“It's like we seem to be making a difference in these young people and to some older people, as well. “I have cried, and they have been tears of joy,” Jessay Martin, 67, told TODAY.
Louis, whenever I would go to a gay bar it was always through a back alley door." Jon Premosch for TODAY Louis and then San Francisco up until 1990, before moving to the desert outside of Palm Springs to focus on his sculpting. It turned out to be rather enjoyable.”įrom there, people of all ages, especially younger social media users, fell in love with them and started following their conversations, which include everything from their hilarious reactions to Cardi B's “WAP” music video to sharing their coming out journeys to a look back on the loves of their lives. “The first video we didn't really get paid anything for, we just went basically for the fun of it,” Robert Reeves, 78, told TODAY. X is and Y is, whether that’s hating your job or supporting the LGBT community.Based in Cathedral City, California, right outside the LGBTQ enclave of Palm Springs, the foursome of gay men, who range in age from the mid-60s to late 70s, were already friends when the dating app Grindr began using them as subjects in videos back in 2018. At this point, the “X said Y” formula begins to solidify. The Donkey Kong iteration also has loose ties to internet memes like the one that casts the Babadook as a gay icon. In other words, “Donkey Kong said trans rights.” That quickly became a meme, complete with fan art of Donkey Kong waving the trans flag and offering up support to the trans community. On-stream, Kirkhope said “trans rights” in DK’s voice. He also received a call from Grant Kirkhope, who voiced Donkey Kong 64’s titular character.
His stream also featured call-ins from the likes of Chelsea Manning and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Over the course of a weekend, playing the classic Donkey Kong 64 nonstop, Hbomberguy raised more than $340,000 for Mermaids. Last month, the YouTuber known as Hbomberguy hosted a marathon Twitch stream to raise money for Mermaids, a U.K. The meme then jumps to another Nintendo property, Donkey Kong (Nintendo properties are particularly rich veins for mining memes). Since then, the trend has mutated substantially. The overall concept has been something of a running gag online for a while, most famously encapsulated in a fake FCKH8 ad featuring Jennifer Lawrence.
Why the video of two celebrities, exclaiming “Gay rights!” without any context or elaboration, has captivated a certain corner of the internet requires knowledge of a somewhat convoluted series of events. Then I asked Olivia if she would too and she was super excited to do so.” The two clips, edited together, were also aggregated by a Rachel Weisz fan account.Įveryone say thank you rachel weisz and olivia colman /Cwu4cXW1Ad- brookie February 10, 2019 “Olivia followed closely behind and Rachel was all giddy telling Olivia about the gay rights video I had her do. “What gave me the idea was because Rachel always talks about kissing Olivia with such joy,” the videographer, a 19-year-old named Grace, told the Press Association. OLIVIA SAYING GAY RIGHTS TOO /OIWV3YEWWj- gay rights! grace February 10, 2019 RACHEL SAYING GAY RIGHTS AND HUGGING ME /4F9xLC7VQw- gay rights! grace February 10, 2019 That’s where an enterprising fan asked the pair to say “gay rights.” Last night, Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz said, “Gay rights!” The pair - both awards-season favorites for their performances in, uh, The Favourite - were walking the red carpet ahead of the British Academy Film Awards posing for the paparazzi and greeting fans.