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.
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PETER THIEL MAK HISTORY AT RNC: 'I'M PROUD TO BE 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. ”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.
PETER THIEL IS TOTALLY GAY, PEOPLE
’ 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. “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.