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BuzzFeed (Accidentally?) Reinforces Gay Stereotypes With Controversial Video

BuzzFeed (Accidentally?) Reinforces Gay Stereotypes With Controversial Video

BuzzFeed (Accidentally?) Reinforces Gay Stereotypes With Controversial Video

And gay Twitter is pissed...

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BuzzFeed LGBT recently published a video titled "I'm Gay But I'm Not," in which various gay men talk about the stereotypes they don't fit into. The video currently has over eight million views and 82,000 likes, but it isn't rubbing everyone the right way.

Several tweets responding to the video have gone viral, and the gay discourse ignited a heated conversation. 

 

 

While the video's intention might have been to show that not all gay men fall in line with stereotypes, it ends up distancing the men from these cliched ideas of homosexuality and femininity and effectively deems themselves superior than.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preach Damita Jo!

The Facebook comments underneath the video are just as heated. One unknowing user detaield exactly what was wrong with the video, "I'm gay and I'm a right-winger. I don't like flamboyantly gay people because I think they create the stereotype I deeply feel like I have to fight against everyday." Other comments made sure to remind everyone that all kinds of gay are okay, "And to all you 'stereotypical' gay guys out there, you fucking rock and no, you aren't being 'too gay' or 'to flamboyant' by being yourself." While the video might not have meant to marginalize the people it was made for, giving a pass to demean some of the most vulnerable in the community isn't doing any of us any good.

In a Dear Abby-esqe reader response column on Grindr's INTO,  JP Brammar outlined BuzzFeed's internalized homophobia flaw perfectly; "The problem is that you have chosen to frame your struggle as something that makes you superior to other gay people who do enjoy the things you have written off as shallow. You believe it sets you apart in a way that makes you better or more special."

And at the end of the day, we're all out here sucking d**k. Can't we all just get along?

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Taylor Henderson

Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one! 

Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!