Who Is The Man Who Said 'I Am Proud To Be Gay' At The Republin Conventn? Meet Peter Thiel : NPR

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The ntroversial billnaire venture-palist said he is “proud to be gay.”

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PETER THIEL MAK HISTORY AT RNC: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'

The billnaire says he's proud to be a gay Republin, offerg ments as the GOP clos out a nventn that stggled on LGBT rights * peter theil gay *

In any other electn, the ia of an openly gay, avowed libertarian member of Silin Valley’s ele addrsg the Republin Natnal Conventn on the same night as the nomee would seem, well, unnventnal, to say the least. At this pot, however, ’s well unrstood that most thgs about this electn — and the speaker qutn, Peter Thiel — are jt, a -founr of PayPal, ma history Thursday night when he beme the first person to publicly announce to the GOP nventn that he is gay.

"I am proud to be gay.

Thiel prumably had his own sre to settle; 2007 Gawker’s Valleywag blog published a piece tled, “Peter Thiel is totally gay, people” before he was publicly out.

HOW DONALD TMP COURTED GAY VOTERS AT THE CONVENTN

Peter Thiel is an openly gay and is married to Matt Danzeisen. He is also an avid supporter of Donald Tmp and also supports LGBTQ muny. His worth 2018 is $2.5 billn. Know more on his sexualy and marriage wh his spoe Matt. * peter theil gay *

”Gregory Angelo, print of the pro-LGBT Log Cab Republins, hoped Thiel would also acknowledge the historic nature of his prence as a gay man. Only two other openly gay people have addrsed the GOP nventn before, and the last time happened 16 years ago, legat om Texas silently protted by bowg their heads prayer. ’ I don’t thk ’s an accint that they’re havg an openly gay nservative addrsg the nventn on a night that is pog that theme, ” Angelo said Wednday.

AN OPENLY GAY (GAY SUPPORTER) PETER THIEL’S MARRIED LIFE WH WIFE MATT DANZEISEN: DETAILS

By now, you've likely heard how Peter Thiel parlayed a $500,000 vtment Facebook to a stake now worth $750 ln. There's been a csh of verage on his $220 ln Founrs Fund, which may well change the way entreprenrs get paid the Valley. We know about his mansn (he rents — clever!), his butler, his early-morng jogs. But what no one ever says out loud: Thiel is gay. * peter theil gay *

“I was wonrg why he was beg affiliated wh someone like Tmp, and vtg him, if he’s gay, ” Thomas said. “Hot guys at a pool sounds like pretty idyllic gay activy to me, ” the stunt rpond, acrdg to screenshots of the nversatn obtaed by The Intercept. “Well, don’t stay idyllic too long, ” Thiel’s acunt said, “but always lots of fun, ” addg later, “Yeah, we know how to have some no holds barred gay fun.

To paraphrase Jerry Sefeld, there’s nothg wrong wh no-holds-barred gay fun, and, ed, the abily of nsentg adults to engage whatever private, victimls behavr they choose is one measure of a jt society. “My, you know, former boss and mentor Peter Thiel is gay.

“I am proud to be gay.

PETER THIEL IS TOTALLY GAY, PEOPLE

Jeff Thomas spoke wh a news publitn before his recent ath and admted to beg the beneficiary of a fancial relatnship wh the gay Republin billnaire. * peter theil gay *

Donald Tmp’s acceptance speech mentned gay rights and drew cheers too.

After all, days earlier, the party adopted as part of s platform ias that gays and lbians n be ma to heterosexuals through “nversn therapi” and that marriage should be limed to straight upl — settg asi the Supreme Court lg that renred opposn moot wh a lg that all upl n marry. Thiel didn’t even make through the first paragraph of his speech when a heckler shouted an antigay ephet om the balny.

GAY BILLNAIRE PETER THIEL BUYS HIMSELF A REPUBLIN SENATE NDIDATE

Peter Thiel was the first openly gay speaker the history of the Republin nventn, but his speech was paful for many the LGBTQ muny. * peter theil gay *

By the time Thiel uttered his six, history-makg words — “I am proud to be gay” — the dience si the arena had e to see Thiel as a person, not someone who served jeered.

