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- JAKE NODAR IS OUT ON DISVERY’S “OUT OF THE WILD”{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;}CELEBRIBY MICHAEL JENSENAPRIL 13, 2009/9:59 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENAPRIL 13, 2009 / 9:59 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JAKE NODAR IS OUT ON DISVERY’S “OUT OF THE WILD”","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-04-14T01:59:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-04-14T01:59:04.000+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":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}OUT OF THE WILD: THE ALASKA EXPERIMENT ISN’T YOUR TYPIL REALY SHOW. AND THIRTY-YEAR-OLD JAKE NODAR ISN’T YOUR TYPIL REALY PARTICIPANT, PECIALLY NOT WHEN TO THOSE UALLY FOUND ON THE DISVERY CHANNEL. NODAR IS GAY AND, AS HARD AS IS TO BELIEVE, NEARLY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF OPERATN, THE WORK HAS NEVER FEATURED AN OUT GAY MAN S {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;}THAT CHANG TUDAY NIGHT WHEN NODAR, ALONG WH EIGHT OTHER PARTICIPANTS, ARE DROPPED THE MIDDLE OF THE ALASKAN BH AND TOLD TO FD THEIR WAY OUT WH MIMAL SUPPLI AND VIRTUALLY NO HELP. BUT DON’T MISTAKE THIS FOR A LR VERSN OF SURVIVOR. THERE ARE NO REWARD OR IMMUNY CHALLENG, NO SCHEMG ALLIANC AND NO LN DOLLAR {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;}INSTEAD, NODAR AND THE EIGHT OTHERS FACE ONLY BTAL WEATHER AND E AFTER E OF TDGG THROUGH THE ALASKAN WILRNS AS THEY WORK TO NAVIGATE THEIR WAY BACK TO {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;}FORTUNATELY FOR THE VERY F NODAR, A HORSE TRAER BY PROFSN, HE IS ALSO AN AVID HIKER AND MPER ED TO THE OUTDOORS AND ADVERSE NDNS. HE’S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ATLANTIC STAT GAY ROO ASSOCIATN. IN OTHER WORDS, HE’S NOT THE UAL SORT OF GAY GUY WE SEE ON {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;}NODAR PETG AND WH HIS {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;} HAD THE CHANCE TO CHAT WH NODAR LAST JANUARY DURG THE TELEVISN CRICS ASSOCIATN JANUARY TOUR ABOUT HIS TIME ON THE SHOW, HIS G OUT EXPERIENCE ON A RANCH WTERN COLORADO AND {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;}HOW EXACTLY DID THE SLENR, SANDY-HAIRED NODAR GO OM TRAG HORS MARYLAND TO HUNTG BEAR ALASKA? IT TURNS OUT HE HAD BEEN PLANNG A TRIP OVERSEAS WHEN HE STUMBLED ACROSS AN APPLITN FOR 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;}{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 WAS GOG TO GO OVER TO MONGOLIA [TO] SPEND SOME TIME WH THE HERDSMEN OVER THERE, PHOTOGRAPHG THEM. AND I TYPED SOMETHG LIKE ‘MONGOLIAN EXPEDN’ ON GOOGLE, AND SOMETHG ME UP ABOUT ALASKAN EXPEDN AND I JT CLICKED ON . AND A DAY LATER, THE GUY OM STG LLED AND I SENT HIM SOME SHOTS OF ME RIDG HORS AND TOLD HIM WHAT I DO – AN OPENLY GAY HORSE TRAER OM {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;}AS TO WHAT POSSSED NODAR TO CHUCK EVERYTHG TO SPEND A MONTH SLOGGG THROUGH ALASKA, HE SAYS “ALASKA HAS HAD A HUGE APPEAL TO ME. I MEAN THAT WAS SORT OF WHAT ED ME TO CLICK ON THE LK AND WHEN I STARTED READG , WAS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY. I THK THE WHOLE IA OF BEG OUT THERE WH PLETE STRANGERS AND HAVG TO RELY ON THEM TO SORT OF HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS WAS VERY APPEALG.”