MTV's 'Are You The One?' And The Future Of Queer Representation In Reality TV

Published: July 22, 2019, 8:57 p.m.

"It was nerve-wracking, to say the least," contestant Kai Wes said of his decision to take his testosterone injections on-screen during MTV's "Are You the One?" "It's something that people don't see, so I purposely chose to show that. I wanted it to be normalized."

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