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

Contents:

• ‘SURVIVOR’ 42: WORDS FROM THE CONTTANT OUTED AS GAY
• 'SURVIVOR' CONTTANT CALLS OUT WNER-TURNED-POLICIAN NICK WILSON FOR VOTG TO PASS ANTI-TRANS & ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN

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

One particularly powerful moment was between two of the season’s gay petors. But not everyone Romeo’s fay knew about him beg a gay man before the airg of Season 42.

In his EW ex terview after the fale, Romeo Esbar talks about his relativ’ reactns to learng he was gay through the show.

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'SURVIVOR' CONTTANT CALLS OUT WNER-TURNED-POLICIAN NICK WILSON FOR VOTG TO PASS ANTI-TRANS & ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN

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).

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. Ls than a week after actual Nazis joed a prott of a drag performance, Kentucky’s legislature joed the wave of anti-trans, anti-gay legislatn across the untry. Schools would not be allowed to discs sexual orientatn or genr inty wh stunts of any age — a key provisn of “Don’t Say Gay” bills across the untry.