“The B in LGBT stands for Babadook,” another user responded. In December, a screenshot was posted to Tumblr showing The Babadook listed prominently among “LGBT Movies” on Netflix – more likely to be a doctored image indicative of the meme’s gaining momentum, than a categorisation error.

“It may be ‘just a movie’ to you but to the LGBT community the Babadook is a symbol of our journey.” “A movie about a gay man who just wants to live his life in a small Australian suburb?” replied the original poster, “ianstagram”, from Boston. 2017 was clearly a good year for emotional gay romance movies, as this romantic drama based on the book by Naomi Alderman clearly shows. The post drew close to 100,000 responses – a jokey back-and-forth about the deeper meanings of Jennifer Kent’s 2014 independent film that prompted one user to complain it was “JUST A MOVIE.” “Gay Babadook” was born when a somewhat ironic post to Tumblr in October went viral: “Whenever someone says the Babadook isn’t openly gay it’s like? Did you even watch the movie?” Current favorite meme is the lgbt community insisting that the babadook is a gay icon /jetZomtDzd- jenna June 11, 2017