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Being gay isn't a choice, it's a game and I'm winning

"It says _transport_ not _cisport"_ absolutely sent me 😂

Saw this KZfaq short where the creator told the story about how she came out to her dad. "Dad, I like girls." "That's great!" "What?" "As you've gotten older, I've had trouble thinking of things we can relate to each other about. We can talk about pretty girls together!" 😂

I'm out as a trans man to my parents, they don't accept me but I've always fought with them about the whole "being gay is a choice" idiocy. My dad's only argument is that being gay is a choice because he's attracted to men but decides not to be 🙃 so I've grown tired of the arguments

Lesbianics sounds like a college course "Hey, is this the classroom for Lesbianics 101?"

when i was in high school my best friend refused to date any of the guys at our school or anywhere in the vicinity & she had a list a mile long of criteria for her to date a guy. it was like "the build of a WWE wrestler (a dealbreaker from the get-go when you're talking about 16yo boys), 6'3" tall exactly, blond hair, a cleft chin, dimples, no body hair" like a full page of qualities that no human being alive could meet and she WOULD NOT CONSIDER any guy who didn't meet ALL of them. we were like "uhhh sounds a bit militant, you hitting for the other team?" and she swore she was not. 10 years later i looked her up on facebook and indeed she was lol

NOO 😂 Jamie calling Gravity Falls Steven Universe- I can't tell if that's more hillarious or more dissapointing lmao

Jamie not realizing that that's gravity falls. I'm gonna die 😂

Golden Gaytime is definitely real, it's an ice cream brand that's been here in Australia so long the name meant something different when it was made, and it survived the intervening decades by being really nice ice cream and because kids would buy one and have a giggle about the name. They put out a few alternate flavours a few years back like the unicorn one and birthday cake. We're surprisingly adverse to changing long-named brands which is probably why it's survived this long, like people were up in arms over recent changes to a brand of candy and a brand of cheese because one was named after a racial stereotype about native Americans and the other was a straight up racial slur

6:06 My mom actually said I was satanic and said she "doesn't want that disgusting shit around her kids and it would be better if I never saw them again" Basically disowning me and banning me from seeing my siblings until they're adults. I live with my dad now and he's not accepting either so I got forced back into the closet at home. The free parent hugs mean so much and I hope everyone who needs one gets one♡

Just wanted to share a really good update! When I initially moved in with my Christian housemates a year ago, they were all pretty homophobic/transphobic. But now, I'm moving out, and they have grown so much! An enby person came to check out the room, and my housemates we're super lovely and respectful! So people can improve!

11:21 as much as i always want to explain and educate people, "i have standards" is just too powerful of a response not to make use of

Jamie: "you don't float, because gravity." Clown in the gutter: We all float down here, Jamie. You'll float, too.

So turns out broccoli, when it actually flowers, is actually quite cute and beautiful. They've got these delicate yellow blooms and I think would make lovely garlands

One of my favorites is when my homophobic brother in law said that he chose to be straight after I said that being gay wasn’t a choice anymore than being straight was and my sister (his wife!) and I just looked at each other like uhhhh….. we may have news for you. (But also even if being gay was a choice wouldn’t make it bad because people have the right to make that hypothetical choice)

This year I'm going to the pride parade. I don't like being touched but I'm offering free dad hugs because my momentary discomfort doesn't matter much when I can make a difference in someone's life. If I can help people feel wanted and loved, my life was well lived.

To all the lgbtqia+ kids who can't get a supportive hug from their parents, here's a virtual hug 🤗

2:01 That's Gravity Falls! It's a really good show about mystery solving :D

2:05 No, not at all. It's Gravity Falls.

that's not steven universe but gravity falls, i highly recommend watching both (imma also recommend the cartoon which quite literally sacrificed itself to have 2 girls kiss; the owl house)

I find it absolutely hilarious that the link for your book makes it look like it's called "The Tin LGBT"

As a bisexual woman, even though I have no context for the meme... Give me all the lemon bars.

it’s been 9 days since top surgery and 2 months on T for me. recovery is going super well and having these memes and this channel here through this (and for the last couple years leading up to this) has been a huge treat. much love to y’all. stay safe ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜

I'm Demisexual, and the running joke with my friends is that I'm Schrodinger's Bisexual. I have no idea if I'm only attracted to guys, period...or I've only been attracted to guys *so far*. The other joke is that maybe I just haven't met the right girl yet. I'll have to keep broccoli in my fridge for that potential eventuality. I absolutely love lemon bars, so maybe that's a clue.

