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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The whole concept of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" was so weird and very of its time. And that was considered pretty progressive at the time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

The sad thing is that it was fairly progressive then to have openly gay men on TV who weren't there as either the butt of a joke or a flamboyant "gay bestie" stereotype.