On “Survivor,” a gay man shockgly outs a trans man - Outsports

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• REV. STEPHEN PIETERS, HIV SURVIVOR AND GAY ACTIVIST, DI AT 70
• REV. STEPHEN PIETERS, HIV SURVIVOR AND GAY ACTIVIST, DI AT 70
• ON “SURVIVOR,” A GAY MAN SHOCKGLY OUTS A TRANS MAN

REV. STEPHEN PIETERS, HIV SURVIVOR AND GAY ACTIVIST, DI AT 70

Steve Pieters, an HIV survivor and gay activist who helped shift views around HIV/AIDS the ’80s, has died at 70. ***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.

REV. STEPHEN PIETERS, HIV SURVIVOR AND GAY ACTIVIST, DI AT 70

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Cagayan was my favore season.

JT: “Don’t get gay on me now, ’s only Day 16. ” Stephen: “I have time to get gay the future is what you’re sayg?

ON “SURVIVOR,” A GAY MAN SHOCKGLY OUTS A TRANS MAN

On Wednday night, the legendary televisn show “Survivor” aired s 507th episo, and was perhaps s most important and the one that disgted me the most as a gay person and longtime viewer.

Varner, a gay man om North Carola, then outed Smh as a transgenr man.