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Back in January, the Discovery network launched Discovery+, a streaming service for the bevy of networks under its media umbrella. The service has something for every type of gay. Are you a chef-y gay? Discovery+ offers you all your favorite shows from Diet Network and the Cooking Channel. A true crime gay? You’ve got Research Discovery’s entire library at your fingertips. An adventurous gay? Visit every corner of the earth from the comforts of your couch with the Journey Channel or or Discovery. Are you a gay who’s unsure of where they stand on the question of “is love a lie?” Shows fond 90 Day Fiance and Say Yes to the Dress will help you figure out where your allegiances lie.
For me, though, I’m a home improvement gay, determined to watch enough HGTV to one daytime level up to the DIY lgbtq+ status. Thus far my love for HGTV just leaves me with a lot of ideas but lacking the capacity to transport any of them to fruition. I can talk a good game, though!
While I love watching HGTV, the network is definitely lacking when it comes to diversity. Its talent is disproportionately white and its out queer talent is disproportionately male. As far as
Meet four of your favorite LGBT Home stars.
David Bromstad
This 48-year-old gay designer won HGTV Design Star in its debut season in 2006. Since then, he has hosted several dwelling improvements shows, including Color Splash, Beach Flip, Design Stars All Stars and is currently the host of My Lottery Vision Home and just starred on HGTV’s new competition show Rock the Block. Last year, he starred in the special My Lottery Dream Home: David’s Desire Home. The Floridian went to Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, lived in Miami for several years and has a home in Orlando.
Nate Berkus
Berkus, 50, is the son of famous HGTV and DIY home designer Nancy Golden. A designer in his possess right, he has written many books and has appeared, sharing his expertise on Oprah’s Giant Give and hosted The Nate Berkus Show. He also created a line for Target and has his own lines of stationery and fabric. Later shows include American Dream Builders and a TLC show with his husband and fellow interior creator, Jeremiah Brent, titled Nate and Jeremiah by Design.
The couple, who married in 2014 in NYC, have two children – Poppy Brent-Berkus and O
When It Comes to LGBTQ+ Representation, HGTV Is Still a Work in Progress
Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent; Davina Thomasula and Kristin Leitheuser; and Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas. (Photos: HGTV; Primetimer graphic)
In Investigating Discovery+, Primetimer staffers and contributors comb through the Discovery+ catalog to identify veiled gems and seize a closer glance at breakout series.
In early 2020, HGTV staple House Hunters made headlines when it featured its first-ever throuple searching for the matchless home with a three-car garage and expanded bathroom. The episode, "Three's Not a Crowd in Colorado Springs," wasn't the first occasion House Hunters centered queer home buyers — it's actually one of HGTV's more diverse franchises — but it resonated with viewers, especially more optimistically-minded fans hoping the installment reflected a shift at the notoriously traditional network.
Three years later, viewers are, for the most part, still waiting for that to come to pass. Though HGTV currently has two LGBTQ+-led home renovation shows on the air — Bargain Block and The Nate & Jeremiah Home Project — they're drowned out by the overwhelming amount of programming featur
Chip and Joanna Gaines Insert a Gay Couple on Their New Show. All Hell Broke Loose.
In the HGTV universe, controversy doesn’t typically come knocking. House renovation shows tend to follow a simple structure wherein an outdated territory is transformed—after some budgetary or building bumps—leaving the homeowners happy and the pair of tool belt–toting hosts (it is almost always a pair) primed to take on next week’s project. It’s comfort TV where the formula is as blandly pleasing as the decor. So color us all surprised to learn that the two biggest and most powerful stars to materialize from the world of HGTV, Chip and Joanna Gaines, have suddenly establish themselves embroiled in a good ol’ Christian backlash because they broke their traditional mold, however slightly, by doing something that far-right religious bigots apparently cannot tolerate: acknowledge the existence of LGBTQ+ people.
But while that may not seem like a vast deal, it is actually an unexpected one if you know anything about the Gaineses’ lore. So here’s our best try to explain what’s going on with America’s favorite modern farmhouse evangelists.
I’m a middle-aged straight guy. I know nothing about these people and hav