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:
- SURVIVOR QUARANTE QUTNNAIRE: BRET LABELLE REFLECTS ON G OUT AS GAY ON THE SHOW
- SURVIVOR: CLOSET GAYS
SURVIVOR QUARANTE QUTNNAIRE: BRET LABELLE REFLECTS ON G OUT AS GAY ON THE SHOW
Come on , gays! * gay survivor players *
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. 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. 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). Will the gay men outw, outplay, and outlast?
SURVIVOR: CLOSET GAYS
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.
***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.