Andy Cohen To Host Reboot Of '80s Datg Show 'Love Connectn' - Towleroad Gay News

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• CHUCK WOOLERY: EX-'LOVE CONNECTN'-HOST BELIEV GAYS, BLACKS 'DON'T NEED CIVIL RIGHTS'
• LOVE CONNECTN BRGS GAY LOVE BACK TO NETWORK TV
• ANDY COHEN BRGS GAY HEARTS TO FOX'S LOVE CONNECTN
• ANDY COHEN TALKS NEW "LOVE CONNECTN," REVEALS DETAILS ABOUT GAY DAT ON THE SHOW"LOVE CONNECTN" BUTS TONIGHT ON FOX AT 9/{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY CODY GOHLMAY 25, 2017/10:33 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}FOXBY CODY GOHLMAY 25, 2017 / 10:33 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANDY COHEN TALKS NEW \"LOVE CONNECTN,\" REVEALS DETAILS ABOUT GAY DAT ON THE SHOW","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-25T14:33:26.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-25T14:33:26.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CODY GOHL","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S PREMIERE OF THE REVAMPED VERSN OF LOVE CONNECTN, HOST ANDY COHEN HAS OPENED UP ABOUT SOME OF THE REBOOT'S BIGGT CHANG, CLUDG S CLN OF LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOX'S VERSN OF LOVE CONNECTN BORROWS A LOT OM S PRECSOR, WHICH RAN OM THE EARLY 1980S THROUGH THE EARLY '90S UNR THE CHARMG LEAD OF HOST CHUCK WOOLERY. THE PREMISE WAS SIMPLE: SGL WOULD GO ON DAT WH POTENTIAL SUORS AFTER WATCHG THEIR VIO-TAPED BS AND THEN E ON THE SHOW TO DISCS THE DAT WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE NEW LOVE CONNECTN WILL KEEP THIS BASIC STCTURE, 'S MORNIZG THE FORMAT WH SH PRIZ, THE OPTN TO HAVE A ROMANTIC OVERNIGHT AND THE STG OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS COHEN'S IA TO BRG LGBT NTTANTS ONTO THE GAME SHOW ORR TO CREASE QUEER VISIBILY ON WORK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT’S 2017, AND THEY SHOULD JT BE TREATED THE EXACT SAME WAY AS I’M TREATG EVERYONE ELSE," COHEN TOLD THE ADVOTE OF THE GAY AND LBIAN NTTANTS. "I THK ’S JT KD OF THIS POST-GAY WORLD THAT WE LIVE , WHERE ’S JT ANOTHER PART OF THIS DATG SHOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE MORE VISIBILY, THE BETTER," HE NTUED. "A WORK SHOW WHERE YOU HAVE GAY PEOPLE DATG? I THK ’S GREAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE GAY NTTANTS IS LIZ BAXTER. WHILE THE 32-YEAR-OLD SAID SHE DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THE SHOW TO BE A REPRENTATIVE OF THE LGBT MUNY, SHE'S SCE E AROUND TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE THIS POSN, BUT I’M SUPER PROUD OF BEG GAY, SO I’M HAPPY TO BE AN ADVOTE ANY WAY," BAXTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT’S A PERFECT TIME TO SAY, 'WE’RE HERE. WE’RE A PART OF THE MASTREAM MUNY. WE’RE ON TV. AND WE’RE NOT GOG AWAY,'" BAXTER ADD. "IT’S AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT THAT WE KEEP STEPPG UP AS GAY DIVIDUALS AND SAYG, 'THIS IS . WE’RE NORMAL. I FEEL MORE EMPOWERED NOW THAN EVER.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOVE CONNECTN BUTS TONIGHT ON FOX AT 9/8C. WATCH THE TRAILER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

CHUCK WOOLERY: EX-'LOVE CONNECTN'-HOST BELIEV GAYS, BLACKS 'DON'T NEED CIVIL RIGHTS'

“When you thk that ’s someone our office puttg people together through qutnnair and tap, ’s credible that one uple got married, much ls 29, ” he a 1993 terview wh Entertament Weekly, the terviewer asked him “Would you ever have gay upl on Love Connectn? Andy Cohen, who is openly gay, asked Fox if would be okay to feature gay sgl on the new edn of Love Connectn. Court of Appeals was wrong to fd the anti-gay marriage California Proposn 8 unnstutnal.

Acrdg to The Huffgton Post, he claimed that gays and Ain-Amerins don’t need civil rights or legal protectns agast discrimatn.

Love Connectn is back -- and 's gayer than Fox datg show broke the rabow glass ceilg last year when troduced queer daters for the first time the anchise's history. A clip released Tuday of the upg season nfirmed that gay and lbian nttants will once aga be featured on Love Connectn. "We have shows featurg lbian dat and gay guys, and so I was thrilled about this, " said host Andy Cohen the clip.

LOVE CONNECTN BRGS GAY LOVE BACK TO NETWORK TV

"There was no qutn that we would be cludg gay men and lbians last season and this season. ""It means the world to me as a gay man to be able to set my people up, " he preview shows both a male and a female nttant, who will each go on three bld dat wh a person of the same genr. In an terview discsg the 2017 revival, Cohen remarked to The Advote that gay cln the show was a sign of the tim.

