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.”

Back to the Frontier, a new show from Waco’s Fixer Upper stars Chip and Joanna Gaines, has provoked ire online from some conservative Christians over the inclusion of a same-sex couple.