Transsexual TikTok creator Jools Lebron started the modesty trend

Trans TikTok player Jools Lebron will use money from viral video for her gender reassignment surgery

If you've been on the internet at all in the last week, you've noticed that we've gone from a summer of brats to a very low-key, very mindful, and very cute lifestyle. We have transgender TikToker Jools Lebron to thank for that, who made a hilarious video about how to dress for work. Since then, it's taken off, starting with the regular TikTok parodies that eventually exploded from the app to late-night talk shows and celebs on their Instagram Reels. Even Netflix has gotten in on the joke.

The best part of this trend, of course, is that Jools Lebron's life changed overnight. She says she worked as a cashier and made videos on the side (mostly GRWM makeup reviews from what I've seen), and that one video going viral means she's being invited to LA to host shows and launch her dream career. And even better, the money she made from that oh-so-viral video will help her fund her transformation.

I was at FlameCon, a queer comic convention in NYC, last weekend, and everywhere you looked there was a drag queen explaining how demure she was, a queer thanking someone for taking care of themselves, a gay guy dressed as She-Ra being called cute. And I know some people on Twitter are upset about this, but I personally find it hilarious every time, and to those who can't relate, I say what Chappell Roan said to her VIP section who didn't want to do the HOT-TO-GO dance: YOU ARE NOT HAVING FUN.

It's just a trend and it will pass, but to pretend it's “brain rot” is to ignore the fact that this is exactly what happened in pre-TikTok culture. I knew most of Napoleon Dynamite's dialogue before I saw the movie because people referenced and quoted it so often. People still quote Sallie Fields' acceptance speech where she declared, “You like me!” and I know you've heard at least one person in your life mimic Marilyn Monroe's “Happy Birthday.” We've been repeating the things we hear and enjoy forever because it's fun. Let people have fun!

Besides, these things always pass. There was a trend a few years ago that drove me crazy, but I bit my tongue and bore it, and eventually moved on to the next trend. So let's enjoy our mindful, cute, low-key trend while it lasts.

We love when LGBTQ+ people get fun-loving for positive, funny and uplifting reasons. Congratulations to Jools, may her time in LA be as cute and low-key as possible.

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