Ranboo is a widely successful Minecraft content creator currently boasting three
million subscribers on Youtube, mainly for his content on the Dream SMP with people like Dream,
TommyInnit, and Tubbo. More recently, Ranboo moved from America to the UK to make more content with
Tommy and Tubbo where he would appear in person and participate in various escapades they got up
to. However, many people noticed that within this content and his streams Ranboo would only appear
on camera wearing a black and white mask, gloves, and sunglasses to seemingly hide his identity.
Until Ranboo revealed in July of 2021 that he was dealing with severe facial dysmorphia, which meant
that he didn't feel comfortable publicizing his face and would find it very hard to edit videos
if he had to look at his face, as such that was why he was wearing this disguise. More recently,
though Ranboo released another reveal which seemingly took the internet by storm again
and unsurprisingly many people took it as an opportunity to push either bigoted views or
satirize the fact he came out and use it as some form of joke. It's quite sad to me though that
we still live in a society where people are often viewed to need to come out if they are gay instead
of living their life like every other person. You don't come out as being straight, you know? And I
suppose that's not going to change any time soon with the kind of hatred people get online whenever
they come out as being gay, but it is what it is I suppose. But if you don't hate gay people-
That was a terrible segue. You can subscribe to my channel! Get it because I'm gay haha... Good one,
very funny. I'd appreciate the support. Aiming for 100k very soon, we're almost there.
We're really close. I appreciate the support and with that being said, let's get right into the
video. Ranboo would come out during a QnA he ran on Twitter where he would ask, "Welp seeing as I
won't be able to give you guys content for a bit because my sins have finally caught up with me,
it's QnA time. Ask me the deepest thing you've always wanted me to know." Someone would ask the
question, "Do you have a favorite heartstopper moment?" in which Ranboo would reply, "The part
where it showed the result of a gay quiz and then a single tear fell was iconic." referring to a
scene within heartstopper where a character cries over getting gay on the gay quiz. Unsurprisingly
people on Twitter especially in the Minecraft community took this as an opportunity to get mad
at Ranboo, implying that straight people wouldn't be allowed to laugh at a gay joke. It's insane
to me that this needs to be said but that doesn't make you homophobic for laughing at a funny scene
in a tv show that mentions gay people. You're allowed to make gay jokes as long as they aren't
at the expense of gay people. Dude I- I hate how sensitive the Minecraft community is and it's
always straight people speaking over gay people to get mad about things like this. It's insane but,
seeing as people got mad about this with people saying, "This what I mean by you p*ssies
wanting to make gay jokes but won't confirm your sexuality. Either come out or shut the hell up,"
"Um, Ranboo I don't think a straight dude should say this about a so close to home felt scene for
the LGBTQ+ community. I love you but that was not it. I feel kind of invalidated and laughed at by a
straight man. Love you but no," "So now it's okay to joke about queer experiences without specifying
your sexuality first? Glad to know," and "You do not get to laugh at the universal queer
experience, thank you." Ranboo would then go on to make a thread of all the times he'd insinuated he
was gay but no one has noticed. Which is by far one of the funniest ways I've ever seen
someone come out as gay but I digress. In which he would link tweets where he said things like,
"men," "Good. Do not judge me on where I place my affection. That is for me to know and for others
to be really confused about," and a video on Resident Evil titled "Zombie Apocalypse Hot Guy,"
with him then saying "I mean how many more clues can I give," with many people than replying in
shock questioning whether Ranboo is actually gay or whether he was doing an elaborate troll. Which
would lead Ranboo to tweeting on his main account "/srs" implying he was completely serious and
actually is gay and that him tweeting men on April fools wasn't a joke. With him later posting in his
Discord, "Kinda just realized like how impactful this may be for people because I remember when I
was a kid still going through stuff how important just like, seeing someone be outwards and how much
it genuinely helped me and got me through really tough times of just thinking, so I'm happy that
I'm able to do the same thing hopefully for some people." He would then later quote retweet that "I
mean how many more clues can I give" tweet with an image of a girl standing in front of a fire with
a smile with the caption, "I've had this idea set up for so long just waiting for the day something
finally happens." Honestly iconic. He would then follow up with several tweets one reading, "Yo,
just wanted to say thank you for all the support with everything and tonight lol. Have been wanting
to do that for a while, tonight just lined up well and for those confused basically, I guess I am
technically unlabeled as the way I've always gone around life just being attracted to whoever I am
attracted to, it just so happens that most of them line up with a certain type lol. I'm okay with
the gay label." He would then also follow up with, "Woke up today and just thought 'dang I really did
that.' Then I got a double nosebleed and realized the error of my ways." Honestly, I'm really proud
of him for being able to be so open on a public platform. Obviously, it's not very easy to openly
admit to something so personal and private on a public platform that millions of people can see
and will be immortalized and never forgotten. Something like this can't be taken back and it
takes a lot to be so willing to be open about that and I have to respect someone like Ranboo
for being able to do that, especially in such an iconic way making an important memory for
many LGBTQ people, especially children who aren't comfortable to come out and need role models in
their life who are open to inspire them and make them feel more comfortable with who they are.
