Rev. Stephen Pieters, HIV survivor and gay activist, di at 70

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• SO WHICH OF THE NEW "SURVIVOR" GUYS IS THE GAY? (UPDATED WH ANSWER!){FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 14, 2009/11:01 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 14, 2009 / 11:01 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SO WHICH OF THE NEW \"SURVIVOR\" GUYS IS THE GAY? (UPDATED WH ANSWER!)","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-01-14T16:01:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-01-14T16:01:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE'S A FUN GAME TO PLAY ON AN OTHERWISE UNEVENTFUL (AND COLD AS EFF) HUMP-DAY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S GUS THE SURVIVOR GAY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE NEW MALE NTTANTS OF THE NEW SEASON (SURVIVOR: TOTIS TONTS) IS A 19-YEAR-OLD FELLOW OF THE GAY PERSUASN. AND WE HAVE PHOTOS OF THE NEW ST ... SO GUS WHAT THAT MEANS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAYSPOTTG TIME!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER THE JUMP CHECK OUT THE GUYS AND GUS WHICH ONE YOU THK WILL END UP SADDLED WH THE DREAMS AND HOP OF EVERY GAY MAN THE UNTRY (.... WHO STILL GIV AN EFF ABOUT SURVIVOR). I'LL UPDATE WH THE ANSWER AS SOON AS I HAVE !{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPENCER DUHM, A STUNT OM LAKELAND, FLUPDATE: SO WE HAVE NFIRMED THAT Y, LIBERACE SPENCER IS THE GAY NTTANT THIS SEASON, AND WE WILL NO DOUBT LIGHT SEEG HIM WORK HIS SWEATY, ADORABLE WAY THROUGH THE MOUNTAS OF BRAZIL. THE FULL ST BS ARE NOW UP AT THE OFFICIAL SE. HERE'S THE POOP ON SPENCER: SOON TO SEE HIS TEENAGE YEARS THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR, SPENCER DUHM IS READY TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE JOURNEY AHEAD OF HIM. A FAN OF SURVIVOR SCE DAY ONE, WHICH BEGAN WHEN HE WAS STILL GRA SCHOOL, SPENCER N PRACTILLY DO A CASTAWAY ROLL-LL ALL THE WAY OM SURVIVOR: BORNEO. HIS FANATICISM WILL GIVE HIM A BUILT- EDGE THAT N MAKE A DIRECT NTRIBUTN TO HOW FAR HE GO THIS GAME.   BORN AND RAISED LAKELAND, FLORIDA AND CURRENTLY A STUNT AT THE UNIVERSY OF FLORIDA, SPENCER MAJORS TELEMUNITNS AND MORS BS AND EUROPEAN UNN STUDI. ASI OM BEG THE RECMENT CHAIR FOR HIS UF CREW TEAM, WHERE HE ALSO ROWS PETIVELY, SPENCER IS A HUGE SPORTS FAN. INVOLVED MYRIAD ATHLETIC ACTIVI SCE AGE 7, SPENCER HAS VELOPED A STRONG PETIVE STREAK AND TERMATN TO ACHIEVE SUCCS. ROOTG FOR HIS LLEGE GATORS OR BELOVED CUBS FAIARIZED HIM WH ALL OF THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS ASSOCIATED WH BEG A NTENR, WHICH MAY HELP HIM NAVIGATE THE UPS AND DOWNS ASSOCIATED WH STAWAY LIFE.   WH A RUME LIKE HIS, ’S NO SURPRISE THAT THIS SELF-PROFSED LOVER OF "WATER OLER GOSSIP" N'T STAND SLOW-TALKERS OR LAZS AND IS VERY AMB AND VERY OUTGOG. HE IS EVEN WILLG TO FACE HIS FEAR OF HEIGHTS FOR ONE LN DOLLARS BUT THERE IS ONE FEAR THAT HE REF TO FACE. WHEN ASKED WHAT HE WOULD NOT DO FOR A LN DOLLARS HE RPOND, "SNAK GENERAL, I JT DON’T DO SNAK." THIS YOUNG, GOAL-ORIENTED MAN HAS BEEN PRENTED WH HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM OF PETG ON HIS FAVORE REALY SHOW AND TLY FEELS THAT HE HAS WHAT TAK TO BEE THE NEXT SOLE SURVIVOR .   SPENCER IS A GAY, SGLE MAN AND CURRENTLY RIS GAVILLE, FLA. HIS BIRTHDAY IS DECEMBER 20.THE RT OF THE MANNDY FOLLOWS... TYSON APOSTOL, A PROFSNAL CYCLIST OM LDON, UT   BENJAM "COACH" WA, A SOCCER ACH OM BOLIVAR, MO  JAM "JT" THOMAS JR., A TTLE RANCHER OM SAMSON, AL  JERRY SIMS, A US ARMY SGT. OM ROCK HILL, SC  LIBERACE, AN EVER-PRENT BENEVOLENT SPIR AND NLABRA AFICNADO OM WT ALLIS, WI BRENDAN SYNNOTT, A ENTREPRENR OM NEW YORK, NY  STEPHEN FISHBACH, A RPORATE NSULTANT OM NEW YORK, NY  JOE DOWDLE, A REAL TATE SALMAN AT, TX   {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• REV. STEPHEN PIETERS, HIV SURVIVOR AND GAY ACTIVIST, DI AT 70
• ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
• AS MAJOR BRANDS WAVER, GAY WATER AIMS FOR AUTHENTICY

