Gabriel Paboga and his lady love, Isabel Posada, appear on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way Season 4. (Photo Credit: TLC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFrom the beginning of the season (and from the trailers before it), we knew that a defining moment for Gabe and Isabel would be his coming out.<\/p>\n
He wants to propose to Isabel. Before that, he wants her family\u2019s blessing. And before that, he wants to come out to her parents as transgender.<\/p>\n
Some viewers have asked why he needs to come out to them at all. What\u2019s in his pants, or what was once in his pants, is simply no one\u2019s business.<\/p>\nFirst and foremost, they\u2019re right about Gabe\u2019s gender being no one\u2019s business unless he makes it their business. But he clearly feels like it\u2019s something that he has to share.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unfair, since cisgender folks almost never have to come out as such. But maybe Gabriel wouldn\u2019t feel comfortable with his future in-laws not knowing who he is.<\/p>\n
Also, he\u2019s active on social media, where transphobic trolls have attacked him for years. It seems very likely that Gabe feared that these trolls would out him to Isabel\u2019s family. He probably considered this long before joining the show, in fact.<\/p>\nBut he and Isabel have had real concerns.<\/p>\n
Isabel\u2019s father is a very Christian man. That doesn\u2019t mean that he\u2019s a bigot, but Gabe has noticed that a lot of the the transphobia that he sees uses Christian language and theology.<\/p>\n
Isabel does not know how he will react. And if he doesn\u2019t take it well, she\u2019s unsure of the future.<\/p>\nSeason 4, Episode 8 showed Gabriel come out to Isabel\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n
Because he is an impulsive, fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants kind of guy, Gabe didn\u2019t have a speech prepared.<\/p>\n
Instead, he just quickly explained that he is transgender using a voice translation app that he hopes won\u2019t mess up his words.<\/p>\nSo, yes, it\u2019s possible that Isabel\u2019s parents reacted with aggressive transphobia. If so, we\u2019ll likely see that on Sunday, on Episode 9.<\/p>\n
That said \u2026 Gabe is from Florida. He has friends and family in Florida. Of course he\u2019d go back, even if it\u2019s just for a visit.<\/p>\n
Also? This is 90 Day Fiance<\/em>. We have seen other couples who are on The Other Way<\/em> before moving to another spinoff or to the main series before. Maybe Gabe\u2019s \u201cmove\u201d to Colombia was not as permanent <\/em>as editing suggested. <\/p>\nLife happens, and it doesn\u2019t always fit into the exact premise of a reality show.<\/p>\n
We should also note that, though the two have avoided posting direct spoilers, Gabe and Isabel have seemed upbeat and friendly on social media.<\/p>\n
Not defensive, not overly formal, not oddly silent, even as the season airs. That usually hints that they\u2019re still together.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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