When a young Virginia woman caught her grandmother ironing her bisexual Pride flag, she never could have predicted what would happen next.
She snapped a photo of the caring gesture and shared it to her Twitter page, where the post quickly went viral.
“I got up this morning to get ready for #DCPride,” she wrote in the caption. “My grandma walked into my room, looked at my bi flag, and said, ‘Oh, this needs to be pressed out!’ Such a simple gesture, but it holds so much love and meaning for me.”
The post has received over 32K retweets and nearly 240K likes:
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I got up this morning to get ready for #DCPride. My grandma walked into my room, looked at my bi flag, and said, “Oh, this needs to be pressed out!” Such a simple gesture, but it holds so much love and meaning for me. pic.twitter.com/stiD3vg5vs
— Lexie ??? (@lexie_galaxie) June 9, 2018
After she started to see how touched people were to see her grandmother lovingly handling the flag, Lexi posted another tweet, this time adding context by explaining how terrified she was to come out to her grandma.
It took me years to come out to her out of fear that she would see me differently, but nothing changed. She said, “Okay, that’s fine.” She taught me to love and accept all people, and she has always been supportive of me.
— Lexie ??? (@lexie_galaxie) June 9, 2018
Then she sent out a third tweet — an absolutely adorable selfie with her grandmother.
“Here’s another picture of my grandma because I want the world to see how beautiful she is! Show her some love! Happy pride y’all,” she wrote.
WOW this is blowing up so here’s another picture of my grandma because I want the world to see how beautiful she is! Show her some love! Happy pride y’all ??? pic.twitter.com/PytLQtipoo
— Lexie ??? (@lexie_galaxie) June 9, 2018
Kangol
Such a beautiful story! Happy Pride!
swagendorf
#MutualPride
drmiller
Thank you, Queerty! This touching story really turned my stressful morning upside down and put a smile on my face. Happy Pride everyone!
Dr. Arthur Frederick Ide
Older people are more tolerant and accepting than younger ones are (I am 73), but there are still some older ones (my mother is 98 and hate-filled) so we need to be aware of what they are when we approach them.
ProfessorMoriarty
“we need to be aware of what they are when we approach them.”
LOL… you make them sound like snapping turtles… or maybe spitting cobras 😉
DCguy
Polls of older and younger people show the opposite. The only groups where the majority are opposed to Same Sex Marriage now are older.
Record Man
Like I always say, grandmas are the greatest!
NateOcean
When I was 14, my grandmother came to visit.
She told my mom that she thought I needed to be wearing a jock.
Grandmothers are great!
Billy Budd
I came out after my grandparents had died. Only half of them would have accepted me. Two were bigoted against gays. Jews. Blacks. And practically all minorities. They were extremely conservative.
jkthsnk
At 56, having come of age in a very different world, I chuckle in joy and wonderment when anyone under 30 says “it took me years to come out”.