Be ready because I like to write paragraphs it it might be a long one : There’s this memorable time, a few days after I turned 15, I swapped socials with this girl in my online class. We hopped on a call, and we just clicked instantly. We went from talking about tea and warm drinks, to our favourite comics, to our favourite music tastes. At some point, it was 2 am, and I mentioned going on a “coffee date” as a joke. But she took it a little more seriously, saying: “okay but wait. So I’m like really fucking gay so you know if we wanna go on this date-“ That. That sent me in MAJOR gay panic. she was asking me if I was a girl or not. Because I didn’t clarify at first. I stumbled over my words, and avoided taking the hint. I quickly moved on to another topic because I WAS SO SCARED LMAO So I guess that was my first “partial gay awakening”. Because I wasn’t fully sure. I thought maybe I was just scared. My second “Gay awakening” that fully confirmed I liked girls was when I watched the Last of us. My family took my phone and went through all my messages. They found out I was talking to that girl I made friends with. I’m not gonna spill too much about what they did, but they isolated me from everything and everyone. They burned my drawings, set up Microsoft family on my computer, and reset my phone. I was lucky enough to even have access to youtube - watching video game playthroughs kept me going. I started watching the Last of us, and I was so fascinated by Ellie. Like - she was pretty, she presented more “masculine”, and she was a badass? Looking at her sent me into gay panic. I saw Ellie and Riley kiss, I understood that ellie was a lesbian that was when I realized I might like girls. My heart just ached when I reminded myself that ellie isn’t real. She’s fictional and I’m probably never going to be with someone like her. I remembered how I felt about people like Zendaya in a suit or Maya hawke in stranger things. Characters like Vi from arcane (I internally screamed whenever I saw her ;-;) , tiana from “Princess and the frog”, Mulan from - well, “Mulan”, Penny from “Bolt”, violet from “the walking dead, or chloe and steph from life is strange. That girl I was on a call with for hours and hours also WOAH I JUST REMEMBERED - If rainbow dash playing the guitar in the final battle of MLP equestria girls wasn't y'alls gay awakening - THEN WHAT IS. That scene played with every hear string, and made me wanna scream SO BAD AAAA The more I thought about it, the more I felt like “god it makes so much sense”. It wasn’t too long before that realization because a scary reality, I was shaking , I shut my computer, deleted all my history, and I cried until I felt empty. Empty because there was no one to help me through it. My parents took everything away and I had no one to comfort me, or help me through these feelings. Wellll that didn’t end so positive. I promise I didn’t mean to make this paragraph **this** big. I’m sorry, I think I just needed to vent :,D Also mak I might've just DmD with a helpful idea about needing help with youtube editing
Thirteen from Dr House, I didn't even watch the show, or much TV at all, but some scenes with her came up when my mom would leave the TV on in the afternoon, and I didn't understand why I was so fascinated by her! Also, the women rock climbing when I went in high school. Shoulders? I did not understand why I was so intimidated then either!
It wasn't really waking up as such, I think I've always been fascinated with women for as long as I can remember. Friends, girls I saw on TV, Disney movies. But my conscientious gay confirmation was definitely Korra and Asami, both equally and each in a different way. I mean, Korra with those blue eyes, her smile, that explosive attitude and how strong she is, oh gosh, her muscles. And Asami, so elegant, feminine but also intense, the way she fights, never loses her grace. From then on I knew and accepted what I am 🌈
Korra and all of her muscles literally took me out😵. Still hooked and now being able to read the follow up comics to the show where you actually see the exploration of Korrasami is such a gift❤
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swan in Pirates of the Carribean was probably my first gay awakening, all the sea swept, pirate vibes! Kristen Stewart in the runaways (!!) is such a big one from my teens - there is this one scene to the song crimson and clover with Dakota Fanning and omg i think i died. Then also like Morgana in Merlin, Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and Riversong in Dr Who when I was younger - all slightly unhinged dom witchy femmes?
Oh goodness, yeeaaah, Elizabeth... I always thought I was attracted to Will and wanted to be her, but looking back I realize I wanted to be him maybe even more than her :D.
Literally could not agree more. I remember distinctly it was the one where she was with Jack and I opened it like “damn why am I so much more entranced by Mak than Jack?”
For the people who also had a crush on Sharpay, Ashley Tisdale actually plays a lesbian in this really cute christmas show (1 season, easy to binge heheh) called Merry Happy Whatever, I rewatch it every year :’)
Growing up, I think my first gay awakening was Suki from Avatar: The Last Airbender, but of course I didn't know this cause I was like 5. Then I was falling for my best friend who is also my childhood friend to which we have not spoken in a while (after I confessed......yup😬) but even then I still didn't think I was gay! It took me watching the Bumblebee movie and seeing Hailee Steinfeld to be like, "huh I think I may be bi" and then it took another additional 3 to 4 years to realize that I'm a lesbian who doesn't like to think of men in a romantic light because every relationship was actually for ✨male validation✨ (except for fictional men, don't hate me, you know you like the fictional men too) So now I'm a raging lesbian, who my mom surprisingly knows I'm a lesbian from a conversation we had where she said "my daughter is a lesbian" even though I told her I was bi 3 years ago and never said anything about me being a lesbian lately....👀
This is such a specific experience that it's kind of a relief to see that I'm not the only one 💀 Though to be fair, he didn't make me realize I was gay, not fully -- we just _definitely_ did the "homoerotic best friends" thing the whole time we were in each other's lives.
When I was in middle school, the girls in my class kept asking who my crush was (before I realized I was gay). I eventually told them (and ended up believing) it was my friend, who later came out as trans (mtf).
my gay awakening is two things but same person. both liz gillies. one scene in victorious where jade and tori are singing take a hint. (more specifically the counting omggg) the second one is liz gillies playing Fallon in dynasty and the scene where Fallon storms in and hits someone then goes to shout at her mom. ( she says "where Is she") honestly flustered!!
Okay so when I was 8 I was at CHRISTIAN SUMMER CAMP and we got back from a field trip at the pool. There were only two girls bathrooms (without stalls) and we couldn't all change in one room because "seeing other girls like that is a sin" ANYWAY they put on a movie for us (despicable me) and I fall in love with Margo as one does. I didn't realize why I was obsessed with her until I was like 11 and started watching Total Drama Island and start liking Gwen. Naturally, I get scared and suppress those thoughts. Still have only gotten through the first and half of the second episode of TDI. Needless to say there was a lot if religious guilt. Edit: I am doing a lot better now, and I am very thankful for my friends!
