A single tweet about gay culture has gotten everyone’s attention and it has Gay Twitter™ feeling divided.
Yesterday, twitter user @Gay-Z used a Sex and the City reference to explain what it’s like being gay in a heteronormative world, tweeting: “Gay culture is being the Samantha of your straight group, but the Charlotte of your gay one.”
Gay culture is being the Samatha of your straight group, but the Charlotte of your gay one
— Gay-Z ????? (@FabDambrosio) November 6, 2019
For those who less versed in Sex and the City trivia, Samantha was the most sexually-liberated of the show’s four main characters, possessing a more casual, laissez-faire attitude towards promiscuity. Meanwhile, Charlotte was the most reserved of the group who believed in monogamy and frowned upon sex with strangers.
In less than 24 hours, the tweet received over 500 likes, almost 100 retweets, and several comments.
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— Paul Castro (@ItzMePaulyC) November 6, 2019
What if you’re the Samantha of both??
— Rory (@rorysuxx) November 7, 2019
I’m the Samantha in both pic.twitter.com/VRzvuai1eB
— Adam (@TeamRivers) November 6, 2019
Gay culture is also staying in your apartment and ordering food online so you won’t have to interact with people.
— I was told there’d be cake, not Nazis. (@DavidGMcGreevy) November 7, 2019
But not everyone appreciated the SATC reference, feeling the hit HBO show from 20 years ago hasn’t aged well.
What if SATC didn’t age well and we need another group to use as a pop culture reference?
— Michael Meyer 🏳️🌈 👬🇨🇦 (@HoganBCMJ) November 7, 2019
What if you Never watched SATC, and so don’t know what these gays are talking about?
— I was told there’d be cake, not Nazis. (@DavidGMcGreevy) November 7, 2019
I suggest these ladies…. pic.twitter.com/7plqiv92y5
— The Forgotten Spice Girl – Pumpkin Spice (@seminole94) November 7, 2019
I’m Australian and don’t get the references. Who are Samantha and Charlotte?
— Lindsay Pandragon (@Fire_and_Shadow) November 7, 2019
What do you think? Does this tweet accurately sum up gay culture? Sound off in the comments section below…
Thad
I only know that on the “Sex & The City” slot machines, Samantha pays out more than Charlotte. (Of course, the best jackpot is Mr. Big )
linx1240
Yes, Mr Big is quite the jackpot for sure!!
tf3.0
Masc gay culture is having never seen an episode of Sex in the City, not knowing who any of these people are.
linx1240
I am a big fan of Sex in the City, but I don’t get why anyone gives a crap at all about this…I am who I am with straight people and Gay people and if no-one likes it then FU*K them, then I don’t need their friendship..
dustashed
Gay culture is different all over the world and different even various states; In a vacuum the statement would not mean anything to anyone not well versed in SATC, but even just by reading it one can extrapolate the info that one of these girls must be the promiscuous and the other is the reserved one
controversial2019
I get the reference.
From my discussions and interactions with other gay men, we as a Group tend to have sexual interests which straight people find ‘wild’ (most find rimming to be wild!); so yes, to the Straights you might seem wild and sexually adventurous (like Samantha).
However using the above situation, because so many of the Group tend to have these interests, the Group just finds them vanilla. Standard. Nothing special. And therefore one might be looked upon as being sexually ‘uninventive’ or ‘bland’ – thus the Charlotte comparison.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
HOW PATHETIC! I made a comment critical about Graham Gremore and he deleted it!!!
chupacabra
no. gay culture is knowing what this vapid shit means
Manchester
I think people are reading way too much into this, as usual.
Gary Q VV
Interesting question if you study social phenomena.
MatthewHall
This conversation isn’t about culture, it’s about identity. Culture is a system of agreed identities. There are no agreed gay identities today.