{"id":2136,"date":"2025-11-07T21:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coexistencelaw.org\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2025-11-07T21:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:33:31","slug":"everybody-is-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coexistencelaw.org\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Everybody is Gay!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murilo Jambeiro de Oliveira<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazil, November 7, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The White Stripes - Under Amazonian Lights\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LRXcOg7QXbo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The White Stripes &#8211; Under Amazonian Lights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s probably where kindness comes from. It was said that in historical horse events, in the sense of polite. From that moment on, the expression was lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The phrase &#8220;Everybody is gay&#8221; was said by Tommy &#8220;T.J.&#8221; James, a commentator covering the 1973 Kentucky Derby. The remark was made during the live broadcast, and he used it in a playful manner to describe the celebratory and euphoric atmosphere of the event, attempting to capture the excitement of the moment. The exact context of the phrase was pretty laid-back, and it was part of the irreverent tone of broadcasts at the time.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The phrase became quite famous for being unusual and casually spoken, but it wasn\u2019t widely distributed in recordings until years later when it started to spread among racing fans and pop culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for listening to the recording, I\u2019m not aware of an official version available on streaming platforms like major music services, but you can find the recording or snippets of it on fan websites dedicated to horse racing, on YouTube, or even in some documentaries about the history of the Kentucky Derby, especially the famous 1973 Derby, which was marked by Secretariat&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the race, in which the horse Secretariat put on a legendary performance, the phrase &#8220;Everybody is gay&#8221; was said by a commentator. The expression appeared spontaneously in a recording of a representation, likely a humorous interpretation or adaptation. The video ended up becoming an iconic clip on the internet, known by many as &#8220;Everybody is gay&#8221; or &#8220;The Kentucky Derby gay incident.&#8221; The narration was considered confusing, and the commentator failed to articulate the phrase correctly, creating one of the most memorable expressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This phrase, combined with the significance of the event, turned into a kind of historical meme, especially for fans of horse racing or pop culture related to historic sporting events. The 1973 Kentucky Derby was, indeed, a very historic event because of Secretariat&#8217;s remarkable race, which is still considered one of the greatest horses of all time.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The phrase ended up becoming a fun and strange representation of something that, in theory, was being broadcast live, but was interpreted in a unique way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, fan anxieties of all kinds, anxieties of public life in general\u2014it&#8217;s a bit of this, a bit of that, and a bit of the other thing that no longer works, and yet it&#8217;s difficult to break the habit of being a public figure. With the best intentions, one hopes to qualify to do something for the world, even if it&#8217;s at the bottom of that list. Frankly, there&#8217;s a lot of malice in the thinking, a lot of stomach aches from the news, and such widespread unease that it&#8217;s no longer even possible to be seductive. But the joy of friends who intend good things is worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every now and then I tell a curious story, but on the occasion of the potatoes I&#8217;ll tell one. It&#8217;s something that has become sadder over the years. It stemmed from a growing habit of visiting settlements of the Pastoral Land Commission; I generally didn&#8217;t give notice, but I had invitations. That&#8217;s what happened at the first one, which was thought to be Catholic Church land, and when I went there and asked around, I discovered that the Paulus Publishing House (Catholic), its neighbor, had sold that land to a Texan investment fund. You had to go there to find out, only I could discover it, and to be honest, by then I already had the name of a Jewish communist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But immediately afterwards I went to others well-liked by the Pastoral Land Commission of Dom Tom\u00e1s Baldu\u00edno, a bishop trained in France in the 1950s, who lived nearby and had a special affection for me. First, to one called &#8220;Sister Alberta,&#8221; the name of a nun, a place that recent news told me employed many interesting construction techniques, a public property until then, and at the time a festive occasion. Cassava in every way imaginable, roots, that&#8217;s why I remember it, and it&#8217;s a lot of what I&#8217;ve been eating lately. There was another invitation, a place that bore the name of Dom Tom\u00e1s, but which functioned more as a political coordination center, despite the penitentiary next door. Since there were no political meetings, and I went unannounced, although invited, I noticed what they ate. Cassava, roots always, besides that, there was rice, sugar, and lemongrass. The observation is as interesting as it is sad, because it&#8217;s a bit like what I eat nowadays. But before leaving the article about potatoes here, I wanted to say that I feared for my life if I had inadvertently stumbled upon the only pumpkin growing in that settler&#8217;s field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reuters:<a href=\" https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/cop\/gates-foundation-pledges-14-billion-help-farmers-adapt-extreme-weather-2025-11-07\/\"> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/cop\/gates-foundation-pledges-14-billion-help-farmers-adapt-extreme-weather-2025-11-07\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In some places this is considered far-right, in others far-left, but being moderate and studying education, especially while studying adult literacy, I understood for the first time what it means to be dyslexic. It ends up being the same as being Dana anywhere, but it&#8217;s curious that I was reading an article on R7 yesterday that told the story of a dyslexic girl who, despite her language difficulties, certainly has an absurd level of intelligence. At this stage, I realize, from beyond, in the midst of adult literacy training, that there are varieties of difficulties, or types of illiteracy, that I simply had never properly considered. The film&#8217;s suggestion to start with is this: Different is absurdly, very different, but in reality, the day I saw it in the cinema in S\u00e3o Paulo, I tapped my feet on the cinema floor, as if thinking, it&#8217;s a bit of liking the ground itself. It isn&#8217;t and wasn&#8217;t an extreme political definition for life, but Dana&#8217;s affection, which blends with something else even crazier, is understandable from both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"D\u00e9sengagement de Amos Gita\u00ef - Film annonce\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eJ9ok1TzkVY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">D\u00e9sengagement de Amos Gita\u00ef &#8211; Film annonce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@CoexistenceLaw  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murilo Jambeiro de Oliveira Brazil, November 7, 2025. That&#8217;s probably where kindness comes from. It was said that in historical horse events, in the sense of polite. From that moment on, the expression was lost. The phrase &#8220;Everybody is gay&#8221; was said by Tommy &#8220;T.J.&#8221; James, a commentator covering the 1973 Kentucky Derby. 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