SO WHICH OF THE NEW "SURVIVOR" GUYS IS THE GAY? (UPDATED WH ANSWER!){FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 14, 2009/11:01 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 14, 2009 / 11:01 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SO WHICH OF THE NEW \"SURVIVOR\" GUYS IS THE GAY? (UPDATED WH ANSWER!)","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-01-14T16:01:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-01-14T16:01:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE'S A FUN GAME TO PLAY ON AN OTHERWISE UNEVENTFUL (AND COLD AS EFF) HUMP-DAY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S GUS THE SURVIVOR GAY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE NEW MALE NTTANTS OF THE NEW SEASON (SURVIVOR: TOTIS TONTS) IS A 19-YEAR-OLD FELLOW OF THE GAY PERSUASN. AND WE HAVE PHOTOS OF THE NEW ST ... SO GUS WHAT THAT MEANS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAYSPOTTG TIME!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER THE JUMP CHECK OUT THE GUYS AND GUS WHICH ONE YOU THK WILL END UP SADDLED WH THE DREAMS AND HOP OF EVERY GAY MAN THE UNTRY (.... WHO STILL GIV AN EFF ABOUT SURVIVOR). I'LL UPDATE WH THE ANSWER AS SOON AS I HAVE !{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPENCER DUHM, A STUNT OM LAKELAND, FLUPDATE: SO WE HAVE NFIRMED THAT Y, LIBERACE SPENCER IS THE GAY NTTANT THIS SEASON, AND WE WILL NO DOUBT LIGHT SEEG HIM WORK HIS SWEATY, ADORABLE WAY THROUGH THE MOUNTAS OF BRAZIL. THE FULL ST BS ARE NOW UP AT THE OFFICIAL SE. HERE'S THE POOP ON SPENCER: SOON TO SEE HIS TEENAGE YEARS THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR, SPENCER DUHM IS READY TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE JOURNEY AHEAD OF HIM. A FAN OF SURVIVOR SCE DAY ONE, WHICH BEGAN WHEN HE WAS STILL GRA SCHOOL, SPENCER N PRACTILLY DO A CASTAWAY ROLL-LL ALL THE WAY OM SURVIVOR: BORNEO. HIS FANATICISM WILL GIVE HIM A BUILT- EDGE THAT N MAKE A DIRECT NTRIBUTN TO HOW FAR HE GO THIS GAME.   BORN AND RAISED LAKELAND, FLORIDA AND CURRENTLY A STUNT AT THE UNIVERSY OF FLORIDA, SPENCER MAJORS TELEMUNITNS AND MORS BS AND EUROPEAN UNN STUDI. ASI OM BEG THE RECMENT CHAIR FOR HIS UF CREW TEAM, WHERE HE ALSO ROWS PETIVELY, SPENCER IS A HUGE SPORTS FAN. INVOLVED MYRIAD ATHLETIC ACTIVI SCE AGE 7, SPENCER HAS VELOPED A STRONG PETIVE STREAK AND TERMATN TO ACHIEVE SUCCS. ROOTG FOR HIS LLEGE GATORS OR BELOVED CUBS FAIARIZED HIM WH ALL OF THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS ASSOCIATED WH BEG A NTENR, WHICH MAY HELP HIM NAVIGATE THE UPS AND DOWNS ASSOCIATED WH STAWAY LIFE.   WH A RUME LIKE HIS, ’S NO SURPRISE THAT THIS SELF-PROFSED LOVER OF "WATER OLER GOSSIP" N'T STAND SLOW-TALKERS OR LAZS AND IS VERY AMB AND VERY OUTGOG. HE IS EVEN WILLG TO FACE HIS FEAR OF HEIGHTS FOR ONE LN DOLLARS BUT THERE IS ONE FEAR THAT HE REF TO FACE. WHEN ASKED WHAT HE WOULD NOT DO FOR A LN DOLLARS HE RPOND, "SNAK GENERAL, I JT DON’T DO SNAK." THIS YOUNG, GOAL-ORIENTED MAN HAS BEEN PRENTED WH HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM OF PETG ON HIS FAVORE REALY SHOW AND TLY FEELS THAT HE HAS WHAT TAK TO BEE THE NEXT SOLE SURVIVOR .   SPENCER IS A GAY, SGLE MAN AND CURRENTLY RIS GAVILLE, FLA. HIS BIRTHDAY IS DECEMBER 20.THE RT OF THE MANNDY FOLLOWS... TYSON APOSTOL, A PROFSNAL CYCLIST OM LDON, UT   BENJAM "COACH" WA, A SOCCER ACH OM BOLIVAR, MO  JAM "JT" THOMAS JR., A TTLE RANCHER OM SAMSON, AL  JERRY SIMS, A US ARMY SGT. OM ROCK HILL, SC  LIBERACE, AN EVER-PRENT BENEVOLENT SPIR AND NLABRA AFICNADO OM WT ALLIS, WI BRENDAN SYNNOTT, A ENTREPRENR OM NEW YORK, NY  STEPHEN FISHBACH, A RPORATE NSULTANT OM NEW YORK, NY  JOE DOWDLE, A REAL TATE SALMAN AT, TX   {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

