Contents:
- CHIP AND JOANNA GA AND THE ANTI-GAY NTROVERSY OVER HGTV'S FIXER UPPER, EXPLAED
- FIXER UPPER STAR ASKS FOR “SLACK” WAKE OF ANTI-GAY CHURCH CONTROVERSY
- HGTV ON HULU: JT THE GAY COUPL, PLEASE!
CHIP AND JOANNA GA AND THE ANTI-GAY NTROVERSY OVER HGTV'S FIXER UPPER, EXPLAED
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FIXER UPPER STAR ASKS FOR “SLACK” WAKE OF ANTI-GAY CHURCH CONTROVERSY
BuzzFeed brought up qutns about the Ga’ pastor and why Fixer Upper never featur gay upl. And why hasn’t Fixer Upper ever featured a gay uple while other HGTV shows have — is bee the hosts believe what Seibert preach?
HGTV ON HULU: JT THE GAY COUPL, PLEASE!
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[S]uch efforts [nversn therapy or ex-gay mistry] have ser potential to harm young people bee they prent the view that the sexual orientatn of lbian, gay, and bisexual youth is a mental illns or disorr, and they often ame the abily to change one’s sexual orientatn as a personal and moral failure. What we do know is that there hasn’t been a gay uple featured on any of Fixer Upper’s 40-pl episos to date (the upl featured also tend to be whe); that fact was the apparent impet for Aurthur’s article. Is the lack of gay upl featured on Fixer Upper the Ga’ choice, and if is, then is discrimatn?