The lemon bars started as meme in 2018. It was just completely random. I guess the original meme featured a gentleman in a tuxedo holding a tray of lemon bars, with the greeting, "welcome to the Bi side! Have a lemon bar." And, it just took off like hotcak - er - lemon bars. Also, I found a couple of dictionaries with entries for 'lesbianic', with the definition: "of or pertaining to lesbians." (WordSense Dictionary and Glosbe Dictionary) And finally, Golden Gaytime is a brand of crusted ice cream bars in Australia.

Yup, children don't hate unless they taught to hate. And they're not confused in the slightest by someone being LGBTQ+. I grew up with a lesbian aunt and the only thing I ever found confusing was when kids at school (when I was about 12 or so) said it was weird for two women to be together. btw, last autumn said aunt finally picked up the courage to marry her "roommate" of almost 50 years. I'm so proud of her and so happy for both of them!

Lesbionics is when you have two (or more) gay, female identifying, robots in a loving relationship.

My queer science teacher has mini pride flags on her classroom wall. Recent,y she has been told by another staff member that they are ‘unrelated to science, don’t help her teach, and are too political’. He then refused to fix her broken cupboard. But that amazing woman has kept her pride flags up because who cares what some guy has to say👏👏👏

Life: problems Smart people: become gay

1:55 "grandpa in a vest" "Steven Universe" NOO JAMIE NOOO 😭😭 (This is by no means anything against jamie i love this video)

Hey Jamie...Golden Gaytimes are an Ice-cream here in Australia. They are delicious. The advertising slogan/catchphrase was "It's so hard to have a gaytime on your own" This is the Wikipedia description "Golden Gaytime is a popular ice cream snack that is made and distributed by the Streets confectionery company in Australia, and first released in 1959. It is a toffee and vanilla ice cream dipped in compound chocolate, and wrapped in vanilla biscuit-like "crumbs" on a wooden paddlepop-stick."

Story time: I didn't come to the realisation until a while ago that my sisters and I had two mums at one point. For quick context, our parents got divorced when I was about maybe 4 or 5 years old (I don't remember) and our mum is bisexual. Mum met a woman (I'm gonna call her L because I don't wanna say her full name) who started living with us, and as I said earlier I didn't really understand because I was like 6 and I didn't even know LGBTQIA+ existed. I don't even think I questioned it, I was probably just like "This is normal." I'm not sure if my sisters who where like 8 and 3 at the time questioned it either. Anyway, we where a happy family. And we would sometimes visit L's sister and her family. Also, my sisters and I lived with our dad on Mondays and Tuesdays, and with our mum(s) on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and then every other Friday/weekend it would be whatever. A few years later mum and L broke up. To wrap this story up, I think it's pretty cool that my sisters and I had two mums. I probably should've explained a bit more, but I was lazy.

I've never had lemonbars, so I don't know if they fit my bisexual existence, but a couple of weeks ago I manage to fall off my office chair while trying to sit on it in the way I usually do. The bisexual way. Can we please come up with some other bi trait, because I hit my shoulder and it hurt? 😂😂😂💗💜💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I've been out as a pansexual for over 5 years and I sTILL get sent pictures of random cookware from my friends. It's actually really funny. xD

7:56 Oh, it gets even better. The far right’s boycott actually did hurt Budweiser’s bottom line. But here’s the catch-the parent company is a major political donor to right-wing politicians. 😂 There were a bunch of prominent R’s coming out and going basically, “Wait, wait! Don’t boycott them! They’re on our side!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Golden gaytimes are an Aussie ice-cream from back when "gay" was used to mean happy! But they're super iconic and well loved and thankfully never changed their name😊

9:09 The broccoli thing is fake. Sappho wrote about her partner wearing a garlands of violets. They became a symbol of Sapphic love, and they were exchanged between wlw as a special code. The original text featured in this post contains the word "violet", but a tumblr user named 'lesbianbroccoli' changed it into "broccoli", and a lot of people believe it to be true (I did for some time as well, not gonna lie).

as i bi girl i had no idea the lemon bars were a thing 😭

The most motherly hug I've ever had was at a pride event. I literally cried when I got that hug and I still think about it to this day even though it was like 5 years ago.

As a dad of 2 daughters, this is my Dream "Dad im into Girls" "Realy? Sweet me too. Whats your Type?"

My 6 yo nephew, raised his entire life being told that people cannot be attracted to people of the same gender, met my lesbian friend and her wife. His immediate response was oh cool, there can be so much more love in the world! The three of us were sobbing for 15 minutes straight

One of my favorite conversations I remember seeing shared online was somebody saying they didn’t want their kids to see a gay relationship on tv and turn gay and the response was that’s like saying you don’t want them to see a black person on tv and turn black and the first person said “they don’t have a choice” to which the second person responded “exactly” in a kind of mic 🎤drop tone. I probably butchered the exact conversation but you get the gist, it was hilariously perfect regardless!

