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.'
Contents:
- GAY TEAMS
- KISHA IS FOURTH GAY ST MEMBER ON AMAZG RACE 14, WHICH IGNOR NTTANTS’ GAYNS
- SURVIVOR QUARANTE QUTNNAIRE: BRET LABELLE REFLECTS ON G OUT AS GAY ON THE SHOW
- MEET THE OTHER GAY COUPLE ON "THE AMAZG RACE" THIS {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;}MOVIBY MATTHEW THARRETTJANUARY 22, 2015/2:57 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTJANUARY 22, 2015 / 2:57 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET THE OTHER GAY COUPLE ON \"THE AMAZG RACE\" THIS SEASON","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-01-22T19:57:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-01-22T19:57:04.000+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":"MOVI"}{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;}{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;}FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER CBS' THE AMAZG RACE WILL P AN "ALL-DATG" ST AGAST EACH OTHER NEXT MONTH, WHEN SIX EXISTG UPL PETE AGAST FIVE ADDNAL UPL WHO WILL MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 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;}SCE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT AND HIS BOYIEND HARLEY RODRIGUEZ ARE APPEARG ON THE SHOW AS A UPLE (THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER 7 YEARS!), PRODUCERS BALANCED THGS OUT WH 23-YEAR-OLD PAGEANT NSULTANT KURT BELCHER AND 24-YEAR-OLD HR EXECUTIVE BERGEN OLSEN, TWO GAY MEN PUT TOGETHER ON A KD OF MARATHON "BLD DATE."{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;}RELATED: THIS DRAG QUEEN AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT MIGHT BE AMAZG RACE'S FIERCT TEAM {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;}THOUGH NEHER HAVE BEEN SUCCSFUL WH LONG-TERM RELATNSHIPS — BERGEN SAYS HE'S NEVER DATED A GUY LONGER THAN A YEAR, AND KURT SAYS HE'S NEVER DATED PERD—#TEAMFABULO IS SHAPG UP TO BE A GOOD {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;}“MY WISHLIST WAS SOMEONE MATURE AND STABLE THEIR REER," BERGEN TOLD THE WRAP BEFORE MEETG KURT. "TALL, KD OF LIKE THE ALL-AMERIN GUY, MCULAR, LIK SPORTS, ATHLETIC. GOOD SE. TO BE HONT, ALL THE GUYS ARE GOOD LOOKG."{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;}WE'RE SURE THE BOYS WILL HAVE PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT: IN THEIR STG TERVIEWS, BOTH SAID THAT G OUT WAS THEIR PROUST ACPLISHMENT LIFE, AND BOTH WERE REARED SMALL {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;}WATCH KURT AND BERGEN'S TERVIEWS BELOW, AND TCH THEM TOGETHER WHEN THE AMAZG RACE PREMIER FEBARY 25 AT 9:30PM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
GAY TEAMS
The Amazg Race 14 actually has four openly gay st members, although only one of them has been intified as gay on the show. Bis s three gay men–Mel… * gay amazing race contestants *
That epic season also end wh gay uple Will Jarll & Jam Wallgton wng the grand prize and even gettg engaged at the grand fale. 29-year-old choreographer Quton Peron has ma a name for himself as a gay cheerlear for the Los Angel Rams. Although the gay uple had ma to the fal three season 32, they were behd the ont-nners, the volleyball-playg beard brothers Riley and Maddison McKibb, until the brothers' bbie got lost.Sudnly the boyiends took the lead, puttg them right where Wallgton had dreamed of beg sce he was a kid.
"Unscripted TV was where we saw our first reprentatn of gay people or people the LGBT muny," Jarll not. Jarll and Wallgton weren't the first gay uple to be on The Amazg Race. But that was back 2003, before today's queer kids were even born."I thk a huge leap forward for unscripted TV is the fact that not once durg the show did they ever have to refer to as 'gay,'" Jarll m now.
KISHA IS FOURTH GAY ST MEMBER ON AMAZG RACE 14, WHICH IGNOR NTTANTS’ GAYNS
Public wasn't even entirely acceptg of queer people recent years, there have also been historic LGBTQ+ wners who have phed boundari realy TV wh the cln of not only lbian, gay, and bi nttants, but also trans and nonbary people as well. The most legendary gay realy TV wner of all time is Richard Hatch, who won the first-ever season of Survivor. S., is absolutely inic that s first-ever wner was a gay man.
Not only was Todd Herzog great gay reprentatn on realy TV, but he was also absolutely beloved by the Survivor fandom. As such, was que legendary that a gay man, Brian Dowlg, won the send-ever season of Big Brother UK. Herren not only ma history as the first-ever gay man to w Big Brother, but he's also nsired one of the bt strategic wners of the entire seri.
