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April 29, 2025

When Your Gay Thoughts are Just Demons with Jazz Hands

For years, I thought I was struggling with my identity. Turns out, I was just hosting a one-man Broadway show… in my soul.

It started subtly — humming Wicked in the shower, instinctively doing the hand choreo from Single Ladies, crying at Moulin Rouge for “the cinematography.” But after I found myself swaying to Ariana Grande in the produce section, I realized:

These weren’t just preferences. They were possessions.

I consulted my pastor. He nodded solemnly and handed me a pamphlet titled:

“Not Every Spirit Is Holy: Identifying Theatrics in the Flesh.”

According to Scripture (and page 3 of the pamphlet), symptoms of internal jazz-hand demons include:

  • Involuntary hip sways during minor chord progressions

  • Excessive finger snaps when disagreeing

  • A deep, unnatural knowledge of RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant eliminations by season

By the time I attempted to twerk during a youth group lock-in, it was clear:

I didn’t need a therapist.

I needed an exorcist with rhythm.

The deliverance was intense. There was oil. There was shouting. At one point, I shouted “YAS LORD!” and had to be restrained.

But when the glitter settled and the heels were metaphorically burned, I emerged changed.

Not straight. Not broken. Just vaguely uncomfortable in a Hollister hoodie.

Warning Signs You May Be Possessed:

  • You start saying “period” when there’s no punctuation involved

  • You refer to Adele as “mother” unironically

  • You get angry when someone calls Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP album “overrated”

  • Your spiritual gifts include “reading people” and “clapbacks”

In Conclusion:

If you or someone you love is experiencing fabulousness beyond their control, seek help.

It may not be hormones.

It may be Haunting by Homo-Spiritual Entities (HHSE) — a condition we’re only beginning to understand, but definitely already judging.

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