Ahead of MTV's The Real World: Homeg, the first openly-gay-om-the-start televisn personaly reflects on the seri that changed TV forever, and his place wh that revolutn.
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- WHERE ARE THE LGBTQ "REAL WORLD" HOEMAT NOW?"SEVEN STRANGERS PICKED TO LIVE A HOE TOGETHER..."{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;}TVBY JAM POMBOMARCH 17, 2016/4:57 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 29: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) KARAMO BROWN VISS SIRIXM STUDS ON JANUARY 29, 2020 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAG)BY JAM POMBOMARCH 17, 2016 / 4:57 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHERE ARE THE LGBTQ \"REAL WORLD\" HOEMAT NOW?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-03-17T20:57:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-03-17T20:57:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"JAM POMBO","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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 HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT MTV LNCHED THE REAL WORLD WAY BACK 1992. SCE THEN, THE TRAILBLAZG REALY SHOW HAS REFLECTED—AND FLUENCED—POP CULTURE UNTLS {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;}FOR LGBT PEOPLE OF A CERTA AGE, THE REAL WORLD: NEW YORK'S NORMAN KORPI WAS THE FIRST REAL-LIFE GAY MAN WE EVER SAW ON TV. AND REAL WORLD: SAN FRANCIS STAR PEDRO ZAMORA'S STGGLE WH AIDS BROUGHT THE EPIMIC HOME LIKE NEVER {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;}BELOW, WE'RE CHECKG WH THE SHOW'S LGBTQ {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;}NORMAN KORPI, "THE REAL WORLD: NEW YORK"MARK MAZ/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES - JULY 19: ACTOR NORMAN KORPI ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD" DURG THE 22ND L.A. GAY AND LBIAN FILM FTIVAL ON JULY 19, 2004 AT MANN?S CHE THEATRE, LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY MARK MAZ/GETTY IMAG){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;}NORMAN WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ST MEMBER ON THE REAL WORLD, APPEARG THE SERI' INIC BUT SEASON. IT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH NOW, BUT BACK THEN HAVG AN OPENLY GAY MAN WHO WAS SUCCSFUL, HAPPY AND SEXUALLY ACTIVE WAS A VERY. BIG. {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;}POST-RW, NORMAN FOUND THE PRODUCTN PANY F FILMS, AND STARRED, DIRECTED AND WROTE THE PENNT FILM THE WEDDG {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;}TODAY, NORMAN IS STILL SIGNG AND MAKG ART—AND RECENTLY VENTED AN ERGONOMIC LAPTOP STAND, THE AEROTRAY. 2015, HE AND FORMER HOEMAT HEATHER B AND JULIE APPEARED ON THE OPRAH WEY NETWORK TO DISCS THEIR REAL WORLD {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;}BETH ANTHONY, “THE REAL WORLD: LOS ANGEL”{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;}WHY IRENE DIDN’T JT POSTPONE HER WEDDG, WE’LL NEVER KNOW. BUT HER PARTURE THE SHOW'S SEND SEASON GAVE THIS OUT-AND-PROUD HOEMATE. BETH ROCKED HER NSERVATIVE ROOMI—AND DIENC—WHEN SHE WORE A T-SHIRT READG "I’M NOT GAY, BUT MY GIRLIEND IS." (HEY, WAS THE EARLY 1990S!){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;}THE DAYS, SHE LIV HAWAII WH HER FAY AND NS A VTAGE CLOTHG {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;}PEDRO