'I began to see photos of his surgery... That was a big surprise for me. I would have never noticed because Gabe just looks like a man.'
Isabel is telling her side of the story when it comes to falling in love with Gabe. On Sunday's episode ofGabe, a transgender man, met Isabel through a mutual friend while in Colombia, and said the two were immediately attracted to one another. Now, he's ready to move from Florida to Colombia to be with her and even tattooed her name on himself. On Sunday's episode, Isabel, a single mom of two, also said she was immediately attracted to Gabe when she met him.
Later, the two reflected on finding out Gabe was transgender. Isabel said that before he told her, she looked at his social media and was shocked. "I began to see photos of his surgery. I began seeing that he was a trans guy," she said."That was a big surprise for me. I would have never noticed because Gabe just looks like a man. I had a lot of questions because when I met him, I didn't see any feminine traits in his body, voice, his face. Everything was perfectly of a man."
Isabel said that at the same time, Gabe messaged her and said that he was transgender and didn't want there to be secrets between them. Isabel said she felt nervous and that she never thought she would be attracted to a transgender man. But in the end, she told Gabe it didn't matter to her.Isabel said she told her daughter and her daughter also didn't care. But she didn't tell her son, Miguel, who's 11 years old. She also didn't tell her parents, who are conservative.