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MEET THE CUTE GAY COUPLE WHO JT WON "THE AMAZG RACE CANADA"“I HOPE WE HAVE SPIRED OTHERS TO BE PROUD OF WHO THEY ARE.”{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 BRANDON VOSSSEPTEMBER 17, 2017/1:53 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}AMAZG RACE CANADABY BRANDON VOSSSEPTEMBER 17, 2017 / 1:53 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET THE CUTE GAY COUPLE WHO JT WON \"THE AMAZG RACE CANADA\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-17T17:53:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-17T17:53:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"BRANDON VOSS","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;}HERE’S SOME AMAZG NEWS: SAM LAMBERT AND PL MSKOPOULOS ARE THE FIRST GAY MALE UPLE TO W THE AMAZG RACE {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;}LAMBERT, A 25-YEAR-OLD STUNT, AND MSKOPOULOS, A 24-YEAR-OLD ACUNT MANAGER, WON THE REALY PETN'S FIFTH SEASON EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE TORONTO UPLE WILL RECEIVE A SH PRIZE OF $250,000, A 2018 CHEVY EQUOX, AND A TRIP AROUND 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;} "I LIKE THAT 'S RED, FOR CANADA!" ??A POST SHARED BY PL MSKOPOULOS (@PLMS) ON SEP 16, 2017 AT 4:18PM {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;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 LBIAN UPLE OM TORONTO, STEPH LECLAIR AND KRISTEN MCKENZIE, WON SEASON {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;}“YOU HAVE ALL BEEN SO POSIVE AND ACCEPTG TOWARDS SAM AND I AND I N'T THANK YOU ENOUGH,” MSKOPOULOS WROTE TO SUPPORTERS ON INSTAGRAM. “I HOPE WE HAVE SPIRED OTHERS TO BE PROUD OF WHO THEY ARE. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO LIVE A UNTRY AS WELG AND ACCEPTG AS CANADA. CHERISH AND EMBRACE THIS.”{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;} 1️⃣?A POST SHARED BY SAM LAMBERT (@SLAMCHOP) ON OCT 15, 2016 AT 1:08PM {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;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;}“YOUR SUPPORT MEANS THE WORLD TO PL AND I, AND WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU," LAMBERT {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;}MSKOPOULOS ALSO THANKED HIS PARTNER: “NOT ONLY ARE YOU BRILLIANT, YOU MAKE EVERYONE'S DAY BRIGHTER WHEN YOU ARE A PART OF . YOU HAVE SURELY MA MY LIFE A WHOLE LOT BRIGHTER. I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND YOU AND N THIS RACE WH YOU."{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;} TUNE TONIGHT TO SEE IF @PLMS AND I N TOP LAST WEEK'S RULT! #SAMANDPLA POST SHARED BY SAM LAMBERT (@SLAMCHOP) ON AUG 1, 2017 AT 6:49AM {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;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;}MSKOPOULOS LATER SPOKE TO CTV ABOUT HOW THE SHOW HELPED HIM BEE MORE “FULLY FORTABLE” WH HIMSELF AS A GAY {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;}“THIS RACE REALLY HAS CHANGED MY LIFE,” HE SAID. “EVEN SIX MONTHS AGO I DIDN’T WANT TO TELL PEOPLE I WAS GAY. I TOLD MY FAY AND IENDS, BUT JT BEG ONT OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE, AND BEG ABLE TO SHOW THAT THIS IS MY BOYIEND, THE MAN I AM -LOVE WH… I FEEL LIBERATED, ’S THE BT FEELG.”{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;} DIAGNOSIS: LOVICK ??⚕️❤️??♂️A POST SHARED BY SAM LAMBERT (@SLAMCHOP) ON AUG 31, 2017 AT 4:05PM {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;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;}THE AMERIN VERSN OF THE AMAZG RACE HAS FEATURED MANY OPENLY GAY PETORS AND UPL OVER THE PAST 29 SEASONS, CLUDG NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK ALUM JONATHAN KNIGHT AND BOYIEND HARLEY {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 DID ! AFTER 50,000 KM, 11 LEGS AND A WHOLE LOT OF YELLG, WE WERE THE FIRST TEAM TO CROSS THE FISH LE SEASON 5 OF THE AMAZG RACE CANADA. WE STILL N'T BELIEVE . • • • WE HAVE TO THANK OUR FAI, IENDS, AND SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE SHOWERED WH LOVE, SUPPORT, AND POSIVE VIB. YOU WERE THE ON THAT FUELLED TO N, CLIMB, JUMP, AND SWIM OUR WAY THROUGH THIS AMAZG RACE. YOU HAVE ALL BEEN SO POSIVE AND ACCEPTG TOWARDS SAM AND I AND I N'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. • • • AND OF URSE, I HAVE TO THANK MY EXTRAORDARY PARTNER @SLAMCHOP . YOUR ABILY TO NQUER AND EXCEL AT EVERYTHING YOU DO IS SPIRG. NOT ONLY ARE YOU BRILLIANT, YOU MAKE EVERYONE'S DAY BRIGHTER WHEN YOU ARE A PART OF . YOU HAVE SURELY MA MY LIFE A WHOLE LOT BRIGHTER. I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND YOU AND N THIS RACE WH YOU. • • • LASTLY, I HOPE WE HAVE SPIRED OTHERS TO BE PROUD OF WHO THEY ARE. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO LIVE A UNTRY AS WELG AND ACCEPTG AS CANADA. CHERISH AND EMBRACE THIS. • • • WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THIS EXPERIENCE. MUCH LOVE. #SAMANDPL #AMAZGRACENADAA POST SHARED BY PL MSKOPOULOS (@PLMS) ON SEP 13, 2017 AT 3:57PM {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

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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. So for be able to n the race as a gay uple – for the show to never mentn that we’re gay, to jt refer to as a datg uple – was huge.

"It's been really nice and supportive, pecially young gay youth who have reached out sayg 'thank you for givg hope' or 'thank you for givg me the urage to e out to my fay, ' " he said. 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 .

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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. 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.

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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.

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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.

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Here’s some amazg news: Sam Lambert and Pl Mskopoulos are the first gay male uple to w The Amazg Race Canada. "Mskopoulos later spoke to CTV about how the show helped him bee more “fully fortable” wh himself as a gay man. “Even six months ago I didn’t want to tell people I was gay.

”The Amerin versn of The Amazg Race has featured many openly gay petors and upl over the past 29 seasons, cludg New Kids on the Block alum Jonathan Knight and boyiend Harley Rodriguez. Send gay team to w the race, followg Reichen & Chip. Chip: To prent a new type of gay relatnship to the viewg dience and w.

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