Mine was Elliot Page in Juno. I was just enthralled with the character and how badass she (Juno) was. I then became obsessed and watched literally every movie he was ever in and bought them all on DVD 😂 Before I knew I was queer, I would tell people “I’d go gay for [dead name] Page.” Said this for years and somehow I still thought I was straight. 🙄
This comment killed me because I used to say this, but it was "for CL from 2NE1, or Hyuna, or LE, or Riza Hawkeye" like....girl, if there's a list, maybe you have to sit down and think a bit 😂
My first gay crush was Britney Spears, then watched Girls Like Girls from Hayley Kiyoko a lot and a few years ago I had a 're-gay awakening' by watching Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 with her shaggy hairstyle... Literally said 'Ah Tonks man' and it came out of my toes so genuine lmao
I didn't even realise how much of an impact tie dye girl had until I stumbled across a tik tok this year! Also Wendy from the live action Peter Pan, and Keira Knightly in Pirates. I'm still not over Faith in Buffy either, I realise in saying this that I am both old and likely need a therapist.
As someone who unironically adores HSM2 (and 3) for many reasons....your thesis really made me consider new stances. So thank you Mak. Thank you for challenging me not to stick to the status quo.
That’s what a lot of people say about Hermione, but for me it wasn’t the stair case scene. It wasn’t one specific scene, but one I distinctly remember (I was 8 or 9) was when she punched Draco. Still my favorite scene.
OH MY GOD I am so glad you said Sharpay too because oh my god SAME i want her to be so mean to me, i was just a humble masc bean in awe of her hyper fem excellence I've never heard anyone else talk about this so thank you bc yes Sharpay had me like 😳😳
Meg was probably what I'd call my gay awakening at age 7, but once I really understood that I might be gay, I repressed so hard and for so long that I needed a second one. Enter She-Ra a few years ago, and Catra specifically... I like snarky, dark-haired, golden-hearted women who want out of their circumstances but don't know how to get out, what can I say 🙈 But even more than just the character similarities, there's a specific scene in the episode "Save the Cat" where the animation momentarily goes shot-for-shot with Hercules, but gay, and it hit me like a freight train. I still don't fully know how to put into words what it was like to watch that for the first time. It felt like my entire life had led to that moment. It was _very_ difficult to deny that I was a lesbian for much longer after that.
My gay awakening was almost two years ago. I was in a relationship with my second bf but on the verge of breaking up. And I had a new friend who joined our dnd campaign. She had a dating app on her phone and we causally did the "rating your choices" game. And in my mind, there was a tiny voice "Put down your phone! I'm right here!" But ofc I was 100% I'm straight. One day we accidentally were late from our dnd game cause there was a tiny wandering amusement park on the way to our friend's house so they paid for me the little shooting game just to win a plush pokemon for my birthday. I was never late for anything in my entire life so you can imagine... (While at that time my bf and my friends who hated him, were waiting for us to arrive.) And now, we've been dating for over a month, and I'm the happiest I ever was.
My gay awakening was posion ivy, okay so this is going to be a weird explanation because I am a amab (non-binary They/Them), but I just got a lot of gender envy from poison ivy even as a little kid and she helped me want to be more feminine because I thought she looked SO GOOD and even little me was like “damn I wanna be like her fr”, and now I’m gay and genderqueer so thanks ivy!
My gay awakening is a bit long. I was twelve years old, and I was in chorus at my middle school. Our school had a club where students could form bands and perform with the rest of the music classes. The night of the Spring Concert, my chorus class had already gone on stage, and my friend Leo was up there playing the piano, so I was paying attention. There was a girl on stage with him. Leo started to play, and the girl started to sing. It took maybe three notes for me to be absolutely enthralled. She sounded like an angel. I don’t even remember the song she sang. I was just focused on her. When she finished, my eyes followed her all the way back to her seat. I had had crushes before, at least I thought I did, but this was completely different. While my previous two crushes (first and second grade) had felt almost obligatory, this one felt like being hit by a truck. For the rest of the night, I couldn’t stop looking at her. This actually leads into my coming out story, if you want to hear that lol ❤
My gay awakenings were Kristen Stewart, Kristen Bell, Ava Capri, and all the Disney shows starring 'best friends.' Ooh and Jodie Sweetin in Full House.
My real-life gay awakening was one of my friends sophomore year. She was gay too, but said no when I asked her out. To be fair I wasn't really relationship material back then.
So thanks to sheltered Christianity I didn't realize I was gay until my 20s. But looking back, some that could have given me a clue a lot earlier: -Zipporah from Prince of Egypt (the skirt slits) -Princess Leia (not because of the bikini scene weirdly--white dress Leia and hair down with the Ewoks Leia) -Roberta from Swiss Family Robinson -Mary from Shipwrecked (Both girls dressed to pass as boys who get discovered) -Santana in Glee (specifically Santana and Dani)
My gay awakening was Sophia Lillis (Beverly) in the movie IT. Specifically the scene where the boys are about to jump into the river and debating who will go first and Bev comes in says “I’ll go!” drops her clothes (bathing suit underneath) and runs to jump into the river muttering “sissies” that did something to me and just her existence in general did and still does.. pls someone know what I mean lol
I was obsessed with Hermione when I was little. I would just constantly watch the movies and look up videos of her all the time. I also loved Astrid from How to train your dragon.
My gay awakenings (that I can remember at the moment): - Angie Harmon's intro scene in Agent Cody Banks (also her and Sasha Alexander's whole dynamic in Rizzoli and Isles) - Kia (Amanda Crew) and Yvonne (Jessica Lucas) scene in She's the Man when they are trying to make Viola's "Sebastian" have some sort of social status with women - The Princess Diaries gym teacher, Ms. Harbula played by Mindy Burbano, there's just something about her, I just watch sometimes for her - Lucy Liu in Charlie's Angels - Shego in Kim Possible - Jessica Biel as Mary on 7th Heaven - Stacey Farber as Ellie on Degrassi, then once she was gone I had a huge crush on Christine Prosperi who played Imogen and also Ms. Oh played by Cory Lee - Bridget (Kaley Cuoco) and Kerry (Amy Davidson) in 8 Simple Rules - Also my favorite song in Mulan has and remains to be A Girl Worth Fighting For, like how did I not know
My awakening was definitely Naomi Scott in Lemonade Mouth, Lava Girl from shark boy and lava girl, the whole Cheetah Girl cast, and Layla from Sky High 😮💨💅🏾
Bonnie - The Craft - when she walks into class late. And when she’s flirting with the passer-by. Jess and Jules- Bend it like Beckham - Locker room introduction to the team. Jess dressed up at the club, Jess and Jules just hanging out. Jess in her wedding outfit. Wild things- pretty much the whole film. Kelly and Peaches- St. Trinian’s - hockey scene. Makeover scene. Hot tottie.Whole film. Beca and Chloe- Pitch perfect 1,2+3. - mainly PP1 drunk Chloe flirting and the shower singing. Missy- Bring it on- audition, removing the fake tattoo. Andie- Step up 2- rain dance/last dance. Cammie, Zoe and Rachel - Coyote ugly - their introduction (Zoe and Rachel flirting). Whole film. Annabel - Freaky Friday 1976 - her whole look. I was born far too late after this film was made to have seen it as much as I have! (More times than FF2003’s). Penny, Gwen - Sky High Kate Bishop, Yelena- Hawkeye - any scene, Kate in a suit, long coat and jeans, Christmas jumper. Kate and Yelena fighting and complimenting each other. Really impresses have strong my Bi denial was (these are just the films I can think of not even music videos (Dip it low Christina Milian or TV)! I love these films for the plots and these characters for their arcs/ style/ interesting character type. These scenes are just funny/interesting.
