A video of a group of schoolgirls squealing with delight as they watch a gay couple share a peck on the lips has gone viral.
In the 25-second video, the girls are seen ecstatically cheering for the couple like they’re at a Justin Bieber concert. When they cry “Again! Do it again!”, the guy filming flips his camera around to smooch his boyfriend a second time. More excited chaos and screaming ensues.
The video, which was uploaded only a view days ago, has already received over 126K likes and 3 million views.
this is literally my favorite video pic.twitter.com/X5BiqzwdfG
— jon ? (@bIaze4ever) May 26, 2020
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I wish wish wish I had seen two hot guys snogging when I had been there age! It might have really helped me coming to terms with my sexuality without all the years of hating myself and torment I went through thinking I was the only gay in the world and I would have a life of hell
— dontcancelmethistime (@dontcancelmeth1) May 28, 2020
girl in the back be having out-of-body experience🤣💀 pic.twitter.com/5QQZgSIIbX
— BΔK (@guccybey) May 28, 2020
All these kids are my spirit animals😂😂😂😂😂
— bad bad bitch. (@valarrrrrrry) May 28, 2020
ONE MORE TIIIIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
It’s me living my own dramas on my mind 💥— Fran 🚀🧑🏻💻 (@__franvillegas) May 27, 2020
as much as this is a funny, beautiful and loving video, this gives me hope for better days to come in my life~
— RWinterWolf1 (@RWinterWolf1) May 28, 2020
Lmao everyone having a great time . Chaotic energy 🤣
— Rubin (@Rubin13720212) May 28, 2020
Okay but he’s low key kinda hot 🥵 pic.twitter.com/ZL4sgWsuVt
— i’m the ugly sibiling (@arkadiuus) May 27, 2020
Gays are so powerful 😌
— Harry McSteen (@HarryMcsteen) May 27, 2020
Here’s the “extended cut” shared by Tanner Rex, who originally shot the video:
Donston
It really is starting to feel like so many “gay” things are designed to appeal to and appease teenage girls first and foremost. And I have some rather mixed feelings about that.
Hussain-TheCanadian
Personally I blame GLEE, that show gives the impression that gay life is akin to High school.
Donston
The reactions seem less about being positive and supportive and more about sensationalism. I don’t blame the girls here. It’s just a bit strange and over-the-top, especially with this being 2020. But yes, a lot of “gay entertainment” is starting to feel like it takes teenage girls into account before anyone else. While you got “straight guys” making out on social media, mostly to appease girls. You have gay couples making out on social media mostly to appease young girls. You have some dudes embracing certain identities mostly to appease women and female driven identity politics. I don’t know if this is gonna sound misogynistic, but identities and same sex affections, passions, love, relationships should not be filtered through women and be mostly about appealing to women. That’s rather dangerous territory, especially for guys who are homosexual, “gay”, lean overall homo when it comes to the orientation spectrum. It’s reminiscent of the 90s where most female-female stuff was presented as merely something to tantalize men and something for dudes to gawk at.
Charlie in Charge
Well I mean when it comes to fiction at the very least straight women are the largest market for gay male storylines. And that’s wildly unexpected and not uncomplicated but it does feel like a step forward – and also means the smaller gay make audience gets to have more gay media.
Hussain-TheCanadian
I agree, when I think about my sexuality, the different layers of my identity and how I see myself, it has absolutely nothing to do with women, their perceptions, wants, needs, safe space, approval, or anything associated with them.
Now I must also admit, my biggest supporters are the women in my life, my cousins, aunts, my mom, my friends – It feels like im under their protection, which is something I appreciate. I’m actually now curious as to why that is???
Donston
Women are often the most immediate and most persistent protectors and supporters of “queers”. In school (or even adulthood) they are the ones making sure you feel comfortable and don’t feel left out and don’t get your ass kicked everyday. While on social media, a lot of the non-closeted dudes have followings that are majority women. Online most of the content from “gay” creators is content that’s consumed mostly by women. When it comes to sociology between males it is often tainted by homophobia, internalized homophobia, femme-phobia, closet cases, gay insecurities, misogyny, self-misandry, toxic masculinity, masculine pressure and masculine superiority, obsessions with “straight” or hetero-leaning guys. Males are less likely to be open about their feelings and less willing to express emotions and their struggles, especially with each other. We’re more likely to make everything about sex and ego. We’re more likely to be judgmental or ignorant when it comes understanding and expressing identity, gender, sexuality, and the romantic, sexual, affection, emotional investment, relationship contentment spectrum.