ZAMORA, “THE REAL WORLD: SAN FRANCIS”{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;}MATURE BEYOND HIS 22 YEARS, PEDRO ZAMORA ENTERED THE REAL WORLD HOE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE—HE WAS LIVG WH AIDS, AND MA HIS MISSN TO TE HIS HOEMAT—AND AMERI—ABOUT THE DISEASE. WE SAW PEDRO STGGLE WH HEALTH ISSU AND AIDS-PHOBIA, AND STILL FD TIME FOR A LOVG RELATNSHIP WH HIS PARTNER, SEAN.REAL WORLD SAN FRANCISCO, ,L-R PUCK RAEY, RACHEL CAMPOS, CORY MURPHY,PAM LG, MOHAMMED BILAL, PEDRO ZAMORA, JUDD WICK, 1994, 3RD SEASON, {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;}PEDRO DIED NOVEMBER 11, 1994-THE DAY THE SEASON FALE {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;}HIS LIFE WAS DRAMATIZED THE FILM PEDRO, WRTEN BY FUTURE OSR WNER DT LANCE BLACK. THIS BRAVE ACTIVIST'S LEGACY LIV ON THROUGH THE PEDRO ZAMORA PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWSHIP AND THE PEDRO ZAMORA YOUNG LEARS {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;}DAN RENZI, “THE REAL WORLD: MIAMI”{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;}THE MIAMI HOE WAS A WILD RI OF SEX, FUN AND FIGHTS, AND DAN FULLY {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;}POST-RW, DAN PURSUED MOLG AND WRG, AND BEME THE EDOR OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA BLA. HE'S ALSO WORKED AS A SAFE-SEX TOR AND IS NOW A REGISTERED {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;}GENIS MOSS, "THE REAL WORLD: BOSTON"FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAGWEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 11: TELEVISN PERSONALI GENIS OF "THE REAL WORLD" AND SOPHIA OF "ROAD RUL" ATTEND CY OF HOPE'S ONE-OF-A-KD EVENT, "THE REAL DEAL" TO RAISE AWARENS AND FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN LEADG-EDGE REARCH FOR HIV/AIDS AT THE PACIFIC DIGN CENTER DECEMBER 11, 2003 WT HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAG){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;}THE SAME YEAR ELLEN DEGENER ME OUT, THIS SOUTHERN LLEGE GIRL ENTERED THE REAL WORLD HOE. A TROUBLED TROVERT HER TEENS, GEN BLOSSOMED ON THE SHOW—AND FAMOLY HAD A MOMENT WH A DRAG QUEEN NAMED {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;}TODAY, GENIS IS A GRAPHIC SIGNER, WEDDG PHOTOGRAPHER AND WE {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;}STEPHEN WILLIAMS, "THE REAL WORLD: SEATTLE"{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;}STEPHEN WASN'T OUT DURG HIS SEASON, BUT IRENE'S ACCATN THAT HE WAS CLOSETED SPARKED ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS RW HISTORY. AS THEIR ARGUEMENT BEME MORE HEATED, STEPHEN THREW IRENE'S STUFFED DOG TO THE OCEAN AND SLAPPED {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;}STEPHEN ME OUT PUBLICLY AS 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;}RUTHIE ALI, “THE REAL WORLD: HAWAII”{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;}RUTHIE MA A SPLASH WHEN SHE ENTERED THE REAL WORLD HOE AND IMMEDIATELY WENT SKNY-DIPPG. THOUGH LIFE WASN’T ALL TOPLS POOL PARTI PARADISE FOR RUTHIE, WHO ACCEPTED HER ISSU WH DRKG DURG THE SEASON AND ENTERED {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;}THE DAYS, RUTHIE IS WORKG FILM PRODUCTN AND WORKS THE LECTURE CIRCU TO TE PEOPLE ABOUT SUBSTANCE {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;}JT DEABLER, “THE REAL