Now is the time to remind your family it’s Gay Uncles Day on Sunday
The second Sunday in August brings with it that lesser-known annual celebration: Gay Uncles Day!This national day began life back in 2016.
The notion of a specific gay uncles day was first suggested by Florida-based Facebook user CJ Hatter earlier that year.Related: Parents don’t invite gay uncle to daughter’s wedding as groom’s folks disapprove“Virtually every family had that relative, often an uncle, who spent his life as a ‘confirmed bachelor,” Hatter elaborated in a later post.“‘Oh, uncle Johnny will settle down when he finds the right girl.’“Families have denied the truth of these gay relatives for centuries.
In researching my own family tree, I’ve uncovered a few examples of men who were likely gay, yet have never been acknowledged by the family.
They became a dead-end branch on the tree… forgotten in family lore and history.“My goal in promoting this day of celebration is to normalize the role of the gay uncle, cousin, brother… whatever, in the family and in society.”Don’t forget August 14th is #GayUnclesDay pic.twitter.com/j2iGLZrw1Q— Simon Dunn (@BySimonDunn) August 7, 2019 The idea of the day received a significant boost when gay bob slier Simon Dunn posted about it.
