Joanna Gaines Is Super LGBTQ Affirming, Praises Gay ‘Throuple’ Announcement?
Professing Christian couple and TV personalities Chip and Joanna Gaines, known for their HGTV show ‘Fixer Upper’ and the Magnolia brand, are facing criticism for their decision to prominently feature a same-sex couple in their new series, Back to the Frontier. While this is bad enough, a deep dive into her social media history paints an even more disturbing picture.
Billy Jack Brawner, a creative director, is married to Sara Brawner. For years they struggled to conceive, enduring three miscarriages and one stillbirth before adopting four children. Shortly thereafter, however, they discovered she was pregnant, and the couple welcomed five children in under a year.
In 2016, after seeing his work and falling in love with it, Billy Jack Brawner became a key creative partner to Joanna Gaines, who worked for the next five years to shape and execute the visual and conceptual direction of the Magnolia brand across print, TV, digital, and product platforms.
In February 2021, Brawner came out as gay, sharing in a now-private Instagram post that, despite being married with children, he is a gay man who is “learning to absolutely love myself.”
In this post he reveals “I’m in love with a man who is so good. My life is so good, and I am so thankful. No more hate.” This man became the third partner in the couple’s relationship, with the three forming a ‘throuple’ to raise the children together.
Despite this new arrangement being a grotesque and bizarre mockery of God’s holy law and designs for marriage, which will inevitably scar their children for life and irreparably destroy the family, Joanna Gaines actually LIKED the post. She publicly declared her support by commenting, “Yes @billyjackbrawner. You are SO good. We love you.”
Another post which seemingly referenced his coming out to be his true self was also liked by Gaines.
Coming out as as a gay throuple hasn’t seemed to hurt their relationship one bit, however. Brawner has been freelancing since 2022 and some of his jobs have, according to his LinkedIn profile, has included “Writing personal essays for Magnolia Journal, exploring each issue’s theme through my own voice and perspective, while maintaining alignment with the brand’s editorial focus.”
Furthermore, his work was featured in the Summer 2025 Magnolia Journal, with two more features in the 2022 Fall Journal.
Rather than grieve she tolerates and celebrates. What a tragedy.
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