About

Straight Girls Hanging Out vs. Lesbians Hanging Out refers to a series of memes in which an image of women making out labeled "straight girls hanging out" is compared to an image of people hanging out platonically labeled "lesbians hanging out," suggesting that straight women are more likely to hook up with each other when hanging out than lesbian women. The original version of the meme, posted to X in February 2020, uses an image of adult actresses Aidra Fox, AJ Applegate and Kenna James to represent straight women and characters from The Sopranos to represent lesbians. The meme garnered viral spread over the following years, inspiring further examples that use different images.

Origin

On February 25th, 2020, X^[1] user @powcampsurvivor posted two side-by-side images under the caption, "straight girls hanging out vs lesbians hanging out." The first image, representing "straight girls hanging out," shows adult actresses Aidra Fox, AJ Applegate and Kenna James from the video "Hot Babes AJ Applegate, Aidra Fox & Kenna James Have Fun At A Pajama Party." The second image, representing "lesbians hanging out," shows Tony, Christopher and Silvio from The Sopranos gambling. The post gained over 8,000 likes and 2,400 reposts in four years.

Spread

A screenshot of the post garnered viral spread over the following years as an image macro meme. For example, on August 4th, 2022, u/Yellow__Roses posted the meme to /r/196,^[2] garnering over 14,000 upvotes in two years. On August 5th, a version of the screenshot with additional comments was posted to /r/actuallesbians,^[3] garnering over 1,200 upvotes in the same span of time.

The format became increasingly popular throughout 2023 as people began using the caption "straight girls hanging out vs. lesbians hanging out" as a copypasta, attaching new images to it. On January 30th, 2023, X^[4] user @butchlegend posted a version of the meme using images from the anime series Revue Starlight, garnering over 1,500 likes in just under two years.

On September 20th, Tumblr^[5] user dykem77 posted a version of the meme that garnered over 4,000 notes in about a year.

On March 2nd, 2024, X^[6] user @greasyswfs posted an edit of the original meme that gained over 1,400 likes in nine months. On April 24th, X^[7] user @rayyinday posted a version of the meme featuring Evangelion characters that gained around the same number of likes in eight months.

On May 3rd, X^[8] user @hiraizcn posted a version of the meme using an image of K-pop stars Sana and Miyeon to represent "straight girls" and an image of Jihyo and Jeongyeon in hockey jerseys to represent "lesbians," garnering over 23,000 likes in seven months.

On December 6th, X^[9] user @evildog823 posted a version of the meme using two images from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia to represent each group o women that garnered over 2,300 likes in three days.

On December 7th, X^[10] user @frogg_gurl reposted the original version of the meme, writing, "Whenever I see this meme it’s like yea ok but can I PLEASE get a link," garnering over 36,000 likes in two days.

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