Netflix's Queer Eye is the gift that keeps on giving. A new video from Entertainment Tonight teases the upcoming second season, in which Karamo Brown says women and trans people will be part of future episodes. ET noted that it's pride month, which includes the entire LGBTQ+ spectrum. It's a segment of American society that continues to be underrepresented in movies, but fares slightly better on TV. This will be the first time Queer Eye has worked with women or trans individuals, since the original show was explicitly Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. In the segment, and in various interviews, the new Fab Five have said that this iteration of Queer Eye has encouraged openness, not only among the show's cast but with their subjects and audiences around the world. Queer Eye returns June 15.<doc-sep>In the season premiere for instance, the fivesome set out to zhuzh up the life of Tammye, a devout Christian mother and leader in her church. By the show's anything-for-a-gag logic, she seems, almost, to have been chosen because she lives in the hamlet of Gay, Georgia, pop. 89; the more producer-friendly reason is that she's reconciling her faith with her love for her openly gay son. But she ends up a perfect subject for instigating a bit of dissonance. Design expert Bobby Berk, who, like the subject's son, felt out of place in church due to his sexuality, sings with him at a gay choir audition; his voice taut, he tells us "I quit singing years ago, but I was able to fill that void with design." Asked by Tammye at episode's end what he learned, Berk says he needs "to let go of some of the resentment and realize that not everyone out there who claims to be Christian is good, but there are a whole lot out there who are." It's a statement that comes as close as one can to dismissal without being dismissive; it's not what she'd been looking for. Informed by Tammye that, indeed, more Christians are good than bad, Berk purses his lips. The experience has been broadening for both, but, intriguingly, it doesn't have a perfectly happy ending.<doc-sep>Get your tissues out, because season two of Queer Eyeis right around the corner! Audiences fell in love with Tan France, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness and Antoni Porowski earlier this year when the reboot of the reality makeover show debuted on Netflix. Now the Fab Five are back, and returning to Atlanta, Georgia, for eight new emotional episodes. While the first two seasons of Queer Eye were filmed back to back with no breaks in between, there are definitely differences to come in season two. "The thing that we're most excited about [in season two] is the diversity," Karamo, who recently got engaged, told ET's Lauren Zima on set of the guys' music video for the show's catchy new theme song with singer Betty Who. "We now have women that we are making over. We are also helping people in the trans community. We're very excited about it." "It just gives us a chance to go a little deeper," Jonathan expressed. "You got a chance to know the five of us, and the [season two] stories just get a little more into our lives as well. So we're excited to show a little more of ourselves with everyone." A big theme for the first eight episodes was "acceptance" and the Fab Five hope to further that idea in the second season. "Season two will be about expanding on exactly what we have already done," Karamo explained. "People are going to continue to laugh with us, have fun with us, cry with us. We love a good tear." For Jonathan, it's about keeping the conversation going because "it's never really over," while Tan said that acceptance is a theme for "every season going forward." "I don't think it just takes one season," he continued. "I think we all need to be reminded you shouldn't just tolerate us, you should accept us as equals. Accept us as your families. Accept us as your kin. That's gonna be the running theme through every season as far as I'm concerned." "And a big part of that also is inclusivity, and all I'll say about season two, and hopefully future seasons to come, is that we're only gonna continue that conversation," Antoni added. Courtesy of Netflix Another thing that won't change in season two? The need for tissues! Prepare to break down in tears, because the guys revealed that the new episodes will be very emotional and involve "lots more snot crying." "As far as I'm concerned, I've never seen this on TV before," Tan marveled. "What we're doing in season two, I've never seen it on TV before. You're just going to have to wait and see. I promise you it's so worth tuning in." Meanwhile, Antoni teased a epic start to the season, recalling, "I'm legit getting emotional thinking about episode one." The first season of Queer Eye premiered in February and instantly brought the guys closer together as they worked to change people's lives. However, there are a couple of things some of them wish they could take back. "Some of my fashion choices on the first season," Jonathan