How reality TV became a safe space for LGBTQ participants and viewers

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How reality TV became a safe space for LGBTQ participants and viewers
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Before Ellen DeGeneres made history coming out on her sitcom “Ellen,” reality television was already breaking barriers with LGBTQ participants and contestants.

There was Norman and Pedro on “The Real World,” and before you knew it, Richard Hatch was making his own history on “Survivor.” And as the decades have passed, reality and reality competition programs have truly become safe spaces for members of the queer community.

The grooming expert, who also has a spinoff Netflix series in “Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness,” has been part of “Queer Eye” assisting both straight-identifying and LGBTQ individuals throughout its six official seasons. Just this past year, the Fab Five helped transform the life of a newly out trans woman, Angel.Van Ness credits the crew and the producers for having their hearts not only in the right place but “in a genuine place, in an authentic place.

A veteran of three “Drag Race” seasons, Couleé says being able to be her true self was one of the things that originally attracted her to the show.

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