All the way back season three, Hung Huynh was crowned the wner of Top Chef, beg the first gay man to w the show. There have been many LGBTQ+ nttants on The Amazg Race over the years, but 's hard to pete wh the cultural impact of gay uple Will Jarll and Jam Wallgton wng season 32. Not only did two gay men w The Amazg Race, but they also got engaged on natnal TV at the grand fale.
SURVIVOR QUARANTE QUTNNAIRE: BRET LABELLE REFLECTS ON G OUT AS GAY ON THE SHOW
Seasons wh Gay Couple teams. I tried to look up a list of which seasons had gay teams, but the lists I found ually also spoiled their placements/perceptns and I’d rather go to seasons whout any prenceived notns about them, so I’m hopg this subredd n help me wh jt a raw list of seasons that I should watch (sce watchg 32 seasons of TAR is not exactly a light enavor or somethg I have time for). Chip and Reichen were the first gay uple to pete on the show, but spl up six months after the season is an advote for the LGBTQ+ muny and has helped promote many .
Speakg to the Philalphia Gay News 2015, Josh explaed: 'We didn't know what to do wh all the goat k we had and we met a woman who was producg this great goat-k soap. The Amazg Race 14 actually has four openly gay st members, although only one of them has been intified as gay on the show. Bis s three gay men–Mel Whe, Mike Whe (who’s bisexual), and Le Adams, this season also has a lbian st member, LaKisha “Kisha” Hoffman.
CBS nfirmed to After Ellen that Kisha “is openly gay, ” and the se not that “there have only been a few openly gay or bisexual women” the show’s history and “Kisha is the first openly gay woman of lor to race on the seri, ” but “[h]er sexualy has not been mentned on the show or any Amazg Race prs materials. Kisha’s sexual orientatn was first revealed an After Elton terview wh Mel Whe, who was elimated wh his son Mike two episos ago, which he also said that Le Adams wanted to be intified as gay on the show. After Le “found out that Mike and I were beg billed as gay, he wanted to be billed as gay, ” but a producer said–and this is Mel paraphrasg a nversatn he had wh an unnamed producer–‘No, we’re tablishg you as what we want you to be tablished.
MEET THE OTHER GAY COUPLE ON "THE AMAZG RACE" THIS {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;}MOVIBY MATTHEW THARRETTJANUARY 22, 2015/2:57 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTJANUARY 22, 2015 / 2:57 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET THE OTHER GAY COUPLE ON \"THE AMAZG RACE\" THIS SEASON","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-01-22T19:57:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-01-22T19:57:04.000+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":"MOVI"}{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;}{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;}FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER CBS' THE AMAZG RACE WILL P AN "ALL-DATG" ST AGAST EACH OTHER NEXT MONTH, WHEN SIX EXISTG UPL PETE AGAST FIVE ADDNAL UPL WHO WILL MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 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;}SCE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT AND HIS BOYIEND HARLEY RODRIGUEZ ARE APPEARG ON THE SHOW AS A UPLE (THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER 7 YEARS!), PRODUCERS BALANCED THGS OUT WH 23-YEAR-OLD PAGEANT NSULTANT KURT BELCHER AND 24-YEAR-OLD HR EXECUTIVE BERGEN OLSEN, TWO GAY MEN PUT TOGETHER ON A KD OF MARATHON "BLD DATE."{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;}RELATED: THIS DRAG QUEEN AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT MIGHT BE AMAZG RACE'S FIERCT TEAM {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;}THOUGH NEHER HAVE BEEN SUCCSFUL WH LONG-TERM RELATNSHIPS — BERGEN SAYS HE'S NEVER DATED A GUY LONGER THAN A YEAR, AND KURT SAYS HE'S NEVER DATED PERD—#TEAMFABULO IS SHAPG UP TO BE A GOOD {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;}“MY WISHLIST WAS SOMEONE MATURE AND STABLE THEIR REER," BERGEN TOLD THE WRAP BEFORE MEETG KURT. "TALL, KD OF LIKE THE ALL-AMERIN GUY, MCULAR, LIK SPORTS, ATHLETIC. GOOD SE. TO BE HONT, ALL THE GUYS ARE GOOD LOOKG."{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;}WE'RE SURE THE BOYS WILL HAVE PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT: IN THEIR STG TERVIEWS, BOTH SAID THAT G OUT WAS THEIR PROUST ACPLISHMENT LIFE, AND BOTH WERE REARED SMALL {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;}WATCH KURT AND BERGEN'S TERVIEWS BELOW, AND TCH THEM TOGETHER WHEN THE AMAZG RACE PREMIER FEBARY 25 AT 9:30PM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
You’re tablished as gay, so don’t be terptg what we’re tryg to do here.
(Mike did mentn beg gay but only the first episo, when he said, “Beg gay and havg a gay father fely has s advantag.