In the live action Scooby Doo Monsters unleashed - when Daphne gives Velma a makeover and THE MOMENT she says "who's your mommy".... God help my 7yr old self. Also both the gals from the show "16", the one with the lemonade stand and the purple haired goth 💜
My gay awakening... though I didn't know it at the time, but there are so many that I'm realising now. Stick It - I agree so much. That movie is a comfort movie for me, but I definitely really liked Hayley in that ice bath scene... Silvermist in Tinkerbell😍absolutely mesmerized Nori in Barbie Mermaidia - just, wow Lava girl and the Ice Princess in Shark Boy and Lava Girl Catwoman (Halle Barry) ohhhh my days The Bring it On movies, specifically All or Nothing Huuuge gender envy from the guy from Treasure Planet in the opening scene especially The girl in Step Up 2, specifically the dance in the rain at the end Katara 100%, in her water tribe and fire nation outfit😍😍 There's definitely many more, but I can't think of them all now
my gay media awakenings in order of when I saw them: Sam from iCarly in knee length shorts, when Emma Watson punches Tom Felton in the 3rd movie (but now ofc everything in that franchise is on my blacklist), and Rory from Gilmore Girls.
In retrospect, meeting a tall woman even taller than me was important to me cos it helped me realise how IMPRESSED I am by the sheer presence of tall women, so a few years later it helped me be really happy to be a relatively tall woman myself, once I accepted being a woman at all. But an early celebrity crush I remember (which I thought was straight at the time) was Nadine in Free Willy 2. (Never saw 1. Only saw 2 cos my parents wanted orca footage on a vhs tape for a church sunday school lesson.)
Wanna know how i worked out i was lesbian? It was pride and i was bored so i drew my lgbtq friends with their flags behind them, i had a small gap left so i drew myself and was like, what flag do i use? I don't think there is a straight flag? Anyway so i didn't put a flag but then a few minutes later i was like huh, i never actually thought about my sexuality. Then, thinking time. I've never had a crush? Maybe I'm aro/ace? No i want to be in a relationship. probably just straight, right? No i really like girls, so pretty. Bi? Well actually i don't think i like guys. I think it was just compulsory heterosexuality, if i ever imagine myself in a straight relatilnship its always toxic/disney style (damsel in distress)/friendship. Lesbian. This process was from june 2022 to this late September btw. No seeing TV girls and going "oh shit", no crushed on friends, just going huh never thought about this stuff. I mean i always thought they were pretty (everyone in tinkerbell, silvermist specifically, every other princess, violet in incredibles, meg in hercules, Hermione and luna in harry potter, the newer shera, merida in brave etc) but never made me question anything, i think mainly because i always thought that girls were just made prettier. "Like it's not that I'm gay, it's just that it's a fact girls will always be prettier and better in everyway, I'm just telling the truth, sorry!"
i have had like so many gay awakenings but the main one is DEFINITELY ASAMI from the legend of korra like... omfg she can literally step on me all she wants. but the introductory scene for her was **chefs kiss** (basically all the women from the avatar universe are my gay awakenings so...)
Somehow this flew over my head in high school. I remember talking to my dad about one of my friends and saying how much more comfortable I was around her than with anyone else I knew and that I would marry her. As a friend of course. 🤦♀️ More recently I was at a tea shop and chatting with the barista as she made some tea for a customer and she put an empty tea bag into the teapot with two fingers and that was it for me, but I was surrounded by straight friends I wasn’t out to, so I was freaking out 😅
I'm pan. THE PANPANIC IN THE LION KING 2 WAS REAL. Also Esmeralda in the hunchback of Notre Dame, Sheego, Bubbles and buttercup the powerpuff girls, BARBIE, and here's the big "I should've known": Nina from the video game Tekken, specifically in her pink latex suit. My name is also Nina but like daaaamn.
Ngl I was actually really into Vanessa Hudgens 🙈 When I was a teen, I was really into these tan, dark eyes, dark hair type of girls, just like Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Naomi Scott, Zendayaa etc. I didn't realize it until my late teens. They are not really type anymore (except for Zendaya), but for sure some of my gay awakenings. My true gay awakenings were my irl crushes though.
I'm still not sure but for me the series "atypical" was a big awakening for me and realising that I'm literally the most obsessed person with LGBTQ+ who's not actually in it (yet?)
my gay awakenings: jade west - victorious (there's gonna be so many comments with that but what can we say🤷🏻♀️ we have taste) kim crawford - kickin it maya hart - girl meets world
Gay awakenings: Alice from resident evil, Jade west, Clementine from the walking dead game, Ellie from the last of us, Maggie from the walking dead THE LIST GOES ON
Stick It was my gay awakening. This is actually one of the only times I’ve heard someone else talk about it being their gay awakening, good to know I’m not alone 😂. Omg and Megara is just 😍
my gay awakening was azula from avatar the last airbender. that scene when shes pinned against the wall during the eclipse did things to me bro. i could fix her.
Totally relate to everything in this video and all I can say is thank you so much for letting me reminisce about growing up. Mattea is just so hilarious but loved and enjoyed this video a lot and thank you again
When me and my friend watched the outsiders and Dally helps the boys run away after they committed murder was iconic, and while my friend wanted to date him I wanted to be him.
My gay awakening was this one girl in 6th grade. I remember she had short hair that was like fluffy-curly and it was dyed red I think. I was looking at her and thinking omg and my friend was like “OMG DO YOU LIKE B, THATS A GIRL” I was so embarrassed and I had never really thought about until that moment and I was like oh shit I’m gay. I still see her around but I’m too nervous to talk to her even tho it’s been years haha
mine was probably when I watched Pitch perfect 3 at the song toxic. The awkward part was that I was watching it with my parents, and after we finished it, I rewatched it alone just to be sure that my feelings were right and that I was not just thinking that I am having them
My bi awakening (well, looking back really, since I took till I was 28 to actually realize I was bi) was either The Mummy or Pirates of the Caribbean. Also, Lord of the Rings for Legolas, Boromir, and Éowyn. And Meg, obviously, cuz she's legit. (I think Road to Eldorado gets an honorable mention for Miguel and Chel.)
