'This is me after I first saw The Little Mermaid at a cinema,' one user replied, sharing a photo of himself dressed up as a mermaid.ĭrag star Trixie Mattel even got in on the thread, sharing a photo of her well-documented vintage Barbie collection. It didn't take long for Pasek's gay followers to bring in the childhood gold. That statement was: 'Tell me you're gay without telling me you're gay.' The 2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras live Saturday 6 March 6pm AEDT on SBS On Demand or catch the full parade at 7:30pm on SBS and NITV.Īs the end of a particularly trying year approaches, social media users are embracing nostalgic, lighthearted distraction with gusto, so much so that when songwriter and Twitter user Ben Pasek put something of a personal statement to his 50,000 followers, everyone jumped on board.

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