If you identify as LGBTQ, you’ve probably rolled your eyes at some point while being told that your sexuality is “just a phase.” Even though it’s obviously a stereotype, a gay couple shattered this misconception about LGBTQ couples with one photo – and the Internet is obsessed.
BuzzFeed News reports that 54-year-old Nick Cardello and 52-year-old Nick English recently celebrated their 25th anniversary by heading down to Washington D.C. to attend the Equality March last Sunday. While there, they managed to re-create a photo they took together at the same event, in the exact same location in 1993, and shared a side-by-side of the two photos on Facebook. Naturally, it was adorable – and clearly, the everyone agreed, because the photos also almost instantly went viral.
”it’s just a phase” pic.twitter.com/WlkgiHDnh9
— mh (@tagyourheathen) June 18, 2017
The best part? Some (genius) person took the opportunity to tweet the photos with the caption, “it’s just a phase,” completely shattering stereotypes about LGBTQ peoples’ sexuality in the process. Basically, the response Cardello and English’s photos received on Twitter will give you hope for humanity:
They’ve been marching for so long they actually witnessed gay marriage being legalized in all states pic.twitter.com/nOwlSGg1OH
— ً (@Durrrah) June 19, 2017
This is so necessary. For young gays to see old gays happy, in love, and proud. Thank you for giving me a bit of hope for the future
— Quinn (@intelfrog) June 19, 2017
I literally just keep toggling back and forth between these two images because this is the purest thing I have ever seen https://t.co/LzKrHwgff7
— Daryl Lindsey (@DarylUnlost) June 19, 2017
I’m not crying, you’re crying. https://t.co/4Vnts8gFLh
— Seth Lyon (@Lamelion) June 20, 2017
While the couple was reportedly shocked at the comments at first, Cardello told BuzzFeed News, “When we started reading the comments and were tuned into what it meant to people … that was really touching,” he said.
Aww. #CoupleGoals, am I right?