The boy who twerked

A video of a 12-year-old, twerking and having a great time at a Pride is going viral. The short clip filmed at São Paulo Pride in Brazil last week was uploaded just days ago, but in that short time it has attracted a huge amount of negative backlash. The boy is seen dancing in denim shorts to RuPaul's Sissy That Walk, while being applauded by drag queens and revellers. Posted by Ovenworthy, they wrote: 'This kid is such an inspiration! Progressives need to work together to create a whole generation of kids like this.'

But others were not so positive. While you should never go into YouTube comments looking for logic and reason, most of the comments were especially vitriolic. The comments may have been especially bad as the video was also posted onto a white supremacy website. 'This is exactly what I expect from a gay pride parade,' one said. 'If you pay attention you will notice that the homosexual agenda very clearly focuses on converting children to homosexuality.' Others claimed 'his "parents need to be shot in the street" while others were calling to 'kill the faggots'. [...]

Of course videos like these will always draw criticism, even from gay folks who argue that kids at that age have no idea what they’re doing and are being instrumentalized by the queer movement but personally I have to say that I knew very well what I wanted and who I was with 12 and I think it would be somewhat arrogant to just assume this lad isn’t doing exactly what he wants to do.

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