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A jury found a Missouri patrolman guilty Saturday of killg a gay llege stunt who had talked about revealg their sexual affair to the police chief.

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SURVIVOR QUARANTE QUTNNAIRE: BRET LABELLE REFLECTS ON G OUT AS GAY ON THE SHOW

Survivor star says Bret LaBelle says g out as gay on the show was 'like a huge weight off my shoulrs. I wish I had e out sooner.' * gay cop survivor *

Smh was out as gay while petg, but he had never discsed his genr inty wh his tribemat prr to beg outted by Varner (who is also gay). Gen X season to rm fellow stmate Zeke Smh, "I will tell you you're not the only gay guy out here. "I had an ternal stggle wh myself wh g out and beg gay for years, " says Bret now.

"I fely loved that they waed to sprg on everyone that I was gay till the end of the season, " Bret says. I had an ternal stggle wh myself wh g out and beg gay for years. " I fely loved that they waed to sprg on everyone that I was gay till the end of the season.

A 42-year-old Boston police sergeant named Bret is one of the new st members of Survivor's 33rd season, which premiered is openly (albe selectively) gay but revealed he won't be talkg about much on the upg season bee 's "such a small part of [his] life" that he rarely ever talks about . "Beg gay isn't somethg that f me, " he said recently durg a pre-season terview. "The current season ps Gen X people agast Millennials to see which group will e out on season's only other gay st member is Zeke, a 28-year-old real tate asset manager om Brooklyn who once nsired beg an Epispal don't mentn his sexualy at all durg his pre-season terview, but allus to explag why he chose to major Relig Studi llege.

COP WHO "DON'T TALK ABOUT" BEG GAY JOS "SURVIVOR"42-YEAR-OLD BRET LABELLE SAYS "BEG GAY DON'T FE ME."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MATTHEW THARRETTSEPTEMBER 23, 2016/3:35 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTSEPTEMBER 23, 2016 / 3:35 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"COP WHO \"DON'T TALK ABOUT\" BEG GAY JOS \"SURVIVOR\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-09-23T19:35:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-09-23T19:35:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW THARRETT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A 42-YEAR-OLD BOSTON POLICE SERGEANT NAMED BRET IS ONE OF THE NEW ST MEMBERS OF SURVIVOR'S 33RD SEASON, WHICH PREMIERED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRET IS OPENLY (ALBE SELECTIVELY) GAY BUT REVEALED HE WON'T BE TALKG ABOUT MUCH ON THE UPG SEASON BEE 'S "SUCH A SMALL PART OF [HIS] LIFE" THAT HE RARELY EVER TALKS ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEG GAY ISN'T SOMETHG THAT F ME," HE SAID RECENTLY DURG A PRE-SEASON TERVIEW. "IT'S A PART OF MY LIFE BUT I'M ALSO A P, I'M AN UNCLE, I'M A BROTHER, A SON. I'M NOT ASHAMED OF BUT I DON'T TALK ABOUT BEE 'S NOT A BIG AL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRET WENT ON TO SCRIBE HIMSELF AS A "BIG PEOPLE PERSON" WHO "TALKS A LOT." HE SAYS HE'LL RELY MOSTLY ON HIS "TUN AND POLICE EXPERIENCE" TO W THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN POLICE CULTURE, YOU'RE ED TO PEOPLE BEG NICE TO YOU UP ONT AND NOT SO NICE TO YOU BEHD CLOSED DOORS," HE SAID. 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Bret LaBelle is openly gay but revealed he won't be talkg about much on the upg season. * gay cop survivor *

Will the gay men outw, outplay, and outlast? Arocho started watchg Survivor when he was 13 years old and beme obssed wh OG wner Richard Hatch, who was already an out gay man even back then.

There have been stanc of homophobia, transphobia and the reprentatn of LGBTQ+ nttants has been que limed. Richard Hatch ma history as the very first wner of Survivor, and he did as an openly gay man.

His iendship wh Courtney Yat was lightful to watch; many queer fans nsir Courtney a gay in herself, and they rema bt iends to this day. Brice Izyah Johnston (Survivor: Cagayan). Brice Izayah was the first openly gay Black nttant on Survivor and his charmg personaly and inic purple troers stantly won him a followg.

‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS

Come on , gays! * gay cop survivor *

Brice's time on Cagayan was short-lived, as he was voted out the send episo, but after Jeff Probst snuffed his torch he found his time to she:. Bret felt a kship to Zeke, who was also gay and felt fortable sharg this part of his inty.

HE WAS ONE OF THE NATN’S MOST REVERED GAY PS. HIS ARRT CHANGED EVERYTHG.

