WHATTUP HOE.

2 years ago

shushtaouk:
Queer Eye is so good because we get to see five members of the LGBTQA+ community laugh and cry and be silly! Those guys struggled so much in their lives! Bobby grew up in the south in a deeply religious community and ran away at age fifteen! (he got outed.) Karamo is the first openly gay black man on reality tv and he drowned in toxic masculinity for the whole duration of his adolescence! Antoni confessed coming out was super painful because of internalized homophobia and a dysfunctional family life! Jonathan was shunned out by people he loved because of his identity, and I’m pretty sure Tan is the first openly gay Muslim man in the goddamn history of american tv!!! Those guys lived the trauma of our worst nightmares and are now happy and hugging each other and thriving. Just seeing them smile is fucking healing (and they are aware of it! They want us to know we can be happy too!) They truly love each other and give off such a good wholesome vibe. When we look at them there’s this little soothing voice that sounds like Karamo and whispers everything is going to be okay.
Queer Eye itself is such a good show, too. The struggles they went through taught them lessons that you can see they pass down in the show, and that’s what makes the show so good and powerful. I watched this show with my mom and it gave us such a connection. I could see her grow and accept the way Jonathan’s dresses and the fact he’s very ‘feminine’ sometimes, and that doesn’t matter as long as he is happy with himself. This show not only gives me hope for myself but also teaches people to become more accepting of other people and helps us understand that everyone has their own struggles, after all, we are all human. Not only that, they all keep disregarding toxic masculinity. It helps us all become a little bit more emphatic.