My pansexual awakening was being confused about who I wanted to kiss during the kiss scene of the live action Peter Pan in 2003. This trend repeated itself with Love and Basketball (2000) when I saw it in 2004 😅
My gay awakening was Hayley Williams (from Paramore). I still simp so much for this women 🤞🏻 But my first gay crush was Ashoka Tano (from Star Wars the Clone Wars), but i didn't realize it at the time 🤡
I was honestly so bummed when mattea said vanessa hudgens coz i was like "WHY CANT NO ONE UNDERSTAND MY CHILDHOOD ASHLEY TISDALE PHASE?!" and then mak understood the assignment :')
Cybil from Silent Hill (2006). I don't know how to elaborate because if you've seen the movie I think you know why she was a gay awakening for me HAHAH Andy from Motocrossed (2001). Not a 'thirst trap' kind of moment at all but when I was 7-8 years old my parents said "Oh, she's a *lesbian*" talking about a celebrity. I remember asking them what it meant and when they told me, I said "I like girls and not boys too" I don't remember anything else about that moment because that was over 20 years ago, but it definitely stands out in my ~gay awakening~ moments from childhood.
Your my gay awakening. Jk this was actually a really good video as always and super funny (of course) AND WHEN ARE YOU DOING THE POLE DANCING VIDEO?!?!??!
my gay awakening was during lockdown watching Netflix- I literally watched she ra five times and didn't realize I was gay but then I watched Riverdale and idk why but there was this one episode (one of the earlier episodes of s2 like 1-6 or smt) where Cheryl walked through the diner with a bra and a vest and I was like- ... ohmygod do I like women--
My gay awakening was definitely maya from pretty little liars. Most dom fem vibes she’s just so pretty I can’t help it, every time i look at her its like a trance has been put on me.
mak was yelling at me about back in her day and my phone was turned up and my mom was like..'' who are you arguing with!!''. and i was like noone maks telling me how grateful i should be!! calm down!!..lmao
Literally Sky High. I knew I was bi because I had the biggest crushes on Warren Peace and Layla Williams. Literally criminal that they weren't end game.
Jade in victorious when she counts in take a hint...shego from kim possible, meg from hercules especially the solo song that she sings i think its i dont want to be in love, fifth harmony especially Lauren Jauregui and Camila Cabello, Anne Hathaway in the princess diaries and ella enchanted, Demi lovato, maya in girl meets world
Hi. I hope you're having a great day. Anyways I think my gay awakening was dove Cameron bc she was the first female celeb crush but also just my first female crush in general. Then I recently discovered that I don't really feel any s3xual or romantic attraction towards men. Like at all (I previously thought I was bi). But, yeah so I figured out I'm actually a lesbian. Edit: I also used to be like obsessed with liv&Maddie (kinda slightly still am) ( I've seen the entire show like 3 times),and I loved the descendants movies but now they make me kinda sad bc I miss Cameron boyce. I also had a MAJOR monster high phase.
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. Ok so my gay awakening was Maya Hart from Girl Meets World. This better be in the video of reacting to others’ gay awakenings. great video btwww
Comment your gay awakenings so me and mattea can react to them ;)
Be ready because I like to write paragraphs it it might be a long one :
There’s this memorable time, a few days after I turned 15, I swapped socials with this girl in my online class. We hopped on a call, and we just clicked instantly. We went from talking about tea and warm drinks, to our favourite comics, to our favourite music tastes. At some point, it was 2 am, and I mentioned going on a “coffee date” as a joke. But she took it a little more seriously, saying:
“okay but wait.
So I’m like
really fucking gay
so you know
if we wanna go on this date-“
That. That sent me in MAJOR gay panic. she was asking me if I was a girl or not. Because I didn’t clarify at first. I stumbled over my words, and avoided taking the hint. I quickly moved on to another topic because I WAS SO SCARED LMAO
So I guess that was my first “partial gay awakening”. Because I wasn’t fully sure. I thought maybe I was just scared.
My second “Gay awakening” that fully confirmed I liked girls was when I watched the Last of us. My family took my phone and went through all my messages. They found out I was talking to that girl I made friends with. I’m not gonna spill too much about what they did, but they isolated me from everything and everyone. They burned my drawings, set up Microsoft family on my computer, and reset my phone. I was lucky enough to even have access to youtube - watching video game playthroughs kept me going.
I started watching the Last of us, and I was so fascinated by Ellie. Like - she was pretty, she presented more “masculine”, and she was a badass? Looking at her sent me into gay panic. I saw Ellie and Riley kiss, I understood that ellie was a lesbian that was when I realized I might like girls. My heart just ached when I reminded myself that ellie isn’t real. She’s fictional and I’m probably never going to be with someone like her.
I remembered how I felt about people like Zendaya in a suit or Maya hawke in stranger things. Characters like Vi from arcane (I internally screamed whenever I saw her ;-;) , tiana from “Princess and the frog”, Mulan from - well, “Mulan”, Penny from “Bolt”, violet from “the walking dead, or chloe and steph from life is strange. That girl I was on a call with for hours and hours
also WOAH I JUST REMEMBERED - If rainbow dash playing the guitar in the final battle of MLP equestria girls wasn't y'alls gay awakening - THEN WHAT IS. That scene played with every hear string, and made me wanna scream SO BAD AAAA
The more I thought about it, the more I felt like “god it makes so much sense”. It wasn’t too long before that realization because a scary reality, I was shaking , I shut my computer, deleted all my history, and I cried until I felt empty. Empty because there was no one to help me through it. My parents took everything away and I had no one to comfort me, or help me through these feelings. Wellll that didn’t end so positive. I promise I didn’t mean to make this paragraph **this** big. I’m sorry, I think I just needed to vent :,D
Also mak I might've just DmD with a helpful idea about needing help with youtube editing
jade from victorious 🤭
when she sang “take a hint” and started counting down from three…. i can’t breathe
Viewing your channel
Thirteen from Dr House, I didn't even watch the show, or much TV at all, but some scenes with her came up when my mom would leave the TV on in the afternoon, and I didn't understand why I was so fascinated by her!
Also, the women rock climbing when I went in high school. Shoulders? I did not understand why I was so intimidated then either!
Velma from scooby do 2 when she walks out in the orange jumpsuit.
My Gay awakening was the video Mattea posted of her pranking you into thinking she paid $500 for an oil change and premium air.
That's hilarious
Probably a lot of girl saw that and had their gay awakening. Including me even though I was already gay when I saw that
Same
My gay awakening was the happiest season I think … kind of late though I’m 31 still figuring it out 🤷🏽♀️
No bc same
hey guys! so sorry the video has been delayed from last Sunday, it has been a crazy week but please trust that im doing my best to put content out!
