Rev. Steve Pieters, an HIV survivor and gay activist who helped shift views around HIV/AIDS the ’80s, has died at 70. Pieters was known for his landmark terview wh televangelist Tammy Faye Baker on her broadst which went to lns of nservative Christians. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.
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- ATRALIAN ‘SURVIVOR’ NTTANT OUT AS GAY, SAYS HE THOUGHT WAS ALREADY PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE
- BILLY PORTER: ‘I'VE LIVED AS A BLACK GAY MAN FOR 50 YEARS AMERI. NOTHG SHOCKS ME'
- 'LOVE, SIMON' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
- REV. STEPHEN PIETERS, HIV SURVIVOR AND GAY ACTIVIST, DI AT 70
- ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
ATRALIAN ‘SURVIVOR’ NTTANT OUT AS GAY, SAYS HE THOUGHT WAS ALREADY PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE
Come on , gays! * simon survivor gay *
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).
BILLY PORTER: ‘I'VE LIVED AS A BLACK GAY MAN FOR 50 YEARS AMERI. NOTHG SHOCKS ME'
While gutg on an Atralian rad show, Gee Mlanov was asked rather bluntly: "Are you gay?" * simon survivor gay *
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).
'LOVE, SIMON' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
The actor says he stggled wh a sense of shame, spe havg played gay characters twice. * simon survivor gay *
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.
REV. STEPHEN PIETERS, HIV SURVIVOR AND GAY ACTIVIST, DI AT 70
Will the gay men outw, outplay, and outlast? 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.
‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
***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.