Meet Yam Yam, 'Survivor's 1st Out Gay Wner of Color

Contents:

• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• ROMEO ESBAR REVEALS REACTN OM FAY THAT FOUND OUT HE WAS GAY ON SURVIVOR
• THE FIRST BLACK GAY MAN ON “SURVIVOR” SPEAKS OUT ABOUT RACISM & HOMOPHOBIA ON THE SHOW
• GAY SPO ENTLED TO SOCIAL SECURY SURVIVORS BENEFS, URT L
• SURVIVOR’S SHANNON SAYS SHOW EDED GAY COMMENTS

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

From the start, Yam Yam talked about his experienc as a gay man who me om a fay of very athletic men.

He is the first out gay man of lor to w Survivor, and the first out gay man to w the show sce Todd Herzog season 15 (Survivor: Cha). Will the gay men outw, outplay, and outlast? 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.

***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. In s first few seasons (which aired the early 2000s), was evint that stg directors saw LGBTQ+ staways as ltle more than opportuni to produce "button-phg" TV, brgg on one or two (typilly whe) gay men hop of gettg a brawl or, better, an unlikely iendship à la Rudy Boch and Richard Hatch.

ROMEO ESBAR REVEALS REACTN OM FAY THAT FOUND OUT HE WAS GAY ON SURVIVOR

Rather than there beg one whe gay male teractg wh a field of straight staways, today we have queer BIPOC, nonbary, and transgenr people all teractg and provg that the muny isn't a then, of urse, there are the fans. Whatever the se, I n anecdotally say that the number of gays I know who have watched all 42 seasons is credibly high. 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.

THE FIRST BLACK GAY MAN ON “SURVIVOR” SPEAKS OUT ABOUT RACISM & HOMOPHOBIA ON THE SHOW

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.

GAY SPO ENTLED TO SOCIAL SECURY SURVIVORS BENEFS, URT L

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.

Gay Man Ws 'Survivor'.

SURVIVOR’S SHANNON SAYS SHOW EDED GAY COMMENTS

For the send time, a gay man has e out on top on TV's Survivor.