WORLD: HAWAII”{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;}THIS HARVARD LAW STUNT WASN'T QUE FORTABLE TALKG ABOUT HIS SEXUALY WH HIS HOEMAT AND EVENTUALLY LEFT HAWAII FOR A FAY {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;}NOW MARRIED, HE'S HAD ONE OF THE MOT TERTG POST-RW REERS, WORKG AS THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, CIVIL RIGHTS BURE, FOR THE STATE OF NEW {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;}DANNY ROBERTS, “THE REAL WORLD: NEW ORLEANS”{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;}DANNY WAS NOT ONLY ADORABLE, BUT HIS STORY LE SHED LIGHT ON DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, AS HE WAS A RELATNSHIP WH A CLOSETED ARMY OFFICER. (DANNY'S BOYIEND'S FACE HD TO BE BLURRED ON-MERA.){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 HIS SEASON, DANNY PURSUED ACTG, APPEARG ON DAWSON’S CREEK AND DTLA, AS WELL AS MTV’S THE CHALLENGE. IN 2018 HE ME OUT AS HIV {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;}CHRIS BECKMAN, “THE REAL WORLD: CHIGO”PATRICK MCMULLAN/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGNEW YORK CITY, NY - MAY 15: CHRIS BECKMAN ATTENDS THE IRVGTON INSTUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGIL REARCH, "THROUGH THE KCHEN" BENEF DNER AT THE FOUR SEASONS RTRANT ON MAY 15, 2005 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY PATRICK MCMULLAN/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}THE SOBER ARTIST SURPRISED HIS ROOMI WHEN HE TOOK A JOB AS A BARTENR—AND WHEN HE BEGAN A RELATNSHIP WH A {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;}CHRIS MOLED FOR RALPH LREN AND IS NOW AN ARTIST NEW YORK {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;}ANEA FERREIRA, “THE REAL WORLD: CHIGO”ASTRID STAWIARZ/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 14: ANEA FERREIRA ATTENDS MTV'S "THE REAL WORLD EX-PLOSN" SEASON PREMIERE PARTY AT BOTTOMZ UP BAR AND GRILL ON JANUARY 14, 2014 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ASTRID STAWIARZ/GETTY IMAG){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;}ANEA WAS BTALLY HONT, LIKED TO FOREGO CLOTHG AND EVEN SHOWERED WH HER MALE ROOMMAT. AUDIENC SAW HER ARGUE WH TONYA, AND HER OWN GIRLIEND, BUT ANEA'S MOST MEMORABLE RW MOMENT WAS HER BIRTHDAY PARTY ON SEPTMEBER 11, 2001, AS THE HOEMAT WATCHED THE 9/11 ATTACKS ON {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;}ANEA HAS SCE BEEN A STAPLE ON MTV, APPEARG ON TEN SEASONS OF THE {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;}SIMON SHERRY-WOOD, "THE REAL WORLD: PARIS"{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;}SIMON WAS AN IRISH TEENAGER WHEN HE JOED THE REAL WORLD: PARIS. SWEET AND SENSIVE, HE BOND QUICKLY WH THE GIRLS, AND HIS FORT WH HIMSELF AND HIS SEXUALY HELPED GIVE THE BOYS A POSIVE PERSPECTIVE ON 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;}SCE THE REAL WORLD SIMON WAS PART OF RUPL’S DRAG RACE'S P CREW—WHERE HE BEME CLOSE IENDS WH COURTNEY ACT—AND WAS A LEAD HAIRSTYLIST FOR MADONNA’S REBEL HEART {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;}WILLIE HERNANZ, "THE REAL WORLD: PHILALPHIA"M. CLFIELD/WIREIMAGE FOR GLAADCAST MEMBERS WILLIE HERNANZ AND KARAMO BROWN ACCEPT AWARD FOR OTANDG REALY PROGRAM FOR "THE REAL WORLD: PHILALPHIA" WHICH TIED FOR THE AWARD (PHOTO BY M. CLFIELD/WIREIMAGE FOR