I’ve always been told you just know, there’s no if sans or butts about it, have things changed?
You should react to your first videos with mattea lol 😂
No matter what day its posted on its a good day so dont worry bout it 😎
It wasn't really waking up as such, I think I've always been fascinated with women for as long as I can remember. Friends, girls I saw on TV, Disney movies. But my conscientious gay confirmation was definitely Korra and Asami, both equally and each in a different way.
I mean, Korra with those blue eyes, her smile, that explosive attitude and how strong she is, oh gosh, her muscles. And Asami, so elegant, feminine but also intense, the way she fights, never loses her grace.
From then on I knew and accepted what I am 🌈
Yess I agree, I also lowkey had a crush on Azula when I was younger lol
Korra and all of her muscles literally took me out😵. Still hooked and now being able to read the follow up comics to the show where you actually see the exploration of Korrasami is such a gift❤
Same 😂 and Azula too
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swan in Pirates of the Carribean was probably my first gay awakening, all the sea swept, pirate vibes! Kristen Stewart in the runaways (!!) is such a big one from my teens - there is this one scene to the song crimson and clover with Dakota Fanning and omg i think i died. Then also like Morgana in Merlin, Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and Riversong in Dr Who when I was younger - all slightly unhinged dom witchy femmes?
Oh goodness, yeeaaah, Elizabeth... I always thought I was attracted to Will and wanted to be her, but looking back I realize I wanted to be him maybe even more than her :D.
Ok, I see another Morgana fan here..
My gay awakening was literally you.... I watched your videos and I was like holy s**t im gay haha
Literally could not agree more. I remember distinctly it was the one where she was with Jack and I opened it like “damn why am I so much more entranced by Mak than Jack?”
THE SHOWER SCENE IN PITCH PERFECT
For the people who also had a crush on Sharpay, Ashley Tisdale actually plays a lesbian in this really cute christmas show (1 season, easy to binge heheh) called Merry Happy Whatever, I rewatch it every year :’)
GAY AWAKENING IS KATNISS EVERDEEN IN THE HUNGER GAMES CATCHING FIRE 😩😩
Gay awakening was Kat Stratford in 10 things I hate about you. Literally the entire movie just had me in awe
I love that movie!
my gay awakening was literally the first moment Ariana Grande appeared on Victorious in the first episode. I was ENTRANCED and still am
for me it was Jade lol
I always liked Cat, especially earlier on before she got stupid. My mum HATES her, though.
@@conlon4332 bro you gotta fix your mom LOL
@@luisa2278 that's also valid lol
My gay awaiking was probably the relationship between Casie and Izzie in the Netflix series "atypical"
When I tell you I watched that entire show bc I saw ONE edit of Casey …. Yeah it was a really good show
@@lemongrassandsleep6352 no but same, I miss them 🤒
Growing up, I think my first gay awakening was Suki from Avatar: The Last Airbender, but of course I didn't know this cause I was like 5.
Then I was falling for my best friend who is also my childhood friend to which we have not spoken in a while (after I confessed......yup😬) but even then I still didn't think I was gay!
It took me watching the Bumblebee movie and seeing Hailee Steinfeld to be like, "huh I think I may be bi" and then it took another additional 3 to 4 years to realize that I'm a lesbian who doesn't like to think of men in a romantic light because every relationship was actually for ✨male validation✨ (except for fictional men, don't hate me, you know you like the fictional men too)
So now I'm a raging lesbian, who my mom surprisingly knows I'm a lesbian from a conversation we had where she said "my daughter is a lesbian" even though I told her I was bi 3 years ago and never said anything about me being a lesbian lately....👀
Hailee Steinfeld, the universal sapphic awakening
Thanks for your story 😁
Hailee Steinfeld was my bi awakening too!!
Mine was definitely asami sato from the legend of korra.
@@coffeeislife8380 Oh my Hades, both Asami and Korra were so beautiful, I literally blushed the entire time I was watching the show
My gay awakening was my middle school best friend who later came out as transmasc which is honestly hilarious
the person who made me realise i was gay also turned out to be a trans guy omfg
This is such a specific experience that it's kind of a relief to see that I'm not the only one 💀 Though to be fair, he didn't make me realize I was gay, not fully -- we just _definitely_ did the "homoerotic best friends" thing the whole time we were in each other's lives.
When I was in middle school, the girls in my class kept asking who my crush was (before I realized I was gay). I eventually told them (and ended up believing) it was my friend, who later came out as trans (mtf).
@@nicolebacon2747 that is perfect omg
my gay awakening is two things but same person. both liz gillies. one scene in victorious where jade and tori are singing take a hint. (more specifically the counting omggg) the second one is liz gillies playing Fallon in dynasty and the scene where Fallon storms in and hits someone then goes to shout at her mom. ( she says "where Is she") honestly flustered!!
Okay so when I was 8 I was at CHRISTIAN SUMMER CAMP and we got back from a field trip at the pool. There were only two girls bathrooms (without stalls) and we couldn't all change in one room because "seeing other girls like that is a sin" ANYWAY they put on a movie for us (despicable me) and I fall in love with Margo as one does. I didn't realize why I was obsessed with her until I was like 11 and started watching Total Drama Island and start liking Gwen. Naturally, I get scared and suppress those thoughts. Still have only gotten through the first and half of the second episode of TDI. Needless to say there was a lot if religious guilt.
Edit: I am doing a lot better now, and I am very thankful for my friends!
Mine was Elliot Page in Juno. I was just enthralled with the character and how badass she (Juno) was. I then became obsessed and watched literally every movie he was ever in and bought them all on DVD 😂
Before I knew I was queer, I would tell people “I’d go gay for [dead name] Page.” Said this for years and somehow I still thought I was straight. 🙄
Omg he was mine too
This comment killed me because I used to say this, but it was "for CL from 2NE1, or Hyuna, or LE, or Riza Hawkeye" like....girl, if there's a list, maybe you have to sit down and think a bit 😂
My first gay crush was Britney Spears, then watched Girls Like Girls from Hayley Kiyoko a lot and a few years ago I had a 're-gay awakening' by watching Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 with her shaggy hairstyle... Literally said 'Ah Tonks man' and it came out of my toes so genuine lmao
I didn't even realise how much of an impact tie dye girl had until I stumbled across a tik tok this year!
Also Wendy from the live action Peter Pan, and Keira Knightly in Pirates. I'm still not over Faith in Buffy either, I realise in saying this that I am both old and likely need a therapist.
As someone who unironically adores HSM2 (and 3) for many reasons....your thesis really made me consider new stances. So thank you Mak. Thank you for challenging me not to stick to the status quo.
