Samsung features pregnant lesbian couple in amazing new advert
A new advert from Samsung includes a pregnant biracial lesbian couple.
The minute-long video, called “Samsung Galaxy: The Future,” shows two women cuddling in bed while one shows the other a live ultrasound of their baby on a phone.
Watch the Samsung advert with a pregnant lesbian couple:
The partners smile at each other as they look at the screen, which shows that the foetus is 6.51cm after 16 weeks of pregnancy.
Samsung advert with pregnant lesbian couple prompts joy among queer viewers
Many people who have watched the advert have expressed their delight at seeing a pregnant lesbian couple in an advert from a major company.
One person wrote on YouTube: “they’re a different racial lesbian couple . That’s so nice.”
Another commenter wasn’t a huge fan of the ad in general, calling it “really haunting,” but said: “I do love that there’s a lesbian couple. That part makes me very happy!!!”
Viewers on Twitter were equally ecstatic with Samsung’s decision to include a same-sex pair, with one user writing: “I love how Samsung featured a pregnant biracial lesbian couple in their new ad.”
Some detailed their responses to this heartwarming example of queer representation.
One tweeter said: “Proof we need more same-sex representation—my gf gasping out loud in the cinema due to at an expecting lesbian couple in a Samsung ad.”
Another wrote: “IT SHOWED A LESBIAN COUPLE WHO’S EXPECTING A BABY AND LIKE MY HEART IS SO SOFT N WARM WATCHING THIS THE FUTURE IT’S HERE N IT’S NOW GUYS, WE’RE THE FUTURE ALL THE OLD FARTS CALLING US NAMES TAKE F**KING NOTES IT’S TIME FOR YALL TO STEP TF BACK.”
Some reacted by yelling for joy, even surprising themselves in the process.
“Omg the new Samsung advert features a biracial pregnant lesbian couple and I literally shouted at my TV ‘OMG LESBIANS!'”
— @finnleen
One person wrote: “A Samsung ad had a lesbian couple listening to their baby’s heartbeat and I screamed so loud.”
Another commented: “Omg the new Samsung advert features a biracial pregnant lesbian couple and I literally shouted at my TV ‘OMG LESBIANS!!!!!'”
And one tweeter said: “There’s a lesbian couple in the new Samsung ad and one of the gals is pregnant, I genuinely screamed ‘PREGNANT LESBIANS YES’ thank u Samsung.”
Others responded to the advert by shedding tears, like the person who tweeted: “the lesbian mums in that new samsung advert making me sob every time.”
Another commenter said: “When I first saw that scene I cried and I got straight on the phone and told my girlfriend. We were so happy to see us represented for once.”
And a different user wrote: “they had a cute lil scene of a lesbian couple curling up in bed and looking at a baby ultrasound scan photo .”