Woman drowns out anti-LGBTQ+ preacher with her own megaphone in hilarious viral TikTok clip

A woman has drowned out a seemingly anti-LGBTQ+ religious preacher with a loudspeaker system of her own in a hilarious clip that has gone viral on TikTok. 

The clip, posted by TikTok account “catlovr222”, has been viewed more than 270,000 times and shows a woman in a top-floor flat drowning out the sound of a religious preacher with her own megaphone. 

Kemptown in Brighton is a gay neighbourhood, near to the St. James Street strip.

Text overlaid on the video reads: “To the diva who acquired a mic and speaker to clap back at the Jesus preacher in Kemptown – I love whoever you are.” 

“I don’t love you because you don’t love the gays,” the woman can be heard saying in response to the preacher’s “I love you too”. 

@catlovr222 don’t know what he was expecting preaching on st james street tbh😭 #brighton Edit: @Bubbles ♬ original sound – catlovr222

“No I don’t love them,” the preacher later says in the clip, referring to the gay community.

Comments under the clip call out the preacher, with one person writing, “What on earth are preachers doing in Brighton? I can’t imagine a place they are less welcome.” 

“Who is this QUEEN,” another commented, to which the creator of the clip responded, “We need to find this diva”. 

“WE GAYS LOVE YOU DIVA,” another exclaimed, while another wrote: “This is HILARIOUS and UNHINGED.” 

It isn’t the first time an anti-LGBTQ+ street preacher has faced negative consequences. In 2021, a preacher got a face full of milk after his offensive rant angered a crowd of people in Hull.

The following year, religious preachers in Leeds city centre were slapped with a code of conduct designed to cut down on homophobia. The issued code told street preachers that their right to freedom of speech is “qualified” – meaning it can be restricted in order to protect the rights of others and of the wider public interest. 

Although preaching is sometimes used against the LGBTQ+ community, it can also be used to liberate it. In the US, preacher Aaron Musser attends church in drag. Musser said of his drag church sessions: “Preaching in drag is a theological reflection on joy: Joy overflows so abundantly, it can’t help but make itself known. Weaving together the day’s theme, queer theory, and lectionary texts, we will ‘dress rehearse’ for joy.”

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