{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;}NODAR AND TWO OTHER OUT OF THE WILD PARTICIPANTS FORDG A {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;}(DISVERY CHANNEL/RICH PRICKETT){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;}LS APPEALG WAS LEAVG BEHD ANDREW, AN ARCHECT {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;}D.C. AND NODAR’S BOYIEND OF FOUR YEARS, “I THK HE WAS SHOCKED,”{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;}NODAR SAYS OF HIS ANDREW’S IAL REACTN. “HE WAS VERY, {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;}SURPRISED, BUT VERY SUPPORTIVE AT THE SAME TIME.”{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;}AFTER BEG DROPPED OFF SOUTHEAST OF MT. MCKLEY EARLY SEPTEMBER, NODAR QUICKLY REALIZED HE WAS UP TO THE CHALLENGE MENTALLY, BUT HADN’T REALLY UNRSTOOD WHAT THE SHOW VOLVED {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;}I FELT LIKE I WENT TO THE SHOW WH THE RIGHT MDSET, BUT PHYSILLY I WAS NOT EXPECTG WAS GOG TO BE THAT MUCH. I WAS DROPPG I THK ABOUT A POUND A DAY. AND I DIDN’T HAVE A WHOLE TON TO LOSE. I’D NEVER SHOT AN ANIMAL BEFORE AND THAT WAS ONE NCERN OF ME. WHEN YOU GET OUT THERE, AND BY DAY TWO OR THREE, WE WERE STARVG. AND YOU’RE LIKE - GIMME THAT GUN! I WILL SHOOT ANYTHG! SO WAS FULL OF SURPRIS. EVERY DAY WAS A NSTANT PH JT TO GET SHELTER AND WATER AND {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;}NODAR CREDS MUCH OF HIS MENTAL TOUGHNS TO HIS G OUT EXPERIENCE WHICH TOOK PLACE ON A HORSE-TRAG RANCH PARACHUTE, COLORADO WHEN HE WAS TWENTY. ASKED HOW HIS G OUT WENT, HE QUICKLY ANSWERS, “NOT WELL. THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT I REALLY ME TO TERMS WH . I GREW UP A VERY RELIG FAY AND THAT WAS SORT OF MY FIRST TIME AWAY OM HOME. I MOVED OUT THERE WH MY TWO HORS. I WAS TWENTY. I WOULD NOT EVEN LET MYSELF THK THAT I WAS GAY. I KNEW THAT I WAS, BUT I WOULDN’T GO THERE. SO WAS JT A CHALLENGG YEAR.”{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;}NOR WAS RAL COLORADO A PARTICULARLY EASY PLACE WHICH TO E OUT AS A GAY MAN. LARAMIE, WYOMG, THE TOWN WHERE MATTHEW SHEPHERD WAS MURRED 1998, IS JT OVER 300 TO THE NORTHEAST OF PARACHUTE, AND THE TWO PLAC SHARE MORE THAN JT A LOVE OF ALL THGS WTERN. BOTH ARE NSERVATIVE PLAC WH LTLE THE WAY OF GAY LIFE, PECIALLY {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;}“SOME OF THE CHARACTERS THAT WE MET OUT THERE,” SAYS NODAR. “IT WAS NOT A PLACE WHERE YOU WERE GETTG LOTS OF WARM AND FUZZI, PECIALLY REGARDS TO THAT SUBJECT. SO I WAS A HOT MS FOR A WHILE. REALLY, REALLY SORT OF STGGLG WH . COMG OUT OF AT THE END OF THE YEAR, EVERYTHG JT SEEMED SO MUCH EASIER.”{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;}(PHOTO CRED: ANDREW STT){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;}ASKED IF ANY OF THE OTHER TRAERS OR WBOYS ME AROUND, NODAR SAYS THERE WERE A FEW:{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;}“SOME. ACTUALLY THE FIRST PERSON WHO ME UP TO ME WAS OM PORTLAND. VERY, VERY LIBERAL. VERY OL GIRL. AND SHE ASKED ME STRAIGHT OUT IF I WAS GAY AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD HEARD WHOUT ANY SORT OF NEGATIVE [NNOTATN] AND I REMEMBER JT WELLG UP AND BEG LIKE, ‘OH, MY GOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH!’ I WAS LIKE, ‘Y! I’M FLAMG!’”{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;}FLAMG OR NOT, NODAR’S NEW IEND ADVISED UTN. “SHE WAS LIKE, ‘YOU’VE GOTTA BE REFUL ABOUT HOW YOU DO THIS BEE SOME OF THE GUYS OUT THERE [AREN’T SO ACCEPTG].’ SOME OF THE STORI THAT WE HEARD … BEE AFTER THAT MOMENT I WAS LIKE, ‘I WANNA TELL THE WORLD!’ AND SHE WAS LIKE, ‘TAKE YOUR TIME WH .’ WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY WISE ADVICE HDSIGHT, LOOKG BACK ON .”