People on Twitter were then going to make memes about this whole situation with a tweet reading,
"When someone calls Ranboo homophobic," attaching two images with Ranboo on the left pulling a flag
out of his sleeve saying, "Oh my, looky what we have here conveniently hidden up my quite
fashionable sleeve," and then the second panel being him holding a pride flag with a disappointed
look, satirizing this situation that involved a lot of people being quite hateful to Ranboo just
for purely being unlabelled. And at this point I want to make something very clear within this
video because I feel not enough people say this and it causes misunderstandings and problems that
lead to people being forced to come out about their identity. A lot of people live under
this mindset that if you don't come out about your sexuality you are automatically straight. Which is
not true at all and it means that many people are automatically called homophobic for many things
that simply aren't homophobic and are forced to come out about their identity on a public platform
whether they want to or not to avoid receiving hate for making a joke about their identity. We
shouldn't as a community force people to have to come out about their identity on a public platform
especially to so many people because they make jokes or do something that in reality isn't really
offensive. I hate that mentality of if you aren't out you're straight and if you aren't out you're
not allowed to make jokes or not allowed to say anything in any capacity revolving around LGBTQIA
identities. Boy, it feels good to get that off my chest. But obviously good things don't last
and as such people then decided they were going to go off and be mad about the fact Ranboo came out
as being gay. With people like Keemstar tweeting, "Are there any straight Minecrafters? I swear like
every single one of them has come out as LGBTQ+. You can't cancel me for this, it's the truth. All
the Minecrafters keep coming out of the closet." Now there are a lot of people who are LGBTQIA+
in the Minecraft community. That's completely true but, I don't think Keem's one to speak about other
people's dating habits. And obviously people are clowning him for this with Minx saying, "I
personally think being gay is better than dating someone 30 years younger than you," Vurb saying,
"Ranboo has a better hairline than you," Iden saying, "I know you're used to making moves on
teenagers but, just because he likes men doesn't mean you have a chance with him," and Crumb saying
simply, "Deez nuts." Obviously, Keem got ratioed into oblivion. I think mainly the point is
why does Keem feel the need to point this out? Obviously, he's quite used to stirring up drama,
so I'm presuming he did this with the intent of getting people mad and getting the reaction in
the first place. It's just really cringe to see this grown-ass man spending his Sunday on Twitter
malding at the Minecraft stans and trying to trigger them over mentioning that all the
Minecraft creators are gay, instead of spending time with his children. There was also obviously
more dramatic more hateful responses with a whole ass Reddit thread where someone's making
themselves the victim because they feel like no one cares about them coming out they cared about
Ranboo coming out. It was a really weird thread where they talk about hating Ranboo because their
community is supportive or something. There's a lot of people who saw a reason to be genuinely
hateful about this but I'm not going to give my time or energy to those people. That being
said my support goes to Ranboo. Congrats on- Congrats is a bit of a weird way to word it but
yeah congrats on... Men. If you like men um... Subscribe? Ok... Subscribe to the channel, I'd
appreciate the support. Don't gatekeep gay jokes, cool, okay, and also don't force people to come
out about their identity. Check out my Twitter, Discord, my mother's... I don't know, bedroom?
Haha! Ok that was weird... Peace.