My gay awakening was Hermione when she wore that beautiful, pink dress and walked down the stairs. She looked so gorgeous
That’s what a lot of people say about Hermione, but for me it wasn’t the stair case scene. It wasn’t one specific scene, but one I distinctly remember (I was 8 or 9) was when she punched Draco. Still my favorite scene.
OH MY GOD I am so glad you said Sharpay too because oh my god SAME i want her to be so mean to me, i was just a humble masc bean in awe of her hyper fem excellence
I've never heard anyone else talk about this so thank you bc yes Sharpay had me like 😳😳
Meg was probably what I'd call my gay awakening at age 7, but once I really understood that I might be gay, I repressed so hard and for so long that I needed a second one. Enter She-Ra a few years ago, and Catra specifically... I like snarky, dark-haired, golden-hearted women who want out of their circumstances but don't know how to get out, what can I say 🙈 But even more than just the character similarities, there's a specific scene in the episode "Save the Cat" where the animation momentarily goes shot-for-shot with Hercules, but gay, and it hit me like a freight train. I still don't fully know how to put into words what it was like to watch that for the first time. It felt like my entire life had led to that moment. It was _very_ difficult to deny that I was a lesbian for much longer after that.
welp, same
My gay awakening was almost two years ago. I was in a relationship with my second bf but on the verge of breaking up. And I had a new friend who joined our dnd campaign. She had a dating app on her phone and we causally did the "rating your choices" game. And in my mind, there was a tiny voice "Put down your phone! I'm right here!" But ofc I was 100% I'm straight.
One day we accidentally were late from our dnd game cause there was a tiny wandering amusement park on the way to our friend's house so they paid for me the little shooting game just to win a plush pokemon for my birthday. I was never late for anything in my entire life so you can imagine... (While at that time my bf and my friends who hated him, were waiting for us to arrive.)
And now, we've been dating for over a month, and I'm the happiest I ever was.
My gay awakening was posion ivy, okay so this is going to be a weird explanation because I am a amab (non-binary They/Them), but I just got a lot of gender envy from poison ivy even as a little kid and she helped me want to be more feminine because I thought she looked SO GOOD and even little me was like “damn I wanna be like her fr”, and now I’m gay and genderqueer so thanks ivy!
Omg I forgot about Poison Ivy but yess
My gay awakening is a bit long.
I was twelve years old, and I was in chorus at my middle school. Our school had a club where students could form bands and perform with the rest of the music classes.
The night of the Spring Concert, my chorus class had already gone on stage, and my friend Leo was up there playing the piano, so I was paying attention. There was a girl on stage with him.
Leo started to play, and the girl started to sing.
It took maybe three notes for me to be absolutely enthralled. She sounded like an angel. I don’t even remember the song she sang. I was just focused on her. When she finished, my eyes followed her all the way back to her seat.
I had had crushes before, at least I thought I did, but this was completely different. While my previous two crushes (first and second grade) had felt almost obligatory, this one felt like being hit by a truck. For the rest of the night, I couldn’t stop looking at her.
This actually leads into my coming out story, if you want to hear that lol ❤
Oh and also I would watch the Wide Awake music video over and over when I was six and I had no idea why until I realised I was gay.
Awww this was so wholesome🥰🥰
My gay awakenings were Kristen Stewart, Kristen Bell, Ava Capri, and all the Disney shows starring 'best friends.' Ooh and Jodie Sweetin in Full House.
My real-life gay awakening was one of my friends sophomore year. She was gay too, but said no when I asked her out. To be fair I wasn't really relationship material back then.
forgot one sorry - MULAN
and all the women on buffy
miss congeniality sorry these keep coming to me
My gay awakening was Amy Lee from Evanescence, Eliza Dushku as Faith, Liz Gillies, and Kat Dennings.
So thanks to sheltered Christianity I didn't realize I was gay until my 20s. But looking back, some that could have given me a clue a lot earlier:
-Zipporah from Prince of Egypt (the skirt slits)
-Princess Leia (not because of the bikini scene weirdly--white dress Leia and hair down with the Ewoks Leia)
-Roberta from Swiss Family Robinson
-Mary from Shipwrecked
(Both girls dressed to pass as boys who get discovered)
-Santana in Glee (specifically Santana and Dani)
My gay awakening was Sophia Lillis (Beverly) in the movie IT. Specifically the scene where the boys are about to jump into the river and debating who will go first and Bev comes in says “I’ll go!” drops her clothes (bathing suit underneath) and runs to jump into the river muttering “sissies” that did something to me and just her existence in general did and still does.. pls someone know what I mean lol
100%
OMG SHE IS SOOOOOO HOT DUDE. THAT SCENE BROKE ME ISTG
OMG I FORGOT I HAD THIS GAY AWAKENING THANK YOU LOL
Same
I was obsessed with Hermione when I was little. I would just constantly watch the movies and look up videos of her all the time. I also loved Astrid from How to train your dragon.
I was also totally into Maddie from living and maddie
Omg me toooooo
My gay awakenings (that I can remember at the moment):
- Angie Harmon's intro scene in Agent Cody Banks (also her and Sasha Alexander's whole dynamic in Rizzoli and Isles)
- Kia (Amanda Crew) and Yvonne (Jessica Lucas) scene in She's the Man when they are trying to make Viola's "Sebastian" have some sort of social status with women
- The Princess Diaries gym teacher, Ms. Harbula played by Mindy Burbano, there's just something about her, I just watch sometimes for her
- Lucy Liu in Charlie's Angels
- Shego in Kim Possible
- Jessica Biel as Mary on 7th Heaven
- Stacey Farber as Ellie on Degrassi, then once she was gone I had a huge crush on Christine Prosperi who played Imogen and also Ms. Oh played by Cory Lee
- Bridget (Kaley Cuoco) and Kerry (Amy Davidson) in 8 Simple Rules
- Also my favorite song in Mulan has and remains to be A Girl Worth Fighting For, like how did I not know
Sharpay is amazing.
Also Regina George from mean girls was part of my gay awakening particularly when she was in her Halloween costume
My awakening was definitely Naomi Scott in Lemonade Mouth, Lava Girl from shark boy and lava girl, the whole Cheetah Girl cast, and Layla from Sky High 😮💨💅🏾
i totally forgot to add all of those to mine lol
My gay awakenings were Jenna Dewan, Anne Hathaway and Zenddaya’s lipsync battle performances.
Bonnie - The Craft - when she walks into class late. And when she’s flirting with the passer-by.
Jess and Jules- Bend it like Beckham - Locker room introduction to the team. Jess dressed up at the club, Jess and Jules just hanging out. Jess in her wedding outfit.
Wild things- pretty much the whole film.
Kelly and Peaches- St. Trinian’s - hockey scene. Makeover scene. Hot tottie.Whole film.