{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;}WAS HIS BEG AN OUT GAY MAN AN ISSUE WH HIS FELLOW ADVENTURERS ALASKA? “I CERTALY HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THE WHOLE GAY FACTOR PLAYG TO THIS,” NODAR EXPLAS. "AGA, YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE G OM [BUT] I WAS REALLY, REALLY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. JT A REALLY, REALLY GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. VERY ACCEPTG.”{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 NE PARTICIPANTS MAKG {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;}(DISVERY CHANNEL/DREW NILELLO){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;}NODAR SPECTS THE OTHER FOLKS DIDN’T REALLY HAVE THE TIME OR ENERGY TO WORRY ABOUT HIS {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;}I THK THERE WAS SO MUCH ELSE GOG ON AS FAR AS THE WHOLE HUNGER THG AND JT REALLY TRYG TO SURVIVE, THAT WAS REALLY A NON-ISSUE. AND I DON’T THK A SGLE TIME, WH THE EXCEPTN OF A UPLE MENTS ABOUT ‘MY TURN TO TAKE UP THE REAR’ WHEN WE WERE HIKG – THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF MENTS ABOUT THAT ONE, PROBABLY STARTED BY ME. BUT NO, I NEVER FELT {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;}INED, NODAR LGHS AS HE TELLS HOW HE WOUND SPENDG A VERY ZY NIGHT WH ONE OF THE MALE PARTICIPANTS. “I END UP HAVG TO GO WH ONE OF THE MORE STRAIGHT GUYS OF THE GROUP ON A BEAR HUNT. AND WE HAD TO SET UP A TENT THE SNOW. THE TENT WAS ABOUT PROBABLY 20 CH WI AND WE GOT ALL SORTS OF ZY.”{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;}NODAR ISN’T MUCH OF A TELEVISN WATCHER, BUT HAD SEEN ONE SEASON OF SURVIVOR AND WAS AWARE OF REALY SHOWS SUCH AS PROJECT RUNWAY AND TOP DIGN. BUT HE ALSO KNEW REALY TELEVISN HADN’T FEATURED A GREAT NUMBER OF GAY MEN DOG THE PHYSIL SORTS OF THGS SHOWN ON OUT OF THE WILD. DID THAT MAKE HIM FEEL LIKE HE WAS REPRENTG A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF THE GAY MUNY?{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 DID,” HE SAYS. “I MEAN, I THK ’S SOMETHG THAT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN. AND I THK PECIALLY SOME OF THE KIDS THAT ARE OUT THE MIDWT TOWNS WHO DON’T HAVE ANYBODY TO REALLY LOOK UP TO, AND ALL THEY’RE SEEG ARE THE MORE SIGN-TYPE ON, OM THE DIFFERENT SHOWS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I THK ’S GREAT FOR THEM TO SEE THAT WE N BE THAT, OR WE N BE THIS. IT DON’T MATTER. WE’RE GAY. IT’S JT ONE SI OF WHO WE ARE. SO I THK I WAS VERY AWARE OF THAT GOG TO 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;}ASKED WHO HE LOOKED UP TO WHILE YOUNGER, HE ANSWERS EMPHATILLY, “IT WAS HONTLY ELLEN [DEGENER]."{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 HAD NO GAY PEOPLE," HE RELLS. "I HAD NO FAY IENDS AND {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 VERY RELIG … I REMEMBER BEG WTERN COLORADO, I {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;}BOUGHT HER EDY CD THAT SHE HAD AND I WOULD JT GO – 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;}WHERE I WAS JT FIGHTG WH ALL THIS STUFF – I WOULD JT POP {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 TCK AND GO DRIVE THROUGH THE ROCKI. THAT WAS MY ONE OUTLET {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 ONE NNECTN TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WAS GAY. IT’S KD OF SAD {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;} WAS A CD, BUT . . .”