After the most recent seasons of
Real Housewives of Orange County and
Real Housewives of Dallas sparked controversy among LGBTQ viewers for airing what some saw as anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, a
Micreporter decided to take a deep dive into
Housewives history, rewatch old episodes and rethink the impact of the many plotlines that have played out over the years. It wasn’t long before she realized that the
Real Housewives of nearly every city have a lengthy, well-documented past of problematic LGBTQ moments that have largely been ignored by Bravo in the name of entertainment.
Here is an annotated timeline of every homophobic and transphobic moment on ‘Real Housewives.’