hollywood GAY DIY:
HOMO IMPROVEMENT by tim parks
For a little over 20 years now, home improvement
shows have been a television staple and have run the gamut from theTiny House Nation downsize movement to many a family’s casa getting a redo on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Television channels, such as HGTV and the DIY
Network, began springing up and proved more popular than a trip to a local big box home store to ask the hottest employee for the proper screw. Err, if he could help you select the correct screw and what big tool did he have that would be best to use for it. Oops, that didn’t come out right, now did it? While many of these shows mainly feature “the
gays” wanting to flip a house, trade a space or wonder if one of theProperty Brothers is really a “property sister;” there have been a handful of shows hosted by members of the LGBTQ community. Then there’s the antithesis of such things when
Fixer Upper’s Chip and Joanna Gaines saw their show literally go down in flames when it was revealed that they were involved with an anti-gay church in Texas. My question is, wouldn’t that be most of them? The church’s pastor, Jimmy Seibert, “takes a hard line against same-sex marriage and promotes converting LGBT people into being straight.” Their official statement was, “Joanna and I have personal convictions. One of them is this: we care about you for the simple fact that you are a person, our neighbor on planet earth. It’s not about what color your skin is, how much money you have in the bank, your political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender, nationality or faith. Our plan is to take this time to shore up and strengthen the spots that are weak, rest the places that are tired and give lots of love and attention to both our family and our businesses.” One of those businesses is a bakery… yeah, gays and bakeries haven’t been getting along so well lately. Look for Chip’s upcoming show, Bathroom Stall Foot Tapping Acoustics, coming soon. Okay, I’m off my soap box... but it’s mainly because I have a fear of heights. Now, let’s take a gander at the shows that have
that “homo improvement factor,” the ones that exhibit gay curb appeal and how to make some of the existing shows a whole lot gayer.
TLC’sNate & Jeremiah by Design features
Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent as they, to borrow a quote fromMommie Dearest, juggle “career, home and family.” The career portion of the show plays directly into the home part, as the duo help anguished homeowners, when they attempt to turn disaster properties into dream homes. Another dream home that could come into play would be Barbie’s, as the show also chronicles the raising of their daughter Poppy and rounds out the family dynamic of the series.
tlc.com/tv-shows/nate-jeremiah-by-design
HOMO IMPROVEMENT QUEER CURB APPEAL
When the originalQueer Eye for
the Straight Guy aired on Bravo in 2003, I quickly got really sick of my friends asking me for interior design help. After a while, I would go to their houses, toss a throw pillow—well technically, throw a toss pillow—on their couch and proclaim “That really made the room ‘pop.’” You can imagine my delight when I heard the new incarnation came back as just Queer Eye, on Netflix with Bobby Berk adding his design aesthetic to the proceedings. Check out our full interview with Berk on page 30!
bobbyberk.design
WhileDown to the Studsonly got the pilot treatment on HGTV, you can still follow the home renovation adventures of P.J. and Thomas, cute husbands from Tennessee, on their website. According to the duo, the site includes: “DIY tips, home renovation posts, recipes, and snippets of our daily life together as two husbands living in the south.” Can I get a collective “awww…” y’all?
pjandthomas.com
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RAGE monthly | SEPTEMBER 2018
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