The 'Queer Eye' cast meets with lawmakers on Capitol Hill
Can you believe? Lawmakers and Capitol Hill visitors alike simply could not when the cast of"Queer Eye," the Netflix reality makeover show, visited Capitol Hill on Thursday.— Bobby Berk April 4, 2019 Four of the show's five co-hosts were there not to make over lawmakers, but to drum up support for the proposed Equality Act, which would bar discrimination based on gender identity, sex and sexual orientation by expanding the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
— Jonathan Van Ness April 4, 2019 The"Queer Eye" hosts also met with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Washington state Democrat, and Democratic Rep. Judy Chu of California.And all things just keep getting better! 🌈 So excited to meet the Fab Five to chat about leading with love and the #EqualityAct! pic.twitter.com/FQrEzoNktF
— Steny Hoyer April 4, 2019 The @QueerEye Fab Five have taught us to love ourselves. And today in DC, we talked about needing to love others as well, through legislation like the Equality Act to promote LGBT rights, VAWA to protect women, and ending the war in Yemen to protect lives pic.twitter.com/LL3pxwjKJl
— Jonathan Van Ness April 4, 2019 "We have the most diverse American congress ever, I'm lifted up in seeing that a United States that values Equality & protection for all is currently fighting for that," Van Ness tweeted."We're making it rain pantsuits & equality in 2020."France tweeted,"THE FUTURE IS FEMALE."THE FUTURE IS FEMALE.@SpeakerPelosi @AOC pic.twitter.
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