PETER THIEL WIKI, BOYIEND, GAY, MARRIED, NET WORTH

Peter Thiel, the self proclaimed libertarian entreprenr, who found Paypal, is one of the wealthit and most powerful men the Silin Valley and the world. He also happens to be gay. His seemgly bottomls pacy for vdictive petty enmy and shamels assertn of power has shaped the way bs is nducted. "The blzslg strategy he and his employe pneered at PayPal created the growth playbook for an entire generatn of start-ups, om Airbnb to WeWork. His most legendary bet — loang $500,000 to a socially ept Harvard sophomore exchange for 10 percent of a webse lled — is signifint ls for the orrs-of-magnu enomic return he realized and more for the terms he embedd the al. Thiel ensured that Mark Zuckerberg would be the pany’s absolute dictator. No one, not even Facebook’s board of directors, uld ever overle him. Siar manvers were adopted at many of Thiel’s portfol pani, cludg Stripe and SpaceX, and today, across the dtry, ’s more the norm than the exceptn." * peter theil gay *

But he’s also an openly gay man a party that has seldom embraced such members.

“If our enemi had their way, gays, lbians and transgenr cizens would be put to ath as they are today the Islamic State and Iran, ” he said.

“Whether you are gay or straight, the Bill of Rights protects the rights of all of to live acrdg to our nscience, ” he said. Thiel was the first openly gay dividual to addrs a GOP nventn sce 2000, when former Reprentative Jim Kolbe spoke — and some legat lowered their head silent, prayerful prott back then, even though Kolbe said nothg about his sexualy.

PETER THIEL BE FIRST OPENLY GAY R.N.C. SPEAKER 16 YEARSTHE NTROVERSIAL BILLNAIRE VENTURE PALIST SAID HE IS “PROUD TO BE GAY.”BY MAYA KOSOFFJULY 21, 2016BY ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAG.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEON THURSDAY EVENG, BILLNAIRE PAYPAL -FOUNR PETER THIEL LIVERED A SPEECH SUPPORT OF TMP AT THE REPUBLIN NATNAL CONVENTN CLEVELAND. TO THE SHOCK OF THE REPUBLIN CROWD, HE AFFIRMED THAT HE WAS “PROUD TO BE GAY.” THE ONLY PREV TIME AN OPENLY GAY SPEAKER SPOKE AT THE REPUBLIN NATNAL CONVENTN WAS THE YEAR 2000, AND THIEL IS THE FIRST GAY R.N.C. SPEAKER TO DISCS HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN.“WHEN I WAS A KID, THE GREAT BATE WAS ABOUT HOW TO FEAT THE SOVIET UNN. AND WE WON. NOW WE ARE TOLD THAT THE GREAT BATE IS ABOUT WHO GETS TO E WHICH BATHROOM,” HE SAID. “THIS IS A DISTRACTN OM OUR REAL PROBLEMS. WHO R? OF URSE, EVERY AMERIN HAS A UNIQUE INTY. I AM PROUD TO BE GAY. I AM PROUD TO BE A REPUBLIN.” HIS CLARATN WAS MET WH CHEERS OF “U.S.A.! U.S.A.!”PREVLY THIEL HAS DONATED TO NSERVATIVE-LIBERTARIAN PRO-L.G.B.T. ANIZATNS. HE BEME THE FIRST SPEAKER THE HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIN PARTY TO EMBRACE L.G.B.T. ISSU SO PUBLICLY AT THE R.N.C. IN ADDN, THIEL TALKED ABOUT HIS ANTI-WAR STANCE, WHICH HE SAYS ALIGNS HIM WH TMP. “INSTEAD OF GOG TO MARS, WE HAVE VAD THE MIDDLE EAST,” HE SAID. HE FISHED HIS SPEECH WH A STANDG OVATN OM THE DIENCE. THOUGH THIEL’S TRAILBLAZG PRENCE AND MENTS BO WELL FOR THE CHANCE OF A MORE CLIVE REPUBLIN PARTY, TMP’S CHOICE OF NNG MATE DON’T EXACTLY SUPPORT THE SAME PICTURE OF THE FUTURE. INDIANA ERNOR MIKE PENCE HAS MA A REER PROTTG L.G.B.T. RIGHTS, AND EVEN ARGUED THAT FERAL FUNDS SHOULD GO TOWARD SO-LLED “GAY NVERSN THERAPY.”THIEL’S SUPPORT FOR TMP MAK PLETE SENSE; AN AVOWED LIBERTARIAN, THIEL HAS PREVLY EXPRSED HIS SPAIR THAT PALISM AND MOCRACY N’T REALLY EXIST. BOTH THIEL AND TMP ARE WEALTHY, WHE PALISTS WH AN THORARIAN BEND. BOTH MEN FD THEMSELV SOLVG SUATNS WH LIGATN; TMP HAS THREATENED TO SUE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, CLUDG HIS GHOSTWRER, WHILE THIEL HAS CID TO WAGE A PROXY WAR ON GAWKER BY FUNDG FORMER PROFSNAL WRTLER HULK HOGAN’S LAWSU AGAST THE MEDIA PANY.THIEL AND TMP ALSO SHARE A DISTASTE FOR “POLIL RRECTNS” AND MULTICULTURALISM. THROWG HIS SUPPORT BEHD TMP IS ALSO A MEANS FOR THIEL TO DISMANTLE THE REGULATORY AMEWORK THAT PREVENTS HIM OM THE KDS OF TECHNOLOGIL “DISPTIVE” CHANGE HE WISH TO ENACT.LIKE TMP, THIEL ALSO WH A HEALTHY SET OF NTRADICTNS. THE VENTURE-PALIST HAS EXTEND HIS FANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE COMMTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS, A NONPROF FOUNDATN THAT FENDS “THE RIGHT OF JOURNALISTS TO REPORT THE NEWS WHOUT FEAR OF REPRISAL.” AND WHILE HE’S A BIG BELIEVER PRIVACY OM THE ERNMENT, HE IS ALSO A -FOUNR OF PALANTIR, A MULTI-BILLN-DOLLAR START-UP THAT LLECTS DATA ABOUT S CLIENTS’ ERS AND MOIZ THEIR PERSONAL RMATN. THE C.I.A.’S VENTURE-PAL ARM HAS VTED PALANTIR.THE REAL FASHN WNERS OF THE R.N.C.1 / 13CHEVRONCHEVRONBY TASOS KATOPODIS/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAG.IVANKA TMP'S EARRGSTHE SIMPLE OBLONG ACCSORI AMG IVANKA’S FACE ARE WORKG OVERTIME. SOMEHOW, THEY’RE HIGHLIGHTG THE ALMOND SHAPE OF HER EY AND BRGG OUT THEIR CHTNUT LOR. HER HAIR SEEMS EVEN MORE GROOMED NEXT TO THE EARRGS, HER SK EVEN MORE GLOWG. SOMEONE GIVE THE EARRGS A RAISE.MOST POPULARDONALD TMP’S PLAN TO GET REELECTED AND PARDON HIMSELF WAS JT DEALT A SER SETBACKBY BS LEVJOE MANGANIELLO DEBUTS DIVORCE INKBY KASE WICKMANMSNBC IS HAVG ITS SUPER BOWL WH DONALD TMP’S INDICTMENTSBY CHARLOTTE KLEMAYA KOSOFF

