'Survivor' 42: Words From The Conttant Outed As Gay

Contents:

• MEET THE GAY CONTTANTS COMPETG ON 'SURVIVOR 44'
• ‘SURVIVOR’ 42: WORDS FROM THE CONTTANT OUTED AS GAY
• SURVIVOR 44: Y, YAM YAM IS GAY: HIS HBAND KARIM SÁENZ- RELATNSHIP

MEET THE GAY CONTTANTS COMPETG ON 'SURVIVOR 44'

Will the gay men outw, outplay, and outlast?

‘SURVIVOR’ 42: WORDS FROM THE CONTTANT OUTED AS GAY

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. RELATED | Meet the Gay Conttants Competg on Survivor Season 44. I want to be a part of Survivor to prove to myself, and any other ltle gay Black boy or girl that you n do ANYTHING you put your md to.

I grew up a gay Black man Oh. 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).

Survivor 44 has jt crowned the show’s first-ever gay wner of Arocho, bt known by the nickname “Yam Yam, ” had an credible social game throughout season 44 of Survivor that took him to the very end of the petn.

SURVIVOR 44: Y, YAM YAM IS GAY: HIS HBAND KARIM SÁENZ- RELATNSHIP

He was open about beg gay and not necsarily beg the biggt physil threat.

In the end, he beat both of them by a 7-1-0 jury vote – takg home the grand prize of $1 Yam’s crowng on Survivor 44 turns him to the first-ever gay man of lor to w the show. He is also the first gay man to w Survivor sce Todd Herzog, who won Survivor: Cha (season 15) his pre-Survivor terviews, Yam Yam talked about his hband and how he lov dog drag for Halloween.

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.