"I thk 's jt kd of this post-gay world that we live , where 's jt another part of this datg show, " he Connectn airs Tudays at 9 p. There are gay sgl.

He n also make them lgh, such as when he clared one episo that he had a "heart boner" rponse to a sentimental remark, navigatg his attentn between the sgle a chair by his si and a stadium-size screen of a potential was Cohen who asked Fox if gay sgl -- who had been absent om the origal Love Connectn -- uld be clud this latt eratn.

ANDY COHEN BRGS GAY HEARTS TO FOX'S LOVE CONNECTN

He is eager to show that gay people, jt like straight people, are jt normal hearts lookg for love. "It's 2017, and they should jt be treated the exact same way as I'm treatg everyone else, " Cohen said of the show's gay and lbian nttants.

"I thk 's jt kd of this post-gay world that we live , where 's jt another part of this datg show. "A work show where you have gay people datg?

"Liz Baxter, 32, is one of the sgl shatterg this gay class ceilg -- although breakg new ground wasn't her origal tent. "I never thought that I would be this posn, but I'm super proud of beg gay, so I'm happy to be an advote any way, " Baxter said, notg how the current polil climate -- as well as attacks on queer people at home and abroad -- has given her participatn add signifince.

ANDY COHEN TALKS NEW "LOVE CONNECTN," REVEALS DETAILS ABOUT GAY DAT ON THE SHOW"LOVE CONNECTN" BUTS TONIGHT ON FOX AT 9/{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY CODY GOHLMAY 25, 2017/10:33 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}FOXBY CODY GOHLMAY 25, 2017 / 10:33 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANDY COHEN TALKS NEW \"LOVE CONNECTN,\" REVEALS DETAILS ABOUT GAY DAT ON THE SHOW","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-25T14:33:26.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-25T14:33:26.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CODY GOHL","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S PREMIERE OF THE REVAMPED VERSN OF LOVE CONNECTN, HOST ANDY COHEN HAS OPENED UP ABOUT SOME OF THE REBOOT'S BIGGT CHANG, CLUDG S CLN OF LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOX'S VERSN OF LOVE CONNECTN BORROWS A LOT OM S PRECSOR, WHICH RAN OM THE EARLY 1980S THROUGH THE EARLY '90S UNR THE CHARMG LEAD OF HOST CHUCK WOOLERY. THE PREMISE WAS SIMPLE: SGL WOULD GO ON DAT WH POTENTIAL SUORS AFTER WATCHG THEIR VIO-TAPED BS AND THEN E ON THE SHOW TO DISCS THE DAT WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE NEW LOVE CONNECTN WILL KEEP THIS BASIC STCTURE, 'S MORNIZG THE FORMAT WH SH PRIZ, THE OPTN TO HAVE A ROMANTIC OVERNIGHT AND THE STG OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS COHEN'S IA TO BRG LGBT NTTANTS ONTO THE GAME SHOW ORR TO CREASE QUEER VISIBILY ON WORK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT’S 2017, AND THEY SHOULD JT BE TREATED THE EXACT SAME WAY AS I’M TREATG EVERYONE ELSE," COHEN TOLD THE ADVOTE OF THE GAY AND LBIAN NTTANTS. "I THK ’S JT KD OF THIS POST-GAY WORLD THAT WE LIVE , WHERE ’S JT ANOTHER PART OF THIS DATG SHOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE MORE VISIBILY, THE BETTER," HE NTUED. "A WORK SHOW WHERE YOU HAVE GAY PEOPLE DATG? I THK ’S GREAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE GAY NTTANTS IS LIZ BAXTER. WHILE THE 32-YEAR-OLD SAID SHE DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THE SHOW TO BE A REPRENTATIVE OF THE LGBT MUNY, SHE'S SCE E AROUND TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE THIS POSN, BUT I’M SUPER PROUD OF BEG GAY, SO I’M HAPPY TO BE AN ADVOTE ANY WAY," BAXTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT’S A PERFECT TIME TO SAY, 'WE’RE HERE. WE’RE A PART OF THE MASTREAM MUNY. WE’RE ON TV. AND WE’RE NOT GOG AWAY,'" BAXTER ADD. "IT’S AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT THAT WE KEEP STEPPG UP AS GAY DIVIDUALS AND SAYG, 'THIS IS . WE’RE NORMAL. 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It's an important statement that we keep steppg up as gay dividuals and sayg, 'This is . "I mean, Bethenny Frankel has said she'd n for mayor of New York, so [anythg's possible], " he while realy televisn has given the world Tmp, has also done a world of good for gay visibily. Cohen poted to Bravo's groundbreakg programmg-- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Boy Meets Boy, and Gay Weddgs -- as exampl of entertament that moved the needle for LGBT people.

"The thg that was so revolutnary about [Queer Eye] s moment was you jt didn't see gay guys makg straight guys' liv better. It was so unique to see gay guys and straight guys together on TV, " he reflected, before turng his attentn to the Netflix reboot.

Regardg his tenure, he is most proud of how gay people on the work were not fed by their sexual orientatn or given the one-dimensnal portrayals that still populate the media landspe. "The people who were gay that were on Bravo shows were not st bee they were gay, they were st bee they were good at somethg, " he said. We had the gay realtors who were at the top of their game.