# Lesbian Pose Lesbian Pose is an internet joke that labels a specific stance, arms fanned out at the sides with palms facing up, as the signature body language of lesbian cartoon characters. It started in May 2021 after a teaser for The Owl House season 2 showed openly gay witch Amity striking it, and by 2024 fans were tagging everyone from Dragon Ball Z villains to a Ratatouille rat with the same label. ## Origin On May 17, 2021, the Disney Channel YouTube account uploaded an introduction tease for The Owl House season 2 that collected over 1.9 million views by 2024[1]. Around the 11 second mark, Amity Blight, an openly lesbian witch student, appears standing with her arms fanned out at her sides and her palms turned forward[3]. The same day, YouTuber myown_noanimations released a short edit titled "✨Lesbian Pose✨" that cuts Amity's shot together with scenes of other female cartoon characters, including Catra, hitting the identical stance, framing the body language as a visual marker for lesbian characters[2]. The edit received over 2.3 million views in three years and functions as the meme's actual origin, since Disney made the clip but the fan edit invented the label[2][3]. - **Platform:** YouTube (origin) / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** myown_noanimations - **Date:** 2021 ## Overview Posts tagged as Lesbian Pose almost always show a character standing upright with both arms extended outward from the body and palms rotated to face forward or up. The joke works two ways. When the character actually is a confirmed lesbian, like Amity Blight or Catra from She-Ra, the caption treats the stance as a secret giveaway[2]. When the character is clearly not a lesbian, like Frieza or a Sonic the Hedgehog villain, the humor comes from forcing the straight-faced identification anyway[5]. The format tends to run in two shapes: single screenshots with a one-line caption, and compilation edits set to music that cut together a dozen or more characters hitting the stance in sequence[2][3]. Fan artists on X and Reddit also redraw characters doing the pose on purpose as fan service for Owl House viewers[6][8]. ## How to Use A typical post identifies a character in the stance and captions it as the "lesbian pose," usually with sparkles around the text in reference to the original YouTube title. Compilation videos string together clips of unrelated characters, canon lesbian or not, hitting the pose to a music bed. Fan artists also draw characters from queer-coded shows in the pose on purpose. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Lesbian Pose? Lesbian Pose is a visual joke that identifies a stance with arms fanned out at the sides and palms up as the body language of lesbian cartoon characters[2]. The gag works both played straight on canon lesbians like Amity Blight and applied ironically to characters like Frieza[5]. ### Where did Lesbian Pose come from? It began on May 17, 2021 when YouTuber myown_noanimations posted a compilation titled '✨Lesbian Pose✨' built around a shot of Amity Blight in a Disney Channel teaser for The Owl House season 2[1][2]. ### What does Lesbian Pose mean? The label jokingly treats the arms-out, palms-up stance as a tell for lesbian characters, drawing from a specific Amity Blight shot in The Owl House and applying it to any character in the same body position[3]. ### How do you use Lesbian Pose? A typical post captions a screenshot or fan art of a character in the stance as the 'lesbian pose,' or compiles multiple such shots into a music video edit[7]. Non-lesbian characters, like Django from Ratatouille, are often included for the absurd angle[13]. ### Is Lesbian Pose still popular? The format stayed in use through at least May 2024, when a Ratatouille-themed compilation posted to /r/TheRatEmpire collected over 1,100 upvotes[13]. It still resurfaces on The Owl House subreddits whenever a new character strikes the stance[12]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYqzwDPczqs]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRTBfeTd04]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lesbian-pose]() 4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/neyzvo/the_official_title_sequence_lesbian_pose/]() 5. [https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/ng8yun/the_most_famous_uses_of_the_lesbian_pose_from/]() 6. [https://x.com/halogenschein/status/1395452055641149442]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC3kB9gyTc4]() 8. [https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/14i3puc/amity_rocking_the_iconic_lesbian_pose/]() 9. [https://www.reddit.com/r/aaaaaaacccccccce/comments/14spas4/i_think_most_of_us_are_familiar_with_the_lesbian/]() 10. [https://www.reddit.com/r/MoonPissing/comments/15phh0o/the_lesbian_pose/]() 11. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultrakill/comments/15upbjz/the_lesbian_pose/]() 12. [https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/15v2yza/the_lesbian_pose/]() 13. [https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRatEmpire/comments/1cqcccs/the_lesbian_pose/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/lesbian-pose Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library