Beca and Chloe- Pitch perfect 1,2+3. - mainly PP1 drunk Chloe flirting and the shower singing.
Missy- Bring it on- audition, removing the fake tattoo.
Andie- Step up 2- rain dance/last dance.
Cammie, Zoe and Rachel - Coyote ugly - their introduction (Zoe and Rachel flirting). Whole film.
Annabel - Freaky Friday 1976 - her whole look. I was born far too late after this film was made to have seen it as much as I have! (More times than FF2003’s).
Penny, Gwen - Sky High
Kate Bishop, Yelena- Hawkeye - any scene, Kate in a suit, long coat and jeans, Christmas jumper. Kate and Yelena fighting and complimenting each other.
Really impresses have strong my Bi denial was (these are just the films I can think of not even music videos (Dip it low Christina Milian or TV)! I love these films for the plots and these characters for their arcs/ style/ interesting character type. These scenes are just funny/interesting.
fucking same for freaky friday lmao
So many for me but Emmy Rossum in Phantom of the Opera and Kiera Knightly in Pirates of the Caribbean stand out
I don't feel any rainbowy feelings but these videos are always a lot of fun.
Lol I love the term rainbow feelings
In the live action Scooby Doo Monsters unleashed - when Daphne gives Velma a makeover and THE MOMENT she says "who's your mommy".... God help my 7yr old self. Also both the gals from the show "16", the one with the lemonade stand and the purple haired goth 💜
My gay awakening... though I didn't know it at the time, but there are so many that I'm realising now.
Stick It - I agree so much. That movie is a comfort movie for me, but I definitely really liked Hayley in that ice bath scene...
Silvermist in Tinkerbell😍absolutely mesmerized
Nori in Barbie Mermaidia - just, wow
Lava girl and the Ice Princess in Shark Boy and Lava Girl
Catwoman (Halle Barry) ohhhh my days
The Bring it On movies, specifically All or Nothing
Huuuge gender envy from the guy from Treasure Planet in the opening scene especially
The girl in Step Up 2, specifically the dance in the rain at the end
Katara 100%, in her water tribe and fire nation outfit😍😍
There's definitely many more, but I can't think of them all now
my gay media awakenings in order of when I saw them: Sam from iCarly in knee length shorts, when Emma Watson punches Tom Felton in the 3rd movie (but now ofc everything in that franchise is on my blacklist), and Rory from Gilmore Girls.
Looking back now no wonder why I was obsessed with “Stick It!” “Oh I just want to be a gymnast that’s all” yeah sure okay Rachael🤦🏼♀️😂
Oooh, OOOOH
@@Niiiniis exactly😂
Clea DuVall in the bar scene from But I'm a Cheerleader.
In retrospect, meeting a tall woman even taller than me was important to me cos it helped me realise how IMPRESSED I am by the sheer presence of tall women, so a few years later it helped me be really happy to be a relatively tall woman myself, once I accepted being a woman at all.
But an early celebrity crush I remember (which I thought was straight at the time) was Nadine in Free Willy 2.
(Never saw 1. Only saw 2 cos my parents wanted orca footage on a vhs tape for a church sunday school lesson.)
Natasha Lyonne was my gay awakening lmao
I love you Mak, thank you for everything💖
Wanna know how i worked out i was lesbian?
It was pride and i was bored so i drew my lgbtq friends with their flags behind them, i had a small gap left so i drew myself and was like, what flag do i use? I don't think there is a straight flag? Anyway so i didn't put a flag but then a few minutes later i was like huh, i never actually thought about my sexuality. Then, thinking time. I've never had a crush? Maybe I'm aro/ace? No i want to be in a relationship. probably just straight, right? No i really like girls, so pretty. Bi? Well actually i don't think i like guys. I think it was just compulsory heterosexuality, if i ever imagine myself in a straight relatilnship its always toxic/disney style (damsel in distress)/friendship. Lesbian. This process was from june 2022 to this late September btw.
No seeing TV girls and going "oh shit", no crushed on friends, just going huh never thought about this stuff. I mean i always thought they were pretty (everyone in tinkerbell, silvermist specifically, every other princess, violet in incredibles, meg in hercules, Hermione and luna in harry potter, the newer shera, merida in brave etc) but never made me question anything, i think mainly because i always thought that girls were just made prettier. "Like it's not that I'm gay, it's just that it's a fact girls will always be prettier and better in everyway, I'm just telling the truth, sorry!"
YESSS THE TIE DYE GIRLLLLLL 😭😭😭😭
i have had like so many gay awakenings but the main one is DEFINITELY ASAMI from the legend of korra like... omfg she can literally step on me all she wants. but the introductory scene for her was **chefs kiss** (basically all the women from the avatar universe are my gay awakenings so...)
Somehow this flew over my head in high school. I remember talking to my dad about one of my friends and saying how much more comfortable I was around her than with anyone else I knew and that I would marry her. As a friend of course. 🤦♀️
More recently I was at a tea shop and chatting with the barista as she made some tea for a customer and she put an empty tea bag into the teapot with two fingers and that was it for me, but I was surrounded by straight friends I wasn’t out to, so I was freaking out 😅
Mine was Jamie from the Haunting of Bly Manor and also Villanelle from Killing Eve. As well as both the actors that play them 🔥🔥
I'm pan. THE PANPANIC IN THE LION KING 2 WAS REAL. Also Esmeralda in the hunchback of Notre Dame, Sheego, Bubbles and buttercup the powerpuff girls, BARBIE, and here's the big "I should've known": Nina from the video game Tekken, specifically in her pink latex suit. My name is also Nina but like daaaamn.
The aggressive laugh😭😭 10:35
Ngl I was actually really into Vanessa Hudgens 🙈 When I was a teen, I was really into these tan, dark eyes, dark hair type of girls, just like Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Naomi Scott, Zendayaa etc. I didn't realize it until my late teens. They are not really type anymore (except for Zendaya), but for sure some of my gay awakenings.
My true gay awakenings were my irl crushes though.
I'm still not sure but for me the series "atypical" was a big awakening for me
and realising that I'm literally the most obsessed person with LGBTQ+ who's not actually in it (yet?)
my gay awakenings:
jade west - victorious (there's gonna be so many comments with that but what can we say🤷🏻♀️ we have taste)
kim crawford - kickin it
maya hart - girl meets world
Gay awakenings: Alice from resident evil, Jade west, Clementine from the walking dead game, Ellie from the last of us, Maggie from the walking dead THE LIST GOES ON
My gay awakening was Jade West from Victorious
Stick It was my gay awakening. This is actually one of the only times I’ve heard someone else talk about it being their gay awakening, good to know I’m not alone 😂. Omg and Megara is just 😍
my gay awakening was azula from avatar the last airbender. that scene when shes pinned against the wall during the eclipse did things to me bro. i could fix her.