{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;}EVEN THOUGH NODAR HADN’T YET E OUT TO HIS FAY BEFORE MOVG TO COLORADO, HE MANAGED TO NAVIGATE THAT TREACHERO TERRA AS SUCCSFULLY AS HE DO THE ALASKAN WILRNS ON THE DISVERY {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;}IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY OL. MY MOM, OF URSE, THREW OUT THE RANDOM MENTS, ‘OH, THOSE WILL & GRACE CHARACTERS – THEY’RE GREAT!’ JT THROWG OUT THERE THAT SHE IS VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE REGARDLS OF WHO I WAS. THIS WAS BEFORE I ACTUALLY TOLD HER, BUT DROPPG LTLE HTS LIKE {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 DAD WAS THE ONE THAT I WAS HAVG TO SORT OF PREPARE MYSELF FOR THE FACT THAT I MIGHT LOSE [HIM] OVER THIS. AND WAS ABSOLUTELY CREDIBLE. HE WAS - RELIGN IS PLETELY SENDARY. YOU’RE MY SON. I LOVE YOU. THAT WAS OL, BEE I MEAN THERE ARE SO MANY RELIG NUTS OUT THERE THAT REALLY GIVE A BAD NAME AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY, VERY OL BEE I THK THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE AS A CHRISTIAN, YOU KNOW, LOVG EVERYBODY. SO WE’VE GOT A GREAT RELATNSHIP. I HAVE TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS AND I’M VERY CLOSE WH THEM AS {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;}OUT THE WILD: THE ALASKA EXPERIMENT AIRS ON THE DISVERY CHANNEL TUDAY’S AT 10 PM EDT/{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;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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JAKE NODAR IS OUT ON DISVERY’S “OUT OF THE WILD”{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;}CELEBRIBY MICHAEL JENSENAPRIL 13, 2009/9:59 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENAPRIL 13, 2009 / 9:59 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JAKE NODAR IS OUT ON DISVERY’S “OUT OF THE WILD”","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-04-14T01:59:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-04-14T01:59:04.000+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":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}OUT OF THE WILD: THE ALASKA EXPERIMENT ISN’T YOUR TYPIL REALY SHOW. AND THIRTY-YEAR-OLD JAKE NODAR ISN’T YOUR TYPIL REALY PARTICIPANT, PECIALLY NOT WHEN TO THOSE UALLY FOUND ON THE DISVERY CHANNEL. NODAR IS GAY AND, AS HARD AS IS TO BELIEVE, NEARLY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF OPERATN, THE WORK HAS NEVER FEATURED AN OUT GAY MAN S {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;}THAT CHANG TUDAY NIGHT WHEN NODAR, ALONG WH EIGHT OTHER PARTICIPANTS, ARE DROPPED THE MIDDLE OF THE ALASKAN BH AND TOLD TO FD THEIR WAY OUT WH MIMAL SUPPLI AND VIRTUALLY NO HELP. BUT DON’T MISTAKE THIS FOR A LR VERSN OF SURVIVOR. THERE ARE NO REWARD OR IMMUNY CHALLENG, NO SCHEMG ALLIANC AND NO LN DOLLAR {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;}INSTEAD, NODAR AND THE EIGHT OTHERS FACE ONLY BTAL WEATHER AND E AFTER E OF TDGG THROUGH THE ALASKAN WILRNS AS THEY WORK TO NAVIGATE THEIR WAY BACK TO {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;}FORTUNATELY FOR THE VERY F NODAR, A HORSE TRAER BY PROFSN, HE IS ALSO AN AVID HIKER AND MPER ED TO THE OUTDOORS AND ADVERSE NDNS. HE’S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ATLANTIC STAT GAY ROO ASSOCIATN. IN OTHER WORDS, HE’S NOT THE UAL SORT OF GAY GUY WE SEE ON {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;}NODAR PETG AND WH HIS {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;} HAD THE CHANCE TO CHAT WH NODAR LAST JANUARY DURG THE TELEVISN CRICS ASSOCIATN JANUARY TOUR