Queer Eye star Karamo Brown announced Monday he is teaming with the Salvation Army for their "Rescue Christmas" effort aimed at providing food, shelter, and gifts for needy families.
A celebrity promoting a charity is not very newsworthy, but Brown — a gay TV star on a show promoting LGBTQ+ acceptance — partnering with the Christian-affiliated Salvation Army has raised eyebrows, and even ire.Comments underneath Brown's tweet harangue the television personality for lending his name to the Salvation Army, with many branding the organization as "anti-LGBTQ." Brown shut off comments when he posted about the organization on Instagram.The Salvation Army describes itself as an "evangelical part of the universal Christian Church.