I run my own local ace meetup, so I can say I'm really incredibly appalled by that shit. Good lord. I wouldn't stick around either.
It was! He's a few years older than me and I think had graduated a year before the year I was there as a senior, but was still hanging around the org at the time because... well, that's where your social circle is, you know? I had known there was a trans character in S2, but had no idea that he'd been to college with me until the episode rolled around and I spotted his face. Reading the interviews and the general reactions to the episode, especially the people worrying that his agency was overridden to present a more appealing picture to straight/cis people, was kind of hilarious to me--mostly because I could visibly see the wheels turning as he was settling into I Am A Representative mode, and I know he has no compunctions about playing a particular role as an educator and representative generally.
It was enough of a headfuck that I kind of can't settle back into Queer Eye as brain candy, though--too close! real people now! which is a shame. I really liked what I'd seen of it previously, and maybe I'll be able to pick it up eventually.
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Date: 2019-01-22 09:51 pm (UTC)It was! He's a few years older than me and I think had graduated a year before the year I was there as a senior, but was still hanging around the org at the time because... well, that's where your social circle is, you know? I had known there was a trans character in S2, but had no idea that he'd been to college with me until the episode rolled around and I spotted his face. Reading the interviews and the general reactions to the episode, especially the people worrying that his agency was overridden to present a more appealing picture to straight/cis people, was kind of hilarious to me--mostly because I could visibly see the wheels turning as he was settling into I Am A Representative mode, and I know he has no compunctions about playing a particular role as an educator and representative generally.
It was enough of a headfuck that I kind of can't settle back into Queer Eye as brain candy, though--too close! real people now! which is a shame. I really liked what I'd seen of it previously, and maybe I'll be able to pick it up eventually.