I laughed, you most likely laughed, the trans man who was gaslighted was forgotten and the unethical journalist became a meme immortalized on our digital consciousness. Immortalized on the internet, to be reached for regularly enough that almost everyone knew the source material and the ‘context’ but rarely enough that it was funny whenever it was used. This paired with the facial expression of the interviewer and his distinct accent translated to a quick comic relief and as most things on the internet in 2019 evolved into a meme. The interviewer asking the trans man ‘why are you gay?’ then asserted that the trans man was indeed gay although the trans man had denied being gay. The video - the version which resurfaced typically was less than two minutes - quickly became comic gold for many. Earlier this year, a clip featuring a Ugandan trans man being interviewed by a Ugandan journalist - who has now been identified as Simon Kaggwa Njal - from 2012 resurfaced on the internet.
