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If every contestant correctly identifies their match, they will collectively win,gasp, One Million Dollars!
Meaning: There are no gender limitations and the one could be anyone.
Heres why you should do yourself a favor and watch this gloriously entertaining time capsule of gamified queer dating.
The Representation!
Thats not even mentioning thebisexual erasureand hostility thats rampant within the LGBTQ community.
The Struggles!
This is like if Shakespeare made queer reality TV, and honestly, the world is better for it.
The Community!
Perhaps the most realistic thing aboutAYTOseason eight is the community thats formed on- and offscreen.
This feeling of fast intimacy and genuine support feels realistic to the queer community this show represents.
I came out to my grandmother today.
The DRAMAAAAAAAAH!
For anyone unfamiliar with queer culture, let me just say this: Its called dramaqueen for a reason.
(Those kids get to bequeer in high schooland Im not jealous at all, okay!)
But … she is the one!
In what other dating show is your direct competition also your potential love interest?
I love/hate being queer so much!
Speak of the goddexx and they will appear!
Basit is the intelligent, fashionable, gender-nonconforming emotional center of the show whose preferred pronoun is Basit.
Is this show perfect?
It could use more variation in the gender presentation of contestants (give me a long-haired butch!
Or at least more than one cis woman without acrylic nails!
