Angel Flores

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Angel Flores
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  • Activist
  • Internet personality
  • Television personality
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Last updated: September 29, 2025

Angel Flores is an American powerlifter, transgender-rights activist, and internet and television personality.

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Career

In 2021, Flores was a cast member on the sixth season of the American reality-television series Queer Eye . [1] [2] Following her appearances on Queer Eye, Flores's social media following rapidly grew. [3]

Flores is a competitive powerlifter and coaches Olympic weightlifting. [3] [4] She trains in various gyms, including Club, the queer-run gym Liberation Barbell. [3] In 2021, she held the record for deadlifting 402 pounds. [5] She was training to compete in the 2022 Violet Crown Classic in Austin, Texas, until the United States Powerlifting Association changed its policy on the inclusion of transgender athletes. [6] [7]

In 2024, she spoke out against stigma and discrimination towards transgender athletes. [4] She stated that hormone-replacement therapy can lessen people's athletic and physical abilities and expressed that transgender athletes therefore do not have a physical advantage over their cisgender peers. [4] Flores also advocates for hormone-replacement therapy as a way to improve the mental health of transgender people. [4]

Personal life

Flores lives in Austin, Texas. [3] She is a transgender woman and began her gender transition, including hormone-replacement therapy, in 2022. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Bruce-Smith, Alex (January 6, 2022). "Here's What Angel Flores from 'Queer Eye' Season 6 Is Up To Now". Elle . Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  2. ↑ Reimer, Alex (January 4, 2022). "This trans powerlifter is featured in the new season of 'Queer Eye'". OutSports . Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Kheraj, Alim (July 5, 2022). "Angel Flores 'never imagined' she would be a role model for LGBTQ+ people in sport". Gay Times . Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Gibbons, Sammy (March 29, 2024). "Powerlifter Angel Flores, like other transgender athletes, tells her story in her own words". USA Today . Retrieved September 29, 2025./
  5. ↑ Smail, Gretchen (December 31, 2021). "Queer Eye Star Angel Flores Is an Impressive AF Powerlifter". Bustle . Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ Lang, Nico (February 4, 2022). "This U.S. powerlifting association quietly unveiled policies limiting trans athlete participation". Xtra Magazine . Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  7. ↑ Smith, Andrew (February 2, 2022). "USPA New Ruleset Bans Trans Athlete Angel Flores". Fitness Volt. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  8. ↑ Gibson, London (February 25, 2022). "8 questions with Angel Flores, Austin transgender powerlifter and Queer Eye star". ATX Today. Austin, Texas . Retrieved September 29, 2025.
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