GLAAD){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;}THIS NEW YORKER WAS ONE OF TWO GAY MEN LIVG THE RW PHILLY HOE. THOUGH OUTGOG AND DOWN TO PARTY, WILLIE HAD A TOUGH UPBRGG—HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HOME AT 15 WHEN HIS RELIG PARENTS WOULDN'T ACCEPT HIS {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;}BEFORE APPEARG ON THE REAL WORLD, HE WAS A CHILD ACTOR ON TV'S GHOSTWRER AND, SCE THE SHOW, HAS APPEARED MOVI LIKE THE UNRVER MAN, THE NARROW GATE, AND THE QUEER DIE A FOUR LETTER WORD .{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;}KARAMO BROWN, "THE REAL WORLD: PHILALPHIA"ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 29: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) KARAMO BROWN VISS SIRIXM STUDS ON JANUARY 29, 2020 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAG){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;}THE FIRST OPENLY GAY AIN AMERIN MAN REAL WORLD HISTORY, TODAY KARAMO IS MOST KNOWN FOR BEG ONE OF THE FAB FIVE OM NETFLIX'S REBOOT OF QUEER {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;}TYLER DUCKWORTH, "THE REAL WORLD: KEY WT"KEV WTER/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES - MARCH 15: TYLER DUCKWORTH ARRIV AT MTV'S REAL WORLD AWARDS BASH AT THE SUNSET PLAZA HOE ON MARCH 15, 2008 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG){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;}THIS FORMER GYMNAST AND FIGURE SKATER ME OM A RELIG BACKGROUND FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA. HE ACTUALLY APPLIED TO BE ON THE REAL WORLD AFTER AN ACCINT LEFT HIM UNABLE TO PETE. SCE KEY WT, TYLER HAS PETED ON MTV’S THE CHALLENGE AND WORKED AS A SPORTS JOURNALIST AND A PERSONAL TRAER FOR THE BOSTON CELTICS. TODAY, HE'S A PROJECT MANAGER WH SCHOOS DIGN GROUP AND LIV WT {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;}DAVIS MALLORY "THE REAL WORLD: DENVER"JASON MERRT/FILMMAGIC FOR BRAGMAN NYMAN CAFARELLIDAVIS MALLORY DURG TIME WARNER CABLE AND MTV NETWORKS CELEBRATE THE LNCH OF LOGO AND LOGO ON DEMAND AT BOULEVARD3 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNED STAT. (PHOTO BY JASON MERRT/FILMMAGIC FOR BRAGMAN NYMAN CAFARELLI){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;}THE OUT ATERNY BROTHER WAS ALG WH AN UNSUPPORTIVE CHRISTIAN FAY WHEN HE ENTERED THE HOE, AND FOUND HIMSELF AT ODDS WH TYRIE, WHO APPEARED UNEASY ABOUT LIVG WH A 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;}DAVIS LATER APPEARED ON MULTIPLE SEASONS OF MTV’S THE CHALLENGE, AND IS NOW A MEMPHIS-BASED SGER-SONGWRER AND MIC JOURNALIST. HE'S CURRENTLY AN ONLE RRPONNT FOR THE GRAND OLE {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;}JD ORDOÑEZ, "THE REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN"{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;}JD OVERME GREAT ODDS BEFORE MAKG TO TELEVISN: HE RAN AWAY OM HOME AT 13 BUT, BY 19, FULFILLED HIS DREAM OF BEG A DOLPH TRAER. HE'S STILL A PART OF THE MTV FAY, PETG ON VAR EDNS OF THE CHALLENGE. TODAY JD LIV L.A. AND WORKS AT WEHO MASTAY MICKEY'{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;}KATELYNN CANELLI, "THE REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN"{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;}KATELYNN MA HISTORY AS THE FIRST TRANS ROOMMATE ON THE REAL WORLD—SHE ENTERED THE HOE JT WEEKS AFTER PLETG HER GENR-NFIRMATN {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;}TODAY SHE WORKS SILIN VALLEY AND NTU TO WORK FOR LGBT EQUALY AND SOCIAL {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;}DEREK CHAVEZ, "THE REAL WORLD: CANCUN"{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;}DEREK CHAVEZ WON OVER HIS HOEMAT WH HIS UPBEAT ATTU AND WARM SE. HE MA GOOD E OF HIS TIME CANCUN, DATG A GUY HE MET WHILE FILMG, AND TREATG BLE DIENC TO A FEW MAN-ON-MAN MAKEOUT {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 REAL WORLD DEREK ALSO PETED ON THE CHALLENGE. HE CURRENTLY LIV STTSDALE, ARIZONA, AND APPEARS TO BE BLISSFULLY HAPPY WH HIS {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;}MIKE C. MANNG, "THE REAL WORLD: WASHGTON, DC"{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;}A BISEXUAL ENVIRONMENTALIST AND LGBT RIGHTS ACTIVIST, MIKE WAS ABLE TO EXPLORE RELATNSHIPS WH MEN DURG HIS STAY THE {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;}HE'S SCE GONE ON TO PURSUE ACTG MOVI LIKE DISNEY'S CLOUD 9, THE GAY DIE ECUPID AND THE UPG FOLK HERO & FUNNY GUY, WHICH WILL BUT AT THE TRIBE FILM FTIVAL {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;}MIKE ALSO PRODUCED THE DOCUMENTARY KIDNAPPED FOR CHRIST, WHICH PROFILED YOUNG PEOPLE FORCEFULLY TAKEN OM THEIR HOM AND SENT TO AN EX-GAY THERAPY CENTER THE DOMIN {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;}PRTON CHARL, “THE REAL WORLD: NEW ORLEANS 2"{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;}THIS MICHIGAN NATIVE HAD SOME DIFFICULTI WH HIS HOEMAT—RYAN FAMOLY CROSSED THE LE WHEN HE ED A 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;}HE LATER APPEARED ON MTV'S BATTLE OF THE SEASONS: RIVALS 2 AND, 2011, TEAMED UP WH PRODUCER SHANNON MECHUTAN ON THE MTV DOCUMENTARY COMG {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;}TODAY PRTON LIV NEW YORK, WHERE HE BLOGS AND WR {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;}FRANK SWEENEY, "THE REAL WORLD: SAN DIEGO 2"{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;}THE MTACHED BABE OF THE SAN DIEGO HOE BROUGHT HIS OWN SPECIAL BRAND OF ENERGY AND WHIMSY TO THE SHOW, WHERE HE WAS ONE OF THE SERI' FEW BISEXUAL {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;}LIFE AFTER THE REAL WORLD HAS BEEN GOOD TO FRANK: HE’S PETED ON THE CHALLENGE AND WON BATTLE OF THE SEASONS. A SER CROSSF ATHLETE, FRANK GOT ENGAGED TO HIS BOYIEND, TRENT, {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;}SAM MCGN, "THE REAL WORLD: SAN DIEGO 2"{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;}SAMANTHA "SAM" MCGN HAD NO PROBLEM SRG WH THE LADI WHILE ON THE PROWL WH HOEMATE, NATE. THEIR RELATNSHIP WARMED OUR HEARTS—AS DID THE FACT THAT SAM IS ALSO DRAG KG $HAWN {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;}LIKE HIS FELLOW STMATE FRANK, SAM WENT ON TO PETE THE CHALLENGE AND WON BATTLE OF THE SEASONS WH HER SAN DIEGO SQUAD. SHE STILL PERFORMS AS $HAWN JA, HOSTG EVENTS AROUND THE {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;}ARIELLE STT, "THE REAL WORLD: EX-PLOSN"{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;}ARIELLE'S STEAMY AND EMOTNAL SCEN WH HER EX-GIRLIEND, ASHLEY, SET SAPPHIC HEARTS ABLAZE. HER ANDROGYNO STYLE LED TO MORS ABOUT HER GENR INTY, WHICH SHE ADDRSED ON THE {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;}"THE INTER CID I WAS TRANS—AND EVERYONE THE