‘Queer Eye’ Guys Say Breakout Moment From Austin Season Was “An Example Of Trans & Queer Joy” – Contenders TV: Docs + Unscripted
The cast of Queer Eye can’t speak enough about Angel Flores.When the Fab 5 went to Austin for Season 6 of the Netflix series, they introduced Flores, a 22-year-old powerlifter and weightlifting coach who is trans.
Her episode, titled “Angel Gets Her Wings,” included the requisite makeovers but with a few unexpected surprises.“Angel’s episode is so important,” said Jonathan Van Ness, who was joined at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event by his co-stars Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Tan France and Bobby Berk. “That was an example of trans and queer joy that is unapologetic.
We so seldom get to see trans women of color, really winning and having their family accept them and be fully integrated and loved in their community.
It’s so so often about strife or the hardship.“I think to see such an example of unapologetic, queer joy is so moving to queer people and to LGBTQI+ people.