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But that’s not to say gays and lbians have not been at nventns sce.

Four years ago, wh a ls-nservative platform on marriage, Republins won jt 22% of voters who intified themselv to ex pollsters as gay, lbian or bisexual. He served on Donald Tmp’s transn team and, an addrs before the Republin Natnal Conventn, clared, “I am proud to be gay. As the AIDS crisis raged the Bay Area, the monthly prted treatis agast “unnatural forms of sex” and “homophobia-phobia.

'I AM PROUD TO BE GAY,' TECH INVTOR PETER THIEL TELLS GOP CONVENTN

A 2007 post, tled “Peter Thiel Is Totally Gay, People, ” was particularly upsettg to Thiel: although many of his iends and lleagu had known that he was gay, he saw the post as an the drew to a close, Thiel beiend Patri Friedman, a puter programmer and grandson of Milton Friedman, who had wrten about so-lled seasteadg muni—hypothetil libertarian utopias floatg ternatnal waters. But is he gay? But the notn that this ma someone "homosexual" or "gay" was a relatively recent phenomenon human history.

Prr to that, sexual activi between people of the same genr were often nsired sful or crimal, but they rarely nstuted what some the medil muny began to fe at end of the 1800s as a "third sex" or "tersex" or even "homosexual.

" The creatn of the tegory of sexual orientatn not only classified homosexual sex but also led to the ventn of the Uned Stat and many parts of Europe, the velopment of the tegori led to the broar cultural unrstandg that the sexual acts created unrstandg that sex had the power to fe inty led to the martn of homosexual and heterosexual people -- as well as the subsequent stigma that those who were marked as homosexual were aberrant, crimally viant, and socially the people who began to be intified as homosexual started to disagree wh the assertns and found promise this alternative inty. While the neighborhoods thrived, many people who were attracted to people of the same sex ntued to fear the repercsns of beg marked as homosexual.

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