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.
KISHA IS FOURTH GAY ST MEMBER ON AMAZG RACE 14, WHICH IGNOR NTTANTS’ GAYNS
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.
SURVIVOR QUARANTE QUTNNAIRE: BRET LABELLE REFLECTS ON G OUT AS GAY ON THE SHOW
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.
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
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.