Queer Eye: Karamo Brown Encourages Allies To ‘Speak Up’ For Equality
It's pride month, and Queer Eye star Karamo Brown wants allies to use their voice to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. Pride month is celebrated every June to commemorate the riots at Stonewall Inn in New York City from June 28 through July 3, 1969. While the month is full of fun events celebrating the gay community, some people, unfortunately, choose to enjoy the uplifting nature of the month without taking on the responsibility of advocating for the marginalized community being celebrated. Karamo has been a huge activist for LGBTQ+ rights as well as rights for people of color, which he's showcased on his Netflix reality series.
In the third episode of Queer Eye, the Fab 5 helps former Marine, Henry, but the episode doesn't start out very smoothly. The show, by nature, advocates for the LGBTQ+ community, but in this episode, Karamo has an uncomfortable yet powerful discussion about police brutality with Henry after an incident that occurs at the start of the episode. Henry has one of his police officer friends pretend to pull the Fab 5 over at the start of the episode. Karamo was driving and was visibly terrified due to the brutal history of how police officers treat the black community. Luckily, Karamo and Henry were able to have an eye-opening conversation where they both felt heard.
Related: Queer Eye: What Karamo Brown Did Before Joining the Fab Five
While Karamo has done a lot of activism himself, he's now calling on allies to do the work. The Hollywood Reporter published a story by Karamo, as told to one of their journalists. In the story, Karamo stresses the importance of unity and how exciting it is to see representation in the media. He uses the Asian representation in Hulu's Fire Island as an example. He also
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