Always loved the manufacturers of Golden Gaytime's reaction to the whole changing culture thing - it's the name of our product and we are sticking with it and we are going to lean into it by doing things like having Unicorn and Birthday Cake variants and you can make as many jokes as you like because we aren't changing.

I'm a "gay man" that's the label I broadly fit under, but I'm not just gay and I'm not just a man, I'm intersex nb (making me cis nb I think which is a weird concept) and I'm into dudes but if I fall for someone who isn't a dude I'm jot like going to lose my mind imma just be like ok cool I still found someone to love and who loves me that's good enough for me You lables dont need to fit you perfectly especially when you're questioning, but even once you're sure just use whatever label seems right at the time

I, a biromantic ace, am feeling very called out by the “clear phone cases” statement 😅

The whole 'being gay is a choice' argument automatically implies the person making it has made the choice to be straight, and only a bisexual person has the ability to make that kind of choice. So what they are really arguing is that they are bisexual and that majority of the 'straight' population is actually bisexual. The idea that the majority of humanity is bisexual actually makes a lot of sense, when you understand that the rules laid down by religion are specifically about controlling the behaviour of a population to benefit the elite. So it makes sense there would be a need to outlaw homosexual behaviour to force the naturally bisexual people into heterosexual relationships which is more likely to increase the population and more likely to reduce happiness and individuality, thus making the population more controllable and abundant.

3:47 I would be happy being myself but the hate and vitriol around me was so real that internalised all the s**tty energy and became toxic waste. It’s still a journey to be happy for myself.

2:20 Its gravity falls! the old guy is gruncle stan :)

5:30 One of the reasons I LIKE getting older: I can give those parental hugs to more people who need them. Yes, yes, we can give hugs, either way, but it hits different when you have that parental status, and it gives people a boost.

So i was looking at this and realized that the word 'gay' use to mean 'happy' which i think is just amazing. BE GAY = BE HAPPY❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

2:10 thats gravity falls. and thats stan, grumpy grand uncle of thos kids and manager of that guy

I can’t come out in real life yet, but I just want to say that I recently embraced my bisexuality… and I must admit that at least part of getting over my internalized homophobia and reaching a place that I could accept that part of myself came through watching this channel! 💙💜🩷

The whole more than one mom thing makes me think of my daughter. I was explaining that in the show Steven Universe, he has 3 moms and she then asks me how many moms she has. I tell her “Well, just one, me”. And she goes: “Aww that’s not fair! I only got one!” and she sounded so offended and upset at only having one mom 😂

I can already see Jammi's face at 4:02 becoming a meme

"Is that Steven universe?" I let out a wail of sorrow. Jamie, my inspirational friend. That's gravity falls!

This full-grown man has a wife and a Ph.D. But, he chooses to review memes on the internet for a living. 2023 is unhinged and I LOVE IT! Go, Jamie!

Some transphob on twitter told me "you look feminine" 😂 in what way is that an insult? Is my beard to fem? Maybe it's my lack of hair / male hair line? I don't get how they think it's gonna be offensive to me. I've been out over 10 years and I have embraced my femininity after years of pushing it away. I now have my ears pierced and paint my nails (mainly to show my niece that it's okay for boys to be fem and girls to be masc) but also because I like it. What's wrong with having a little bit of fem mixed into my masc? It's like just because they see the world in black and white doesn't mean we have to.

The trans-gay realization cracked me up xD I always knew I'm pan, but as a very late FtM transitioner I'm growing more and more into my masculine role, just to realize how gay I actually am xD It's still such an overwhelming concept for me to grasp that I wasn't able to express all of this while being stuck in a female body. It's wonderful and exciting and I'm so much looking forward to everything I'm yet to uncover about myself!

I sometimes worry that you're too wholesome to realize that _in a genocide, cruelty is the point._ They're not just snobs. We're not just scapegoats. We're a sacrifice they're making to the tyrannical culture they want.

I love the parents offering comfort to others like that. I never had the opportunity to come out to my parents, both my parents passed before I came out, I was very close with my mum and I often think about how she would have taken the news that she actually had a son not a daughter. hearing things like this makes my heart swell.

2:34 I needed to hear that so much! I've recently been questioning my gender and there's been a lot of stress to find the right label and pronouns. Hearing this immediately made all that stress go away!

Golden Gaytimes are real, and they are fantastic! They are an Austrlaian thing 😂

Whether a word or not, _"lesbianics"_ just entered my vocabulary!

I was looking at non-binary comics when I got the notification and I’m very excited :]

Hey, if anyone was wondering, Golden Gaytime is a thing in Australia! And they do have a birthday cake one if I remember correctly.