TYE DYE SHIRT GIRL 🤣 Knock it off Mak. You’re too fucking funny
I freaking lost it at Mattea’s “Anakin?!” 😭
I thought no one would talk about it LMFAO
Growing up is realising that Sharpay‘s versions actually hit harder than the original ones
Ahh, my gay awakening from what I remember was Quinn Fabray singing 'Say a Little Prayer' in Glee back in 2009
Totally relate to everything in this video and all I can say is thank you so much for letting me reminisce about growing up. Mattea is just so hilarious but loved and enjoyed this video a lot and thank you again
The Princess bride I couldn't keep my eyes off either of them 💗💜💙
TIE DYE GIRLLL 👏👏👏 I knew I was gay!!
YASSS I AM SO EXCITEDDDDD. I love you ❤❤
When me and my friend watched the outsiders and Dally helps the boys run away after they committed murder was iconic, and while my friend wanted to date him I wanted to be him.
Miranda Otto as Eowyn in LotR. Didn't realize it until a few years ago but omg so much makes sense now.
My gay awakening was this one girl in 6th grade. I remember she had short hair that was like fluffy-curly and it was dyed red I think. I was looking at her and thinking omg and my friend was like “OMG DO YOU LIKE B, THATS A GIRL” I was so embarrassed and I had never really thought about until that moment and I was like oh shit I’m gay. I still see her around but I’m too nervous to talk to her even tho it’s been years haha
mine was probably when I watched Pitch perfect 3 at the song toxic. The awkward part was that I was watching it with my parents, and after we finished it, I rewatched it alone just to be sure that my feelings were right and that I was not just thinking that I am having them
AGHHFNWK im so happy you posted 😭
from movies, probably Silvermist from the Tinker Bell movies, Gabriella from HSM, and Violet from the Incredibles
My bi awakening (well, looking back really, since I took till I was 28 to actually realize I was bi) was either The Mummy or Pirates of the Caribbean. Also, Lord of the Rings for Legolas, Boromir, and Éowyn. And Meg, obviously, cuz she's legit. (I think Road to Eldorado gets an honorable mention for Miguel and Chel.)
My pansexual awakening was being confused about who I wanted to kiss during the kiss scene of the live action Peter Pan in 2003. This trend repeated itself with Love and Basketball (2000) when I saw it in 2004 😅
Midnight Sun. Bella thorne. when I am focused on the leading lady rather than the leading man 😂
My gay awakening was Hayley Williams (from Paramore). I still simp so much for this women 🤞🏻
But my first gay crush was Ashoka Tano (from Star Wars the Clone Wars), but i didn't realize it at the time 🤡
Hayley Williams and Amy Lee are still just so gorgeous ♡♡
@@TransGuyShaneabsolutely, i love them both 🙌🏼
@@0.hellothere.0 same ♡
My gay awakening was Jade from Victorious 😍love your videos!
I was honestly so bummed when mattea said vanessa hudgens coz i was like "WHY CANT NO ONE UNDERSTAND MY CHILDHOOD ASHLEY TISDALE PHASE?!" and then mak understood the assignment :')
Cybil from Silent Hill (2006). I don't know how to elaborate because if you've seen the movie I think you know why she was a gay awakening for me HAHAH
Andy from Motocrossed (2001).
Not a 'thirst trap' kind of moment at all but when I was 7-8 years old my parents said "Oh, she's a *lesbian*" talking about a celebrity. I remember asking them what it meant and when they told me, I said "I like girls and not boys too" I don't remember anything else about that moment because that was over 20 years ago, but it definitely stands out in my ~gay awakening~ moments from childhood.
Your my gay awakening. Jk this was actually a really good video as always and super funny (of course) AND WHEN ARE YOU DOING THE POLE DANCING VIDEO?!?!??!
Sarah Baker played by Allison Stoner from Cheaper By the Dozen 1 & 2 starring Steve Martin. She was my biggest crush when I was 10 - 12 years old.
It was Winona Ryder in anything she was in… and then Jade from Victorious. Zooey Deschanel in Bridge to Terabithia. I could keep going…
my gay awakening was during lockdown watching Netflix- I literally watched she ra five times and didn't realize I was gay but then I watched Riverdale and idk why but there was this one episode (one of the earlier episodes of s2 like 1-6 or smt) where Cheryl walked through the diner with a bra and a vest and I was like- ... ohmygod do I like women--
My gay awakening was definitely maya from pretty little liars. Most dom fem vibes she’s just so pretty I can’t help it, every time i look at her its like a trance has been put on me.
I mean I've been out for 10 years lol but I'm here ♡
2000 Charlie's angels
2001 tomb raider and 2004 drew barrymore in 50 first dates ♡♡
mak was yelling at me about back in her day and my phone was turned up and my mom was like..'' who are you arguing with!!''. and i was like noone maks telling me how grateful i should be!! calm down!!..lmao
One of my gay awakenings was beck and Jade from victorious like 😩😩😩
Milla Jovovich. Movie: The Fifth Element. The strength, the grace, the effortless confidence... the fight scenes... 😍🥰😍
4:08 literally me trying to talk to a girl
my gay awakening is glee
Literally Sky High. I knew I was bi because I had the biggest crushes on Warren Peace and Layla Williams. Literally criminal that they weren't end game.
Literally same and I will never forgive the writers for not making them end game
my gay awakening was halsey. more specifically watching her live performance of hold me down
Jade in victorious when she counts in take a hint...shego from kim possible, meg from hercules especially the solo song that she sings i think its i dont want to be in love, fifth harmony especially Lauren Jauregui and Camila Cabello, Anne Hathaway in the princess diaries and ella enchanted, Demi lovato, maya in girl meets world
my bisexual awakening SHOULD have been Shang and Mulan, but I had absolutely zero self awareness. Also Aladdin and Jasmine
My gay awakening was Meg from Hercules as well, she's so hot 🥵 but also Esmeralda from The hunchback of Notre Dame and Kida from Atlantis.
Gold Diggers and Now and Then! Casper, Fly Away Home. So many! Also love Meg btw
Hi. I hope you're having a great day. Anyways I think my gay awakening was dove Cameron bc she was the first female celeb crush but also just my first female crush in general. Then I recently discovered that I don't really feel any s3xual or romantic attraction towards men. Like at all (I previously thought I was bi). But, yeah so I figured out I'm actually a lesbian.
Edit: I also used to be like obsessed with liv&Maddie (kinda slightly still am) ( I've seen the entire show like 3 times),and I loved the descendants movies but now they make me kinda sad bc I miss Cameron boyce. I also had a MAJOR monster high phase.
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. Ok so my gay awakening was Maya Hart from Girl Meets World. This better be in the video of reacting to others’ gay awakenings. great video btwww