how Isabel\u2019s parents will react<\/a>.<\/p>\nGabe is transgender. In fact, he is the first trans cast member of any gender in 90 Day Fiance\u2019s history as a franchise.<\/p>\n
Yes, his journey brings long overdue representation to the show. But it\u2019s more than that. Viewers have experienced disappointment before. Could the show be finally getting something right?<\/p>\n<\/noscript>Before we get into why this could be such a refreshing change of pace for the franchise, let\u2019s talk about Gabriel himself.<\/p>\n
He is, as we learned on the season premiere, an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n
Gabe hand-makes padded underwear for trans men like himself. Not all trans folks seek bottom surgery or even experience genital dysphoria, but for those who do, a built-in packer can be life-changing and affirming.<\/p>\nIn addition to showing off his work for the camera, Gabriel also showcased his sense of humor.<\/p>\n
He is proud to make a product that can help people \u2014 particularly members of his marginalized, vulnerable community.<\/p>\n
Gabriel knows what his products do for men because he\u2019s dealt with the weight and embarrassing moments of ordinary packers.<\/p>\nGabriel spoke about his own journey as a trans man. Obviously, just as gender and sexuality are richly diverse and bring many experiences, being trans in America is far <\/em>from one-size-fits-all.<\/p>\nSome trans people know their gender from a young age (just like a lot of cis people do). For Gabe, he just knew that something was different.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t until he saw a documentary about trans men that he found himself. And he is now free to live his best life.<\/p>\nGabe was in Colombia in search of a manufacturing partner when he met Isabel at a friend\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
The two hit things off right away. They spent a day dancing, kissing, and hanging out. Isabel, it turned out, does not have sex on the first date.<\/p>\n
That suited Gabriel just fine. He wanted to find the right time to come out to her as trans. He did. Soon, he secured an apartment so that he could come and visit her regularly.<\/p>\nAs he discussed with his friend Kion, part of Gabriel\u2019s story in Season 4 will hinge upon people\u2019s reactions when they learn that he is trans. This can be, quite literally, a matter of life and death for trans folks.<\/p>\n
Kion\u2019s worry was about the community in the part of Colombia where Isabel lives. Gabe shared that he won\u2019t be the only trans person around, and both men acknowledged that random strangers may be less likely to clock trans men. That is, to recognize them as trans.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the biggest worry for Gabriel is Isabel\u2019s family. How will her parents react? Because he certainly plans to tell them before marrying their daughter.<\/p>\nWhile Gabriel received a tattoo as a tribute to his lady love, his delightful sister, Monica, showed up to roast him.<\/p>\n
She notes that he is sometimes way too impulsive. And she reminded him of various past mistakes.<\/p>\n
Isabel isn\u2019t the first woman whose name he\u2019s gotten tattooed on his body. In fact, he still needs to get the one on the back of his neck covered.<\/p>\nFrom Monica\u2019s point of view, a major source of worry is that Isabel has kids, and Gabriel hadn\u2019t intended to date any more moms.<\/p>\n
He countered that this is different \u2014 Isabel\u2019s kids, a teenager and a tween, are older. He has a better dynamic with them.<\/p>\n
Viewers don\u2019t know how things will turn out with Isabel, her parents, or her kids. But many hope that Gabriel\u2019s milestone casting in the franchise will break an unsettling pattern.<\/p>\n90 Day Fiance<\/em> has actually been reasonably good when it comes to race.<\/p>\nOh, there is absolutely xenophobia and racism among viewers. And yes, the show has truly catered to that at times.<\/p>\n
But when you compare this franchise to, say, The Bachelor<\/em>, the racial diversity is so much better. (Even if 90 Day Fiance<\/em>\u2018s infamous misogyny problem is even worse)<\/p>\n90 Day Fiance: Before The 90 Days stars Stephanie Matto and Erika Owens smile in an Instagram photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBut representation in other areas has been sorely lacking. And, to be fair, we think that at least some of the producers for Sharp Entertainment truly, genuinely wish that LGBTQ+ rep were better.<\/p>\n
It is time for an unfortunate blast from the past: Stephanie Matto and Erika Owens. They were the show\u2019s first same-sex couple.<\/p>\n
Both women were bi, both had interesting personalities and backstories. Unfortunately, their one season totally blew up in everyone\u2019s faces.<\/p>\n90 Day Fiance: Before The 90 Days star Stephanie Matto speaks about how much her mother\u2019s opinion means to her.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMany couples have mutual problems, even if viewers only blame one of them. But \u2026 there is no evidence of that with these two.<\/p>\n
By all accounts, Stephanie was simply a standoffish, even hostile person once she met Erika in person. Totally different from how she was online.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re not saying that Stephanie was one of this franchise\u2019s greatest monsters or anything like that. But she made a horrible impression on viewers and on Erika.<\/p>\nStephanie and Erika were neither the first nor the last bi cast members. Just the first same-sex couple.<\/p>\n
Tarik Myers and Hazel Cagalitan had hoped to be the franchise\u2019s first polyamorous on-screen relationship.<\/p>\n
Hazel is out and proud of her bisexuality. Not all bi folks are polyamorous (just as not all het folks are monogamous), but she and Tarik were looking for a girlfriend.<\/p>\nSpecifically, Tarik and Hazel are searching for a girlfriend. They will both date this woman when they find the right one, in a polyamorous relationship known as a \u201cthrouple.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUnfortunately, their throuple goals fell short. Part of it was a bad previous experience with a girl named Minty.<\/p>\n
Honestly, part of it was also the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to look for a girlfriend as a couple when you\u2019re on lockdown. It was bad timing.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s not fair that monogamous marriages fail on screen all of the time without people citing them as \u201cproof\u201d that monogamy can\u2019t work but polyamory doesn\u2019t have that luxury. <\/p>\n
But that\u2019s the way that it is. Polyamorous viewers admitted on social media that it might have been better if Tarik and Hazel hadn\u2019t even tried. <\/p>\n
At least, not that season.<\/p>\nAt 90 Day: The Single Life<\/em>\u2018s Season 3 Tell All special, Caesar Mack shared some throuple goals of his own.<\/p>\nHe announced that he was in contact with two Ukrainian women. The plan was that they would both live with him, and they would be a family of three.<\/p>\n
There are plenty of throuples who live that way. But some of his castmates questioned whether this was real, given that he has seemed to be gullible in the past. And Natalie Mordovtseva condemned him in a vicious, judgmental way.<\/p>\nThe most recent season of Love in Paradise: The Caribbean<\/em> had a same-sex couple and a failed attempt at a polyamorous throuple (which, in turn, included a same-sex couple).<\/p>\nAnd we\u2019re not pretending that the franchise was totally bereft of LGBTQ+ representation before that.<\/p>\n
Kenneth Niedermeier and Armando Rubio aren\u2019t just positive representation of two gay dads who found love without borders. They are fan-favorites, and with good reason.<\/p>\nFans hope that production has made and will continue to make tasteful choices with how Gabriel\u2019s real life and story make it onto the screen.<\/p>\n
We all know that the editing room can exaggerate bad moments and erase positive ones. It is, one might argue, part of the job.<\/p>\n
But Gabriel and viewers alike deserve to see an honest, positive portrayal of a trans man living his life and loving his future wife. We\u2019re rooting for him!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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