I just got my first binder and I'm so excited!!! I can't tell many people right now, but I'm excited to at least say it here! ❤️

If you listen closely, you can hear the anguished cries of Gravity Falls fans in the distance.

8:38 "Anything a rainbow whispers next to" 😅. It's funny (and sad) because it's true

I was baking and eating lemon bars as a young teen, before I even understood that I was bisexual 😂

Jamie's hair is looking great!

I hope you guys are having the gayest day or night! 🌈🌈🌈

2:00 It is NOT, in fact, Steven Universe It Is Gravity Falls

1:55 Oh, Jamie, my sweet summer child... That is Grunkle Stan from Gravity Falls. It's an amazing show, I highly recommend 😀 3:53 THAT LOOK 😂

"I wish that birthday cake gaytime were real" - Well Jamie, wait until you find out about this magical land called ✨AUSTRALIA ✨ Gaytime has been a very popular icecream here since it's most-used meaning was just happy. And they haven't changed their branding coz the name just gets better and better with time.

I love the one with the toddler asking why there weren't 3 moms. So cute!

I want to use lesbianics in my everyday vernacular lol. It sounds like a superpower that only lesbians have

5:06 Jammie says what he was expecting. I look down at my legs, I am sitting on one and my chair is only on two legs. I look over at my phone that's charging, it's in a clear case. I feel seen (I usually don't wear pants, do shorts count for the rolled up pants?)

2:26 I must say, the community is great. I don't fit into the umbrella terms and they still accepted me. I have a few friends within the community and they helped me understand a few things and helped calm my fears and nerves. They are a great bunch of people. You guys rock.

Sees a Gravity Falls meme “Am I correct in saying that is Steven Universe” I don’t want to come off as cruel that just made me laugh for the first time all day.

Yes, Jamie, there is a Golden Gaytime. It's an ice cream on a stick (I think you call that an "ice lolly"?), and an Australian icon. For most of the 1980s the advertising slogan was "It's hard to have a gay time on your own". The product you were looking at was a birthday cake variant.

Thanks for being you.

Jamie, sweet handsome man. There are frogs that change their sex in the Amazon. I think that is where the frog thing comes from. Nature finds a way ❤❤❤

10 years ago a lot of people said I was gay and I panicked and denied it, now I'm just being the queer that I am. For a strange reason when I was in the closet everyone realized I was gay, now a lot of people tell me they don't realize I'm gay and they are surprised when I tell them I am 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Jamie showing his book: look at this beauty Me, an intellectual: do you mean this beau-T?

2:05 Close, it's Gravity Falls. Great vid, as always!

10:32 My friend actually had 3 moms, lol. In that case, it wasn't because of polyamory, but instead, 2 of them got divorced, and then one married the third, but the divorced wives were still on fairly good terms with each other. Hence - 3 moms.

As an Aussie I can tell you that Golden Gaytimes at 14:59 are definitely real! Don’t know what that flavour is like, but I love the original ones, highly recommend

Hey Jamie. Could you make a video on trans positivity or good news for trans people because all of the stuff in the news right now kinda sucks and even when I searched up trans positivity on youtube I mostly got transphobia.

About the broccoli thing, I remember seeing OT reacting to this, and talking about broccoli flowers. I don't remember if he said that he thinks that they weren't giving broccoli but broccoli flowers, but it would make sense. The broccoli necklace would make more sense too.

I finally pulled the trigger and pre-ordered your book! 😝

“Why not 3?” Made me so happy!

The "gay is a choice" thing is odd. Before i knew i was aroace i thought attraction was a choice (and that i just chose to not have any). And even then i was just like "everyone can choose what they want as long as it doesnt harm others so its not a problem". So thinking its a choice is still not a reason for hate

Hey Jamie! I absolutely adore these positive LGBTQ memes, would love to see more of them more often in the future! The world can be cold, but positive trans memes are lit

I remember me and my best friend were just talking about sexuality and her 6-8yrold brother (I can’t remember how old he was exactly) randomly just asks “why are you gay?” And I was just dying laughing, but then he asked me to show him pride flags and he liked how they looked

I'm so excited about the book! My child came out as trans and I really hope he likes this book! And I hope it helps us both navigate this transition period. Love your content! I have learned so much.

Just got done w/ state testing, these videos always make me feel better after a struggle like a test; thanks Jamie :)

12:06 According to Google....the lemon bars are now classed as ' bisexual', because they become an official pastry snack within the bisexual community, because they are popular. I am sure someone will be able to share more light into this, but this is all I got.

Not sure about the catchphrase in the bottom corner, but as an Australian, can confirm golden gaytimes are absolutely real! The kind of ice cream they sell singles of in those cold boxes with the see-through slide-y lids.

Me to my parents: I think I like girls... Still like guys tho... My dad: same Me and my mom:....*realizes*