"For seven years, straight people let the Queer Eye guys into their apartments. No questions asked by the way. They say 'Come in! Yeah, take my sofa and compost it. It was given to me by my grandmother. She fought for women's rights. I don't give a f*** about her anymore. Yeah, replace it with a slab of reclaimed wood'."
"If the Queer Eye guys came to my apartment, I would call Homeland Security. I would say there are five terrorists here. They're all dressed like Mugatu from Zoolander. There is a bomber jacket that is a shade of purple. I didn't even know it was on the Roygbiv [the rainbow] spectrum."
"Straight people have terrible taste in gay people."
Straight people often show strong preference for mainstream, palatable gay celebrities while overlooking edgier or more authentic gay icons. Favored figures cited include Ellen DeGeneres, the Queer Eye cast (Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Jeremiah Brent, formerly Bobby Berk), Randy Rainbow, and Colton Underwood. Many straight fans eagerly welcomed the Queer Eye cast into their homes and embraced makeover aesthetics, sometimes discarding inherited items without hesitation. The embrace of polished, mainstream personalities provokes comedic criticism and hyperbole. Recommended alternative gay icons include John Waters, Melissa Etheridge, and Niecy Nash. Progressive straight allies can be overly forgiving toward performative personalities.
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