'Maybe I n spire someone to not be aaid anymore': Watch Romeo Esbar out as gay to his tribe this exclive 'Survivor 42' leted scene. * gay cop survivor *

***Spoilers below***Survivor, the CBS realy TV show which maroons strangers together on a serted island jt to watch them vote each other out one by one, has been a queer show om the very begng — the first player voted out was gay. The first wner was gay.

In s first few seasons (which aired the early 2000s), was evint that stg directors saw LGBTQ+ staways as ltle more than opportuni to produce "button-phg" TV, brgg on one or two (typilly whe) gay men hop of gettg a brawl or, better, an unlikely iendship à la Rudy Boch and Richard Hatch. Rather than there beg one whe gay male teractg wh a field of straight staways, today we have queer BIPOC, nonbary, and transgenr people all teractg and provg that the muny isn't a then, of urse, there are the fans. Whatever the se, I n anecdotally say that the number of gays I know who have watched all 42 seasons is credibly high.

”Wolf had sought refuge Florida 15 years ago when he was done wh ral Oregon, the childhood home where he suffered embedd racism and homophobia on a daily basis. Among his motivatns for wrg the book was to reclaim tersectnaly om DeSantis and others on the right who seek to hijack explas: “I wanted to give a human flavour to what tersectnaly actually looks and feels like and what feels like to experience racism and homophobia at the same time. Growg up a nservative majory whe town was difficult bee the same kid who would ll me the N-word on one day would ll me a homophobic slur on another day and I was nstantly navigatg the tersectns of those two thgs.

WATCH ROMEO E OUT AS GAY TO HIS ENTIRE TRIBE SURVIVOR LETED SCENE

The image of the gay p has been fetishized to ath over the last few s. Tom of Fland, Village People, Gee Michael, and so many others have done their darnst to cement the homo p to the public psyche, but 's a safe bet that none of... * gay cop survivor *

Last month DeSantis’s mpaign released an anti-LGBTQ+ vio assailg Tmp for his past support of gay and transgenr ments: “It is a sry time to be not jt LGBTQ but LGBTQ and Black this state and ultimately that’s the tent. Miller/TWP) RIGHT: Parson, shown here 2005, was known natnally and ternatnally as a pneer of gay rights policg.

’ ”The teenager began to tell the officers the story he would repeat at least three tim that night, cludg at the sexual asslt treatment center where he was taken after his parents were ’d met Parson on Growlr, a datg app for gay men that requir ers to be 18.

WE WENT TO A CONVENTN FOR GAY POLICE OFFICERS BERL

Gay Cops: Wh David L. Jimenez, Matthew Gochman, Carla Schenk, Otto Woodfield." data-id="ma * gay cop survivor *

The man who had jt driven away was known natnally and ternatnally as a pneer of gay rights the natn’s pal, Parson built an award-wng liaison un that vtigated hate crim, beiend advot and marched Pri paras, slowly revolutnizg the relatnship between the police and the cy’s LGBTQ muny.

”Endg ‘fairy shakg’Parson’s reputatn as a gay hero began wh a sndal. Officer was statng himself outsi a gay club Southeast Washgton.

”The chief stalled after the sndal, Charl Ramsey, saw a solutn to that problem: bolsterg and broang a newly formed Gay and Lbian Liaison, then his early 30s, had been openly gay sce he joed the force.

NEWLY ENGAGED GAY P IS FLORIDA POLICE'S FIRST RONAVIS FATALY

“I was really, really aaid that my reputatn was gog to change om beg a good p who happened to be gay, to beg a gay p that ed to be a good p. Rather than raid gay clubs, Parson and the five to 15 members of his un would announce themselv over the loudspeaker, then walk around, troduce themselv and pass out reigerator mags wh their phone number on . The number was the workaround for those the muny who need help, but worried about the repercsns of llg 911: a gay man experiencg domtic abe om his partner or a transgenr woman wantg to report a hate crime.

(Carol Guzy/The Washgton Post) Wh three years of Parson’s beg put charge, the un won a distguished service award om the cy’s Gay and Lbian Activists Alliance, an anizatn formed part to prott discrimatn by law enforcement. Parson boasted that, on a police force wh few openly gay ps, his imposg figure earned him rpect.