All of this has created some very odd and sometimes off-putting trends in how dudes present themselves and the type of “gay entertainment” we’re starting to see. A lot of “queer” males feel as if they owe women and need women for sociological status. These dynamics are having too big of an impact on how males present and express themselves. And to make a long post short (or not) this is why guys do these sort of things in front of girls and why girls think it’s okay to gawk or make male-male dynamics about them.
Hussain-TheCanadian
It would be awesome to look into the reasons behind why women, generally speaking, behave this way around us – I think, in my humble opinion, it has to do with being true friends to them, being close to them, they know we dont having an ulterior motive towards. We are men they can trust and be themselves around?
As for straight men, not only what you wrote is true Donston, but i also notice they, generally speaking, have disdain towards femininity, and anything associated with it, from attitudes, to colours, to tastes. Perhaps this is why, we are lumped under the “female” character by straight men; Its of course a taught attitude, and its there to enforce gender roles.
Maybe thats why teenage girl find gay men fascinating, we are different, exotic, exactly how they wished straight men to be when it comes to sensitivity, listening, showing our emotions? When these girl get older, these feelings for us get carried over into adulthood, and became our “protectors”?
What do you think?
Donston
I definitely agree with most of that as well as of course everything I said. It’s a complicated discussion like so much else. But it’s a discussion that almost no one is having. How the female gaze, female sociology, female politics, female protection and female approval affects “gay entertainment” and generally affects “queer males” (or hell, affects males in general) is a conversation that needs to be more widely had.
CityguyUSA
This isn’t intimacy for entertainment by circus freaks. It’s not the fat lady or the conjoined twins which we long ago stopped laughing and sneering at. We are not queer for mass consumption.
Donston
I honestly think a decent amount of “queers” feed off the idea that same-sex behaviors, attractions, passions, love, relationships is supposed to be “subversive”. Some resent how “normalized” it’s become. And then they look for other ways to get attention or validation or come off different and unique. It’s definitely not just women and the “straight world” who egg it on.
Donston
In other words, there are many “queers” about that let me exploit my identities, sexual behaviors, dimensions life. Please gawk, please stare, please see me as subversive life. That’s especially the case when it comes to social media.
Creamsicle
It’s still an improvement from kids freaking out over two men kissing in a negative way (there may be some of that mixed in here, but kids can’t be blamed for how they’re raised). They’re being positive about seeing a happy gay couple. If it makes you cringe, then just remind yourself that they’re kids. We all do cringey things as kids, at least this is something that made a couple feel special.
These girls may cringe a little at this video in the future, but it won’t be because they regret supporting gay people, just how they expressed it.
Donston
Like I said, I don’t have any issue with those girls. I wanted to be very clear about that if I haven’t already.
tannerrex
Hello!
This is my video! Can you please give me credit? My Instagram is @tannerrex1
Doug
Love this video, it made my day! I just posted it to Facebook.
Kangol2
I love it, and thank you tannerrex for this video!
cubcmh
Do you honestly think this is a positive response? Seems more like they’re making fun of the guys.
Andy
I got that immediate impression too that they were making fun of two men kissing and not being supportive at all. I just don’t see their support. I watched it several times and never once did I get a different response. Just my opinion.
scottfarmer
I don’t think this is a positive response. Have these teenagers been sheltered that much that they’ve never seen a gay couple kiss? It’s 2020 for God’s sake.
BobNO
I’m in agreement with cubcmh….these dudes were being laughed at here. Oh how cute?
Remind me of the time I was in New Orleans on a bar balcony. I happened to kiss my bf and some straight people below kept saying do it again and holding their phone to take video. Really, my lovelife is not here for your entertainment! And no i didn’t do as they wanted.
ingyaom
What the hell is this?
dustashed
This is the equivalent of Yaoi