
Floss dancing is now helping the LGBT+ community. We bet you've never read that sentence before.
Yes, the bizarre dancing trend - which has confused parents everywhere, spawning several guides - has reemerged after its peak in popularity last year, when creator of the dance 'backpack kid' got into the groove on Saturday Night Live.
People are nominating others to strut their stuff under the hashtag #FlossWithPride, all with the aim of raising money for anti-bullying equality charity Diversity Role Models, which seeks to prevent homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in UK schools.
🌈 Throw down your best #flossdance! LGBT+ charity @DiversityRM launch #FlosswithPride! Post your video using… https://t.co/HQ5Qb5RSgs— DIVA Magazine (@DIVA Magazine) 1530276256
Plenty of celebrities got in the groove.
Hey there, Stacey Solomon.
@RealDeniseWelch @LindaRiley8 @DiversityRM @McGiff Don’t judge my terrible flossing @ @RealDeniseWelch 😂😂… https://t.co/CqbpWnKf6n— Stacey Solomon (@Stacey Solomon) 1530371254
And Coronation Street's Charlie Condou encouraged others to throw down their best floss.
Actor Denise Welsh was early to the scene.
So here we go @LindaRiley8! #FlossWithPride Donate to FLSS18 £3 to 70070. Together we can help young people… https://t.co/mGYrg5dNgr— Denise Welch (@Denise Welch) 1530307065
Actor and model Rachel Shelley even added a streamer.
Throw down your best Floss #FlosswithPride I’ve donated to @DiversityRM by texting FLSS18 £3 to 70070. All funds g… https://t.co/fIBNm0sfRD— Rachel Shelley 💙 (@Rachel Shelley 💙) 1530359935
Campaigners got involved too.
Married couple Jake Graf, a trans filmmaker, and Hannah Winterbourne, the highest ranking trans soldier in the British army, attempted the move.
Throw down your best Floss #FlosswithPride I’ve donated to @DiversityRM by texting FLSS18 £3 to 70070. All funds g… https://t.co/ioCorjiRUm— Hannah Graf MBE (@Hannah Graf MBE) 1530274463
@hannahw253 @DiversityRM @JakeGraf1 Challenge accepted Ma’am @Force4Inclusion ‘trying to’ #FlosswithPride whilst su… https://t.co/edr9MJAy5G— Force4Inclusion (@Force4Inclusion) 1530284889
Throw down your best Floss #FlosswithPride Donate by texting FLSS18 £3 to 70070. All funds go towards @DiversityRM… https://t.co/xpB6Orjzup— Jake Graf (@Jake Graf) 1530299946
Author Scott McGlynn, who was bullied in school for being gay, got flossing too.
Thanks @LindaRiley8 for the nomination. Please text FLSS18 £3 to 70070 to donate to @DiversityRM I nominate… https://t.co/J0J4g5XUqF— Scott McGlynn (@Scott McGlynn) 1530374803
Unfortunately, one celebrity took things a little literally.
It's the thought that matters.
Thanks @sinittaofficial for partaking in the #FlossWithPride for @DiversityRM. NOW you need to nominate ;) https://t.co/a2gVG7PVuy— Amelia-Eve Warden (@Amelia-Eve Warden) 1530298322