COMG OUT AT WORK: WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE A GAY P NEW JERSEY

” The term is sometim ed by adults the gay muny who intify or prent as and the teenager unlocked the app’s “private media” feature, allowg them to see revealg pictur of each other. Advot who work wh gay youth say ’s mon for teenagers to explore on datg apps that allow them to meet strangers, pecially if they don’t feel safe exprsg themselv at home or vulnerable kids also e datg apps to seek out adults who will pay them, though mors nnot legally nsent to beg purchased for sex. “I don’t thk a life should be stroyed over one foolish event late one night, pecially when the ntact was ma on a se where everyone is supposed to be a mimum of 18, ” said Rick Rosendall, former print of the Gay and Lbian Activists Alliance.

Dubbed the “don’t say gay” law by opponents, s supporters bandied about terms like “groomg” to create false lks between homosexualy and child abe, which is mted by people of all sexual orientatns. “Somethg like this jt plays right to their narrative, ” said John Guggenmos, owner of several gay nightclubs D.

CASE OF THE HUNKY COP AND GAY MAN

After Hai Giang talked about his datg life and meetg someone on Tr, Romeo Esbar took his new tribemate asi to open up about his own journey and how he had not shared his te sexualy wh many members of his fay, cludg on who would fd out he was gay by watchg the show. “Deputy Shannon Bent was a 12 year veteran of the Broward Sheriff’s Office; an out and proud gay law enforcement puty; a school rource officer who protected and mentored the young stunts at Deerfield Beach Elementary; a man love to be wedd later this year, ” the partment tweeted on Sunday. A native of Broward County, Bent joed the sheriff’s office the aftermath of the 2016 mass shootg at an Orlando gay nightclub, Pulse, which left 49 people ad, Bent reportedly parked his police ciser outsi LGBTQ tablishments Wilton Manors, Florida, to reassure patrons of their Mercer, executive director of the Florida Police Chiefs Associatn, said the group was “vastated” to nfirm that Bent was the state’s first police COVID-19 fataly.

Though was unreded, Chris Hammons and Bret LaBelle tablished a ep iendship that will rry them through The Amazg Race ’s a gay Boston nservative p; the other is a straight, liberal lawyer om Oklahoma. Jam Tracy me out as gay to his police joed the Englewood Cliffs police partment 2002, but 10 years passed before he revealed his secret. “I was gettg lls om gay police officers all over the untry sayg thgs like ‘Hey, thanks for the publicy and gettg out there', ” he said.

”It's not always easy to be a p who is gay, but each step forward helps pave the way for a better future work environment, Tracy ntu below galleryWell before Tracy ever put on the police uniform, Wtwood police Officer Larry Schwartz helped pave the way for gay officers.

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Schwartz remends other gay ps get volved and take the time to fd peers and seek help if there are road for officers who e out as gay to lleagu has not always been smooth.

“It’s part of the tnal program bee people might not nsir themselv homophobic or racist, but have unrlyg patterns that are, ” Tracy said. Even police tectiv have to be reful what they ask for — and how they look when they're askg for appeals urt says a gay man was a victim of entrapment bee he didn't know an unrver tective was lookg for dgs when the officer asked him if he wanted to "party. "Jul Blan, 37, who scribed himself as a lonely gay man, said that he unrstood "party" to mean havg a good time or beg sexually volved.

JimenezTanner HoxsleyMatthew GochmanSteve SherayCarla SchenkKaren SanrsOtto WoodfieldMcGovern PhillipsJay MadisonCapta JeromeOz CastanerButch StraightmanKimberlee WardSarah McDougleAll st & crewProductn, box office & more at IMDbProStoryleEdUser reviewsBe the first to reviewBe the first to reviewTop picksSign to rate and Watchlist for personalized remendatnsSign DetailsEdRelease dateSeptember 14, 2014 (Uned Stat)Country of origUned StatOfficial seOfficial YouTubeLanguageEnglishSee more pany creds at IMDbProRelated newsContribute to this pageSuggt an ed or add missg ntentTop GapWhat is the English language plot outle for Gay Cops (2014)? COLUMBIA, Missouri (Court TV) -- A jury found a Missouri patrolman guilty Saturday of killg a gay llege stunt who had talked about revealg their sexual affair to the police Rs, a married junr officer this universy town's police force, was nvicted of the first-gree murr of his lover, Jse Valencia, fdg by the ne-woman, three-man panel rri an tomatic sentence of life prison whout parole for Rs, also remend an addnal, largely symbolic sentence of 10 years for the charge of armed crimal actn related to Rs' e of a knife the prosecutor had asked for a send life sentence to send a msage to other law enforcement officers that "that there will be a ton of bricks dropped" if they break the laws they are sworn to uphold. Valencia, a Universy of Missouri junr who was open about his homosexualy, was found ad on a lawn near mp wh his throat sl June 5, 2004.

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