We have reason to believe that one of the new male nttants of the new season (Survivor: Totis Tonts) is a 19-year-old fellow of the gay persuasn. After the jump check out the guys and gus which one you thk will end up saddled wh the dreams and hop of every gay man the untry (.... Spencer Duhm, a stunt om Lakeland, FLUpdate: So we have nfirmed that y, Liberace Spencer is the gay nttant this season, and we will no doubt light seeg him work his sweaty, adorable way through the mountas of Brazil.

Spencer is a gay, sgle man and currently ris Gaville, Fla.

REV. STEPHEN PIETERS, HIV SURVIVOR AND GAY ACTIVIST, DI AT 70

The guy lasted 77 out of a possible 78 days on his two bed seasons of Cagayan and Cambodia.

Why do Spencer regret his fal Tribal Council speech at Cagayan and adm that he was "kd of a douche? SPENCER BLEDSOE: I'd need to ramble for paragraphs to aquately answer this, but suffice to say that life has taken many more turns than Survivor ever did, which nsirg my temper-tantm-fed time on the Cagayan rolleraster, is sayg somethg. It has to be wng the challenge "Jab's Ladr"―the fal 5 immuny challenge om Cagayan.

Probably my fal Tribal Council speech Cagayan.

‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS

Much like my Cagayan b, 's now a fun and humblg remr of the 21-year-old kid I once was, but jeez, that guy was kd of a douche.

How'd he bee the fan favore of Cagayan, aga?

AS MAJOR BRANDS WAVER, GAY WATER AIMS FOR AUTHENTICY

I thk for my favore non-Cagayan season, I've gotta go wh Tonts. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.