Back to the Frontier, which premiered on July 10, follows three families, including Hanna and Riggs, as they attempt to live like 19th-century homesteaders. Speaking to LGBTQ+ outlet Queerty, Hanna also called the experience “a great, amazing opportunity to normalize same-sex couples and same-sex families.”

Right-wing and Christian nationalist media figures are lashing out at Magnolia Network owners and former HGTV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines for casting a same-sex couple in a new TV show, declaring that “I would never let my kids watch this filth,