ABOUT HIS TIME ON THE SHOW, HIS G OUT EXPERIENCE ON A RANCH WTERN COLORADO AND {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;}HOW EXACTLY DID THE SLENR, SANDY-HAIRED NODAR GO OM TRAG HORS MARYLAND TO HUNTG BEAR ALASKA? IT TURNS OUT HE HAD BEEN PLANNG A TRIP OVERSEAS WHEN HE STUMBLED ACROSS AN APPLITN FOR 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;}{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 WAS GOG TO GO OVER TO MONGOLIA [TO] SPEND SOME TIME WH THE HERDSMEN OVER THERE, PHOTOGRAPHG THEM. AND I TYPED SOMETHG LIKE ‘MONGOLIAN EXPEDN’ ON GOOGLE, AND SOMETHG ME UP ABOUT ALASKAN EXPEDN AND I JT CLICKED ON . AND A DAY LATER, THE GUY OM STG LLED AND I SENT HIM SOME SHOTS OF ME RIDG HORS AND TOLD HIM WHAT I DO – AN OPENLY GAY HORSE TRAER OM {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;}AS TO WHAT POSSSED NODAR TO CHUCK EVERYTHG TO SPEND A MONTH SLOGGG THROUGH ALASKA, HE SAYS “ALASKA HAS HAD A HUGE APPEAL TO ME. I MEAN THAT WAS SORT OF WHAT ED ME TO CLICK ON THE LK AND WHEN I STARTED READG , WAS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY. I THK THE WHOLE IA OF BEG OUT THERE WH PLETE STRANGERS AND HAVG TO RELY ON THEM TO SORT OF HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS WAS VERY APPEALG.”{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;}NODAR AND TWO OTHER OUT OF THE WILD PARTICIPANTS FORDG A {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;}(DISVERY CHANNEL/RICH PRICKETT){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;}LS APPEALG WAS LEAVG BEHD ANDREW, AN ARCHECT {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;}D.C. AND NODAR’S BOYIEND OF FOUR YEARS, “I THK HE WAS SHOCKED,”{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;}NODAR SAYS OF HIS ANDREW’S IAL REACTN. “HE WAS VERY, {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;}SURPRISED, BUT VERY SUPPORTIVE AT THE SAME TIME.”{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;}AFTER BEG DROPPED OFF SOUTHEAST OF MT. MCKLEY EARLY SEPTEMBER, NODAR QUICKLY REALIZED HE WAS UP TO THE CHALLENGE MENTALLY, BUT HADN’T REALLY UNRSTOOD WHAT THE SHOW VOLVED {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;}I FELT LIKE I WENT TO THE SHOW WH THE RIGHT MDSET, BUT PHYSILLY I WAS NOT EXPECTG WAS GOG TO BE THAT MUCH. I WAS DROPPG I THK ABOUT A POUND A DAY. AND I DIDN’T HAVE A WHOLE TON TO LOSE. I’D NEVER SHOT AN ANIMAL BEFORE AND THAT WAS ONE NCERN OF ME. WHEN YOU GET OUT THERE, AND BY DAY TWO OR THREE, WE WERE STARVG. AND YOU’RE LIKE - GIMME THAT GUN! I WILL SHOOT ANYTHG! SO WAS FULL OF SURPRIS. EVERY DAY WAS A NSTANT PH JT TO GET SHELTER AND WATER AND {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;}NODAR CREDS MUCH OF HIS MENTAL TOUGHNS TO HIS G OUT EXPERIENCE WHICH TOOK PLACE ON A HORSE-TRAG RANCH PARACHUTE, COLORADO WHEN HE WAS TWENTY. ASKED HOW HIS G OUT WENT, HE QUICKLY ANSWERS, “NOT WELL. THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT I REALLY ME TO TERMS WH . I GREW UP A VERY RELIG FAY AND THAT WAS SORT OF MY FIRST TIME AWAY OM HOME. I MOVED OUT THERE WH MY TWO HORS. I WAS TWENTY. I WOULD NOT EVEN LET MYSELF THK THAT I WAS GAY. I KNEW THAT I WAS, BUT I WOULDN’T GO THERE. SO WAS JT A CHALLENGG YEAR.”