.
It's telepathy. We're telepathic.
Therapist: What made you realise you were gay?
Me: Lady Gaga's discography, the Sims 2, and a boy in Year 9 PE class
Therapist: Say no more.
The holy trinity of gay awakenings
Straight people have Valentine's Day.
Gay people have Valentine's Day AND the annual tradition of sending it to your entire chosen family.
We love harder, full stop
"I knew since I was 5"
"I didn't figure it out until 30"
"A Buzzfeed quiz told me"
Gay origin stories are the most diverse content on the planet.
No wrong answers
The gays when someone comes out: Welcome!! Here is your starter pack — Janelle Monáe, a Pride flag, 47 new friends, and a group chat you'll never leave.
The community is undefeated
Heterosexual: "Why do gay people make being gay their whole personality?"
Me, who has a gay blog, a gay domain name, and a gay wardrobe: I cannot relate to this criticism.
Accurate. Moving on.
Gay culture is having a friendship that is basically a relationship except you're both gay for different genders and you're soulmates anyway.
The gay best friend dynamic is sacred
"Just be yourself!"
Me, being myself: *is very gay*
"No not like that"
Me: I'm afraid that's the only setting available.
Factory settings. Cannot be changed.