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

Contents:

• A REVERSAL OF PROGRS: A CLOSER LOOK AT SURVIVOR’S GAY CONTTANTS
• ‘SURVIVOR’ 42: WORDS FROM THE CONTTANT OUTED AS GAY

A REVERSAL OF PROGRS: A CLOSER LOOK AT SURVIVOR’S GAY CONTTANTS

Why are there so many gay people on the realy show 'Survivor'? Another Feature Article is g your way today, as Ozlet Clay Shirley, tak a look at the role gay Survivor nttants have on the game.

In his article, Clay argu that gay nttants are ls proment Survivor’s current era, that they are not ed to their full potential terms of storyl and that this is a terment of the show.

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

In stg Richard Hatch as one of their staways, Survivor gave Ameri a look at somethg had rarely, if ever, seen before: a pictn of a real gay man. Sure there had been gay characters on televisn, but the climate of gay culture 2000 was remarkably different om what is today and at the time, seeg a real gay man simply beg picted as he was drove to new terrory. While is te there had been prev realy-based shows wh gay participants, they weren’t on natnal televisn and they weren’t gettg the astoundg ratgs that Survivor was gettg.

An enormo portn of Ameri was stg down every week to watch a show which one of the central “characters” was a gay man. To make matters more tertg, Richard Hatch pletely fied cultural expectatns to what meant to be a gay man. Richard Hatch beme the figurehead of Survivor and was the first of many strong gay nttants to pete on the show; a trend which had a terrific n that has fallen short the past few years.

As Survivor ntued to air new seasons, they also ntued to st strong and tertg gay nttants. Brandon om Ai was more of a stereotype, but he was also a pictn of a young, pennt gay man who had no qualms about who he was. John Carroll, who was both very telligent and overly nfint, proved on Marquas to be yet another gay power player who, for a while, was ntrollg the game.