{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;}NOR WAS RAL COLORADO A PARTICULARLY EASY PLACE WHICH TO E OUT AS A GAY MAN. LARAMIE, WYOMG, THE TOWN WHERE MATTHEW SHEPHERD WAS MURRED 1998, IS JT OVER 300 TO THE NORTHEAST OF PARACHUTE, AND THE TWO PLAC SHARE MORE THAN JT A LOVE OF ALL THGS WTERN. BOTH ARE NSERVATIVE PLAC WH LTLE THE WAY OF GAY LIFE, PECIALLY {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;}“SOME OF THE CHARACTERS THAT WE MET OUT THERE,” SAYS NODAR. “IT WAS NOT A PLACE WHERE YOU WERE GETTG LOTS OF WARM AND FUZZI, PECIALLY REGARDS TO THAT SUBJECT. SO I WAS A HOT MS FOR A WHILE. REALLY, REALLY SORT OF STGGLG WH . COMG OUT OF AT THE END OF THE YEAR, EVERYTHG JT SEEMED SO MUCH EASIER.”{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;}(PHOTO CRED: ANDREW STT){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;}ASKED IF ANY OF THE OTHER TRAERS OR WBOYS ME AROUND, NODAR SAYS THERE WERE A FEW:{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;}“SOME. ACTUALLY THE FIRST PERSON WHO ME UP TO ME WAS OM PORTLAND. VERY, VERY LIBERAL. VERY OL GIRL. AND SHE ASKED ME STRAIGHT OUT IF I WAS GAY AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD HEARD WHOUT ANY SORT OF NEGATIVE [NNOTATN] AND I REMEMBER JT WELLG UP AND BEG LIKE, ‘OH, MY GOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH!’ I WAS LIKE, ‘Y! I’M FLAMG!’”{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;}FLAMG OR NOT, NODAR’S NEW IEND ADVISED UTN. “SHE WAS LIKE, ‘YOU’VE GOTTA BE REFUL ABOUT HOW YOU DO THIS BEE SOME OF THE GUYS OUT THERE [AREN’T SO ACCEPTG].’ SOME OF THE STORI THAT WE HEARD … BEE AFTER THAT MOMENT I WAS LIKE, ‘I WANNA TELL THE WORLD!’ AND SHE WAS LIKE, ‘TAKE YOUR TIME WH .’ WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY WISE ADVICE HDSIGHT, LOOKG BACK ON .”{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;}WAS HIS BEG AN OUT GAY MAN AN ISSUE WH HIS FELLOW ADVENTURERS ALASKA? “I CERTALY HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THE WHOLE GAY FACTOR PLAYG TO THIS,” NODAR EXPLAS. "AGA, YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE G OM [BUT] I WAS REALLY, REALLY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. JT A REALLY, REALLY GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. VERY ACCEPTG.”{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 NE PARTICIPANTS MAKG {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;}(DISVERY CHANNEL/DREW NILELLO){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;}NODAR SPECTS THE OTHER FOLKS DIDN’T REALLY HAVE THE TIME OR ENERGY TO WORRY ABOUT HIS {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;}I THK THERE WAS SO MUCH ELSE GOG ON AS FAR AS THE WHOLE HUNGER THG AND JT REALLY TRYG TO SURVIVE, THAT WAS REALLY A NON-ISSUE. AND I DON’T THK A SGLE TIME, WH THE EXCEPTN OF A UPLE MENTS ABOUT ‘MY TURN TO TAKE UP THE REAR’ WHEN WE WERE HIKG – THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF MENTS ABOUT THAT ONE, PROBABLY STARTED BY ME. BUT NO, I NEVER FELT {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;}INED, NODAR LGHS AS HE TELLS HOW HE WOUND SPENDG A VERY ZY NIGHT WH ONE OF THE MALE PARTICIPANTS. “I END UP HAVG TO GO WH ONE OF THE MORE STRAIGHT GUYS OF THE GROUP ON A BEAR HUNT. AND WE HAD TO SET UP A TENT THE SNOW. THE TENT WAS ABOUT PROBABLY 20 CH WI AND WE GOT ALL SORTS OF ZY.”{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;}NODAR ISN’T MUCH OF A TELEVISN WATCHER, BUT HAD SEEN ONE SEASON OF SURVIVOR AND WAS AWARE OF REALY SHOWS SUCH AS PROJECT RUNWAY AND TOP DIGN. BUT HE ALSO KNEW REALY TELEVISN HADN’T FEATURED A GREAT NUMBER OF GAY MEN DOG THE PHYSIL SORTS OF THGS SHOWN ON OUT OF THE WILD. DID THAT MAKE HIM FEEL LIKE HE WAS REPRENTG A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF THE GAY MUNY?