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Author: Jab Anrson-Mshall Will Jarll and Jam Wallgton weren’t expected to w The Amazg Race. Although the gay uple had ma to the fal thr

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THE AMAZG RACE’S GAY WNERS AND THEIR ADVENTURO LIFE TOGETHER

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Chip: To prent a new type of gay relatnship to the viewg dience and w. Reichen played one of the grooms the play My Big Gay Italian Weddg May 2010. Reichen & Chip were the first LGBT racers and the first gay team to w the race, as well as the first romantilly-volved uple to w.

↑ Amazg Race Wner Reichen Lehmkuhl to Star My Big Gay Italian Weddg. "It's been really nice and supportive, pecially young gay youth who have reached out sayg 'thank you for givg hope' or 'thank you for givg me the urage to e out to my fay, ' " he said.

Although the gay uple had ma to the fal three season 32, they were behd the ont-nners, the volleyball-playg beard brothers Riley and Maddison McKibb, until the brothers’ bbie got lost. “Unscripted TV was where we saw our first reprentatn of gay people or people the LGBT muny, ” Jarll not.

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Jarll and Wallgton weren’t the first gay uple to be on The Amazg Race. “I thk a huge leap forward for unscripted TV is the fact that not once durg the show did they ever have to refer to as ‘gay, ’” Jarll m now.

The duo, who ma history as the first gay uple to w The Amazg Race, spl six months after the show wrapped 2002.

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Chip, for his part, was very active the LGBT muny followg his w, beg the first openly gay man to have st an electoral vote the state of Florida. But to actually be lockg ey wh Ellen and hold her, shakg hands as she said, "I'm gay, " on natnal televisn and for the first time, as she has shared outloud that way publicly, was such a profoundly extraordary and timate gift to that moment that I will forever be grateful for. However, they keep mentns of the other to such a mimum that 's unclear whether they're still together or Esparza/CBS Photo Archive/Getty ImagReichen Lehmkuhl and Chip Arndt, Season 4The two ma history as beg the first mted gay uple to w The Amazg Race.

Televisn For a send year a row, the Amazg Race Canada has gone Season 4 was won by two datg women—Toronto's Steph LeClair and Kristen McKenzie, who broke through the genr barrier to bee the first female wners on the show—Season 5 has been won by the first gay male Québec Cy, 25-year-old stunt Sam Lambert (origally om Oakville, Ontar) and 24-year-old acunt manager Pl Mskopoulos of Toronto were the first to reach the fish le on the September 12 season uple will receive $250, 000 sh, a trip around the world, and a Next Generatn 2018 Chevrolet Equipnox Te North Edn.

“Even six months ago I didn’t want to tell people I was gay.

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