This Woman Came Out On Facebook In The Most Hilarious But Beautiful Way | HuffPost Life

Poppy Dadd, take a bow.

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Life Editor at HuffPost UK

A student and model has been hailed as an LGBT+ icon around the world for the ingenious way she came out to friends and family.

Two years ago Poppy Dadd, now 20, decided to come out on Facebook after telling a few close friends that she was gay.

She wanted to tell people on her “own terms”, so Dadd, from London, wrote a status saying: “First to comment is gay.”

She then immediately left a comment herself, simply saying: “surprise.”

Earlier this week, Dadd was reminded of the status thanks to Timehop and shared a screen grab of it on Twitter, where it has since been liked more than 280,000 times.

Thousands of people have applauded Dadd for coming out in such a fun and original way.

While others said they’ve felt inspired to come out in the same way.

Speaking to Buzzfeed, Dadd said she “never expected it to blow up the way it did”.

We think she deserves every ounce of the praise she’s getting.

The Most Significant Gay Moments In Culture

(01 of14)

"It’s the point at which we see gay people on screen, but that is not why they’re on screen - that’s not the point of the story. Films like ‘Carol’ and ‘Freeheld’ - they’re amazing films, so emotional, and the fact that it just happens to feature two women is completely insignificant. The past few years, with ‘The Danish Girl’ as well, it suggests we’re living in a different society to we were 10 years ago. Hollywood is definitely portraying that we’ve taken a massive step now" - Wayne Dhesi, founder of RUComingOut (credit:StudioCanal)

(02 of14)

"For me, growing up in New Jersey, it was Bruce Springsteen winning the Oscar for writing the song from ‘Philadelphia’. It was just a big deal because the working class people in New Jersey that were avid Springsteen fans, as I am, would be like ‘wow, I guess that’s OK. If Bruce Springsteen is behind it then other people should be" - Willie Garson, actor who played Stanford in 'Sex and the City' (credit:Getty)

(03 of14)

"Laura Jane Grace coming out as trans, trans star Laverne Cox in 'OITNB' (left), emergence of gay hip hop" - Ryan, comedy editor (credit:Netflix)

(04 of14)

"'Queer As Folk' getting commissioned as a TV series" - Rebecca, US frontpage editor (credit:Channel4)

(05 of14)

"LGBT characters are commonplace on TV and film these days - and quite right too. But for me, a stand-out moment was the introduction of gay couple Colin and Barry in 'EastEnders'. It coincided with me coming to terms with my own sexuality and to see two gay characters on such a huge mainstream soap gave me a glimmer of hope that being gay wasn't the end of the world or something to fear" - Matt, exec editor (entertainment) (credit:BBC)

(06 of14)

"I would probably say that this year has been quite a ground-breaking year for the transgender community. We've got Annie Wallace in our show (above) and Riley Carter-Millington in EastEnders. It's been great and it's got people talking, we've also had Caitlyn Jenner which was an iconic moment for the LGBT community" - Kieron Richardson, Hollyoaks actor (credit:Channel4)

(07 of14)

"I'm aware the 'Brookside' lesbian kiss of 1994 for was a big deal. I think Caitlin Jenner coming out was obviously huge, and star like Laverne Cox in 'OITNB' and Rebecca Root in a bunch of things are great" - Louise, assistant news editor (credit:VanityFair)

(08 of14)

"I think 'Big Brother' has opened our eyes to a lot that we wouldn't have been exposed to before the era of reality TV. The great thing about the show is that it features people from all walks of life you don't always meet day-to-day, and you learn about them, their culture and their struggles. Over the 16 years it's been on air, we've seen so many different people from all aspects of the LGBT community, but Nadia Almanda winning in 2004 I think will always be a stand-out moment, particularly for the trans community" - Ashley, entertainment reporter (credit:Channel5)

(09 of14)

"Acknowledgement from the academy for films about LGBT lives - 'Boys Don't Cry' (left), 'Brokeback Mountain' - means now films like 'Carol' are less likely to have 'lesbian' used as a describing word and can just be a film about two women" - Jessie, editorial assistant (blogs) (credit:Fox Searchlight)

(10 of14)

"Macklemore's performance at the 2014 Grammys where they conducted straight and gay weddings to the song Same Love" - Francesca, videoprogrammer (credit:PA)

(11 of14)

Madonna's Erotica and Sex book - John, senior director, communications (credit:Madonna)

(12 of14)

"It's hard to choose only one moment but I will say 'Brokeback Mountain'. I remember being stunned when I watched it for the first time. The film was nominated for a lot of Oscars and it didn't affect the main actors' careers in a bad way, quite the opposite. It's one of the Academy's biggest injustices (not receiving the Best Picture award) but it was still a box office hit and it was really groundbreaking" - Philippe, videoprogrammer (credit:Focus Features)

(13 of14)

"UK-wise maybe the pre-watershed lesbian kiss on 'Brookside'. Sadly, I remember it more for it being a major event with quite a large negative backlash but at least it got people talking" - Chris, social media editor (credit:Channel4)

(14 of14)

"Perhaps not most significant ever, but certainly of the past few years Conchita Wurst’s emotional victory at Eurovision 2014, and that speech afterwards: ‘We are unity and we are unstoppable" - Daniel, entertainment reporter (credit:BBC)

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