“Oh, this needs to be pressed out!”
When Lexie found her grandmother ironing her bisexual Pride flag, she couldn’t have predicted the moment would go viral.
“I got up this morning to get ready for #DCPride,” she wrote in the caption. “My grandma walked into my room, looked at my bi flag, and said, ‘Oh, this needs to be pressed out!’ Such a simple gesture, but it holds so much love and meaning for me.”
I got up this morning to get ready for #DCPride. My grandma walked into my room, looked at my bi flag, and said, “Oh, this needs to be pressed out!” Such a simple gesture, but it holds so much love and meaning for me. pic.twitter.com/stiD3vg5vs
— Lexie ??? (@lexie_galaxie) June 9, 2018
At the time we published this article, the tweet had more than 240,000 Likes and nearly 35,000 comments. After receiving an overwhelmingly positive response, Lexie elaborated on her coming out experience with her grandmother in a second tweet.
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“It took me years to come out to her out of fear that she would see me differently, but nothing changed. She said, ‘Okay, that’s fine.’ She taught me to love and accept all people, and she has always been supportive of me,” Lexie added.
It took me years to come out to her out of fear that she would see me differently, but nothing changed. She said, “Okay, that’s fine.” She taught me to love and accept all people, and she has always been supportive of me.
— Lexie ??? (@lexie_galaxie) June 9, 2018
Then, she tweeted a photo of her with her grandmother, which also gained a lot of attention.
“WOW this is blowing up so here’s another picture of my grandma because I want the world to see how beautiful she is! Show her some love! Happy pride y’all”, she continued.
WOW this is blowing up so here’s another picture of my grandma because I want the world to see how beautiful she is! Show her some love! Happy pride y’all ??? pic.twitter.com/PytLQtipoo
— Lexie ??? (@lexie_galaxie) June 9, 2018
Happy Pride, indeed!