{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 DID,” HE SAYS. “I MEAN, I THK ’S SOMETHG THAT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN. AND I THK PECIALLY SOME OF THE KIDS THAT ARE OUT THE MIDWT TOWNS WHO DON’T HAVE ANYBODY TO REALLY LOOK UP TO, AND ALL THEY’RE SEEG ARE THE MORE SIGN-TYPE ON, OM THE DIFFERENT SHOWS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I THK ’S GREAT FOR THEM TO SEE THAT WE N BE THAT, OR WE N BE THIS. IT DON’T MATTER. WE’RE GAY. IT’S JT ONE SI OF WHO WE ARE. SO I THK I WAS VERY AWARE OF THAT GOG TO 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;}ASKED WHO HE LOOKED UP TO WHILE YOUNGER, HE ANSWERS EMPHATILLY, “IT WAS HONTLY ELLEN [DEGENER]."{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 HAD NO GAY PEOPLE," HE RELLS. "I HAD NO FAY IENDS AND {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 VERY RELIG … I REMEMBER BEG WTERN COLORADO, I {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;}BOUGHT HER EDY CD THAT SHE HAD AND I WOULD JT GO – 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;}WHERE I WAS JT FIGHTG WH ALL THIS STUFF – I WOULD JT POP {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 TCK AND GO DRIVE THROUGH THE ROCKI. THAT WAS MY ONE OUTLET {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 ONE NNECTN TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WAS GAY. IT’S KD OF SAD {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;} WAS A CD, BUT . . .”{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;}EVEN THOUGH NODAR HADN’T YET E OUT TO HIS FAY BEFORE MOVG TO COLORADO, HE MANAGED TO NAVIGATE THAT TREACHERO TERRA AS SUCCSFULLY AS HE DO THE ALASKAN WILRNS ON THE DISVERY {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;}IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY OL. MY MOM, OF URSE, THREW OUT THE RANDOM MENTS, ‘OH, THOSE WILL & GRACE CHARACTERS – THEY’RE GREAT!’ JT THROWG OUT THERE THAT SHE IS VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE REGARDLS OF WHO I WAS. THIS WAS BEFORE I ACTUALLY TOLD HER, BUT DROPPG LTLE HTS LIKE {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 DAD WAS THE ONE THAT I WAS HAVG TO SORT OF PREPARE MYSELF FOR THE FACT THAT I MIGHT LOSE [HIM] OVER THIS. AND WAS ABSOLUTELY CREDIBLE. HE WAS - RELIGN IS PLETELY SENDARY. YOU’RE MY SON. I LOVE YOU. THAT WAS OL, BEE I MEAN THERE ARE SO MANY RELIG NUTS OUT THERE THAT REALLY GIVE A BAD NAME AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY, VERY OL BEE I THK THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE AS A CHRISTIAN, YOU KNOW, LOVG EVERYBODY. SO WE’VE GOT A GREAT RELATNSHIP. I HAVE TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS AND I’M VERY CLOSE WH THEM AS {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;}OUT THE WILD: THE ALASKA EXPERIMENT AIRS ON THE DISVERY CHANNEL TUDAY’S AT 10 PM EDT/{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;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
The first gay man on the ble work talks about roughg the Alaskan bh, g out on a Colorado ranch, and more. * jake gay networking *
“Fally, gay personals that treat you like a person, ” the se says. BigJock has a long way to go before n pete wh the heavyweights above, but anythg is possible and there are clearly niche approach unrway throughout the gay male social workg market. Nodar is gay and, as hard as is to believe, nearly twenty-five years of operatn, the work has never featured an out gay man s chang Tuday night when Nodar, along wh eight other participants, are dropped the middle of the Alaskan bh and told to fd their way out wh mimal suppli and virtually no help.
ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK
Richard Rudometk, founr of new gay social workg se , looked up today to mentn his se went live last Thursday. It’s offerg a drawg for a ee iPod for those who register before the official lnch on Nov 5th. * jake gay networking *
He’s also a member of the Atlantic Stat Gay Roo Associatn. In other words, he’s not the ual sort of gay guy we see on petg and wh his had the chance to chat wh Nodar last January durg the Televisn Crics Associatn January Tour about his time on the show, his g out experience on a ranch wtern Colorado and exactly did the slenr, sandy-haired Nodar go om trag hors Maryland to huntg bear Alaska? And a day later, the guy om stg lled and I sent him some shots of me ridg hors and told him what I do – an openly gay horse traer om to what posssed Nodar to chuck everythg to spend a month sloggg through Alaska, he says “Alaska has had a huge appeal to me.
BIGJOCK, A SILIN VALLEY GAY SOCIAL WORKG START-UP
The Courageo Transformatn of Jake Gay. Calisthenics Trag Wisdom w/ Jake Gay. Tim2Cutl Episo 25: Tyler talks wh Jake Gay about his special an… * jake gay networking *
I would not even let myself thk that I was gay.
”Nor was ral Colorado a particularly easy place which to e out as a gay man. Both are nservative plac wh ltle the way of gay life, pecially Parachute. And she asked me straight out if I was gay and that was the first time that I had heard whout any sort of negative [nnotatn] and I remember jt wellg up and beg like, ‘Oh, my god.
”Was his beg an out gay man an issue wh his fellow adventurers Alaska? “I certaly had thought about the whole gay factor playg to this, ” Nodar explas. But he also knew realy televisn hadn’t featured a great number of gay men dog the physil sorts of thgs shown on Out of the Wild.
# JAKE GAY
A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said n refe to make weddg webs for gay upl poted durg her lawsu to a requt om a man named “Stewart” and his hband-to-be. * jake gay networking *
Did that make him feel like he was reprentg a different aspect of the gay muny? We’re gay. ""I had no gay people, " he rells.
LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
That was my one outlet andmy one nnectn to somebody else who was gay.
Only Lads: ee gay datg & gay chat social work. Chucky is changg the horror game once the latt, fifth episo of the Chucky TV seri, Jake, the 14-year-old gay protagonist got his first kiss, and uldn't have happened a better and his iend Devon have been gettg closer all season, dancg around their feelgs.
The two actors are perfectly adorable, brgg to life a young first gay kiss.
JAKE GYLLENHAAL SAID THERE WAS A 'STIGMA' ATTACHED TO PLAYG A GAY MAN 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA'
1634695696The Chucky TV seri, which airs on Syfy and the USA work, is created by Don Manci, the gay man who origally started the Child's Play movie anchise.
He wanted to make the star of this new Chucky seri gay orr to brg some much need reprentatn to the horror genre.