Gayjoy Digest #08

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Nicole Ripka
December 22, 2021

Gayjoy Digest’s 2021 Year in Review

Good morning and welcome to another edition of the Gayjoy Digest. 

This week, we’re here with a few scientifically-proven superlatives for our favorite queers of the year. Let’s get into it. 

(Ed. note: these awards are based solely on our own opinions. But they’re right.)

Queer of the Year:

The winner: Elliot Page, no contest. 

Honorable mentions: 

  • JoJo Siwa, for coming out at 17, gaining an adoring lesbian fan base overnight, then doing a phenomenal job as half of the first same-sex pairing on DWTS. 

  • Kristen Stewart, for surprising us all with her portrayal of Diana in Spencer. 

  • Sha'Carri Richardson, for making us cry with that video where she qualified for the Olympics while wearing the orange wig her girlfriend picked out. 

  • Janelle Monae for being the multi-talented queer woman of our dreams

  • Meg Stalter, for giving us “Hi gay.” 

  • Mae Martin, for getting friendship tats with Elliot Page, and also for giving us another season of Feel Good. 

Cutest celesbian couple:

The winner: Abbi Jacobson and Jodi Balfour. They just seem sweet, and we can’t resist a good kiss photo. 

Honorable mentions: 

  • Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer 

  • Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts

  • Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor (always)

  • Kehlani and 070 Shake

  • Beanie Feldstein and Bonnie Chance 

Best coming-out TikTok:

The winner: Kehlani’s, in which she says, “I finally know I’m a lesbian,” while doing a scissoring motion with her fingers, then calls herself “gay ga-gay gay gay.” 

Honorable mentions: Honestly, nothing else could compare to this. 

Best extremely gay music video:

The winner: Silk Chiffon by MUNA (feat. Phoebe Bridgers). The homage to But I’m a Cheerleader is impeccable, and the whole thing is just SO gay.

Best Gen Z queer:

Winner: JoJo Siwa, for reasons we believe to be obvious. 

Honorable mentions: 

  • Diana Silvers

  • Tati Ringsby 

  • Avery Cyrus 

  • Basically everyone cool on TikTok 

Best bisexual:

The winner: It’s a tie, and the winners are Cardi and Meg for their performance at the Grammys. Remember how mad people were about this!? 

Honorable mentions: 

  • Tessa Thompson, especially when she kissed Rita Ora

  • Aubrey Plaza, mostly just for being hot 

Our favorite (fictional) top: 

The winner: Bette Porter. We all saw that scene. You know the one. 

Honorable mention: Villanelle of Killing Eve, and we are VERY willing to bump her up to first place depending on how season four goes next year.  

Our favorite (fictional) bottom: 

The winner: Dakota Johnson’s character in The Nowhere Inn. 

Honorable mentions: Why would we need any?? Look at that photo again. 

And because we couldn't resist, our favorite (presumed) real-life top:

The Winner: Liz Lambert - IYKUK and if you don't, we'll go on have a little scroll

Honorable mentions: 

  • Lea Delaria 

  • Young M.A.

  • Kate Mckinnon

  • Sue perkins 

  • Jane Lynch 

  • Brandi Carlile

Hot person we wish were gay:

The winner: Zoe Kravitz. As much as we wish she and Taylour Paige were a “thing,” that IG post was… misleading. 

Honorable mentions: 

  • Cate Blanchett (always) 

  • Natasha Lyonne 

  • Zendaya (though she might be queer??) 

  • Dua Lipa 

Most admirable exes:

The winner: St. Vincent and Carrie Brownstein, for remaining best friends following their split in 2012. Some stereotypes exist for a reason, and this is one we love. 

Honorable mentions: Can we put Shawn and Camila here? Is that wrong? 

Hottest politician:

The winner: Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić. This is perhaps too niche a category, but they’re hot. Sorry! 

Honorable mention: Do we need one? … Okay, fine, Cynthia Nixon. 

Best long-term relationship reveal:

The winner: Candace Parker and Anna Petrakova, revealing that they’ve been married for two years and are expecting a child. Cannot be beaten! 

Biggest TERF:

The winner: J.K. Rowling. We hope she’s proud of herself. 

Honorable mentions: We could probably find some, but we simply don’t want to. 

Hottest athlete couple:

The winner: Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird, though we respect that Megan’s own teammates gave them a run for their money. 

Honorable mentions: 

  • Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger 

  • Megan Jones and Celia Quansah

  • Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr

  • Anissa Urtez and Amanda Chidester

Weirdest Architectural Digest home tour:

The winner: Cara Delevingne. Need we remind you of the vagina tunnel? 

Honorable mentions: None. One was enough. 

Best lesbian reality show:

The winner: Tampa Baes, because it’s all we’ve got. (Pictured below is the only tolerable couple on the show, Ali and Nelly.) 

Honorable mention: We wish! 

Best queer roundups of 2021:

This time of year, there’s no shortage of lists compiling the best/most newsworthy moments of the last 12 months. We wanted to direct you to some of our favorites: 

We hope you enjoyed this look back on 2021, and we’ll see you in the new year! 

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Written by Becca Stickler with Nicole Ripka