said of his regrets. "You'll see some in the second as well. I feel like the outrageousness of my outfit was directly linked to how hot it was outside. Because I was just like, 'Oh my god. It's so hot. I'm just gonna dress crazy.'" For Karamo, it was much more personal. "The biggest thing for me is that I was balding and I had a hairline that I was drawing on because I was nervous to go bald," he revealed. "And literally this guy right here was like, 'Honey, let it go.'" The New 'Queer Eye' Cast on Filling the Original Fab Five's Big Shoes (Exclusive) This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. The New 'Queer Eye' Cast on Filling the Original Fab Five's Big Shoes (Exclusive) Now, the Fab Five call themselves family and appreciate how much the show has changed them personally. "The show has made me a lot more open and I hope that's what it's doing for everybody," Bobby stressed. "You know, a lot of times, especially in this world right now, polar opposites, left and right, you don't really find the commonality between people. And I think that's what's changed with me. Even when somebody has different political views than I do, I've learned that when you sit down and listen, you're all still really a lot the same." For Antoni, he was reminded to "be nice and kind to people" because you never know what their lives have been like." Additionally, he's always going to stay "open-minded and open-hearted." Meanwhile Tan shared that he now views people very differently than how he did before the show. "I did assume that if somebody looked a certain way they probably wouldn't like me, they probably wouldn't want to talk to me. They probably wouldn't ever start a conversation with me," he shared. "I couldn't have been more wrong. I guess we're all guilty of judging a book by its cover, but our episodes, including, most importantly, Tom Jackson. That was our first episode that we shot, it set the tone for the whole season of why I shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Who knows what we might have in common?" The entire second season of Queer Eye will be available June 15 on Netflix. For more on the Fab Five, watch below! RELATED CONTENT: 'Queer Eye' Stars on How Antoni Chose a Fabulous Crop Top for New Music Video (Exclusive) 'Queer Eye' Stars Adorably Troll Antoni Porowski by Replicating His Bed Pic 'Queer Eye's Karamo Brown and Fiance Ian Jordan Gush Over Their Heartwarming Engagement (Exclusive) 'Queer Eye' Star Karamo Brown and Fiance Ian Jordan on His Heartwarming Proposal (Exclusive) This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. Related Gallery<doc-sep>The Fab 5 are headed down south in the second season of “Queer Eye.” After pulling off eight radical makeovers in Georgia in its first season, "Queer Eye" is back for another round with the “Fab Five” heading back down south. The Netflix reboot of the original “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” TV series, which broke ground with its cast of openly gay men when it first appeared on television in 2003, brings with it a mix of a little social awakening and a side of sass. “Back then [with the original show], people were accepting of gays if they were decorators and cooks and fashion. But god forbid, any of them would've been like, ‘My husband’ or ‘my children’ on the show. It wasn't accepted then,” Fab Five member Bobby Berk told "Nightline." “So I really wanted to bring that part of our lives into mainstream." Watch the full story on "Nightline" TONIGHT at 12:35 a.m. ET. Like in the original show, each cast member has a specialty. Berk focuses on home, Antoni Porowski is the food and wine connoisseur, Karamo Brown is the culture expert, Jonathan Van Ness is in charge of grooming and Tan France is the personal stylist. They call the subjects, or people nominated by loved ones for makeovers on the show, “heroes.” "I wanted to give [audiences] an idea of who I am and what I represent, something that they've probably never met before," said France, a married, openly gay Muslim. Throughout the first season, the Fab Five openly talked about their own marriages and families. "It's so important to see [LGBTQ] people that are married. I love that story. I used to lose so much sleep. I was like, 'Will I ever, like, be able to get married? Like, will I ever even be allowed?'" Van Ness told “Nightline.” The old title, “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” was also changed to “Queer Eye” to make the show “more inclusive,” Berk said. 0:59 The first season had intimate and emotional moments. In one episode, the Fab Five helped a gay man come out to his stepmother. “I had realized with AJ's episode, I had actually never spoken to an audience or any group of people about sort of coming out or what that's been like for me or my sexuality,” Porowski said. “I went in with sort of, like, this naiveté where it was like, ‘We're just gonna dance around that and I'm just going to sit here and prepare meals for these people.’ It sort of made me realize the gravity [of] like, ‘yeah, we have a voice here and we're able to tell our stories and it's not about being preachy but it's about sharing those intimate details and those personal experiences and what those feelings were like because there's relatability in that,” he added. The second season is promising even more inclusivity. For all the moments that make the audiences grab the Kleenex, the new series was also noted for delving into tough political issues. In one episode, Brown, who is black, is pulled over by a white police officer and a tense interaction ensues until it’s revealed that the officer was the one nominating his friend and fellow officer, Cory, and had pulled the Fab Five over as a prank. Brown said he had no idea he was going to be pulled over as part of the show. “They told me because I was supposed to be driving,” Berk said. “ [Karamo] fought me for those keys and finally I was like, ‘Alright, if [he wants] to drive.’” Later in the episode, Brown has an emotional conversation with Cory, who is the subject of the episode, about policing in America. “In our country, right now, there [is a] tension between cops and African Americans,” Brown said. “People are not communicating anymore. They don't know how to see eye to eye. And me having that moment with him where I felt triggered as an African American man in this country, I said, ‘Either I can stay closed off or I can allow myself to be open to this man… who's different than me and say, 'You know, can we talk… man to man, father to father.'" “I came away realizing that, for some time in my life, I started to dehumanize police officers because of what we constantly see on our social media feeds,” he added. The cast said the show had also been an important source of personal reckoning for them. Berk, for instance, said he'd originally wanted to steer clear of the sensitive topic of religion, which was touched on in the episode with Bobby Camp, a married Christian man with five kids. “I had said, 'No.' But I thought it was really important to, kind of, show that side of it and to ask Bobby [Camp] how he felt about homosexuality as a very religious person,” he said. And that episode, he said, got an enormous response. “I've gotten countless DMs (direct messages) from even pastors who have said to me, 'You have literally changed my entire view on homosexuality. ... To hear you say that you begged God not to make you gay and you still are made me realize it's not a choice,'" Berk said. The show’s sincerity and soft touch has made it a success, off-setting criticism that on “Queer Eye,” confidence can be found easily in purchasing new bed linens or getting a fresh shave. Audiences have responded to the heartfelt moments in which characters struggles’ give way to self-love. “I think that, with the love part, all of our heroes … expected us, when we walked in, to find everything we could that was wrong with them,” Berk said. “But our goal, really, was to walk in and try to find everything that was good about them so that they can see that. They couldn't see themselves like we did, you know?” “Men are so often told to close it off,” Brown added. “Think about every young boy that starts to show emotion. A coach, a father, a mentor, teacher says, 'Stop that.<doc-sep>
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness will return for more confidence-building makeovers Queer Eye's Season 2 Trailer Features First Female and Transgender Subjects — and a Proposal! The Fab Five is back! Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness will return for more confidence-building makeovers for the second season of Queer Eye, premiering June 15 on Netflix. Set to the new theme song remixed by Betty Who, the trailer states: “Your best friends are back! Transforming more lives, giving you all the feels,” later adding, “I’m not crying, you’re crying.” This season, audiences will be introduced to the reboot’s first female subject, Tammye, a school teacher and cancer survivor who’s in the midst of planning her church’s homecoming, according to Entertainment Weekly. “We have a really special treat, you guys — we’re doing a lady!” Berk, who specializes in interior design, says to the group. “I haven’t done a lady in years,” Porowski, who specializes in food and wine, jokingly responds as Berk quips: “Personally, I’ve never done a lady.” queer-eye Queer Eye‘s Fab Five | Credit: Netflix Later, Berk tells viewers, “Who would’ve thought a bunch of gays would come to build a community center for a church?” Queer Eye will also address the importance of inclusivity as the series will introduce fans to Skyler, a trans man who weeks earlier had a life-and body-altering surgery. “People are going to know they can thrive and succeed because of you,” Brown, who specializes in culture, tells Skyler in an emotional scene from the trailer. Fans will no doubt be grabbing tissues in the upcoming installment, but there are also a handful of joyous moments — including a surprise proposal!