For many, it is plain bafflement that anyone will ‘choose’ to be something they, try as they may, can’t begin to fathom. For some, it is sheer curiosity – seeking to know why anyone will ‘choose’ to be something they can’t wrap their heads around. The question however did not die with the birth of that enduring meme.Įvery now and again grown adults with adult problems like taxes, bills and chores ponder the question “ why are you gay?” as if life itself isn’t enough senseless drudgery. That interview ended with LGBT+ rights human rights activist Pepe Julian Onziema, the subject of that question, walking out after having endured listening to both interviewer and anti-gay rights pastor Martin SSempa endlessly dismiss and question his existence. A curious interviewer – whether genuinely or not, asked a question whose inherently willful ignorance had young people across the country and the world rolling with laughter even years later.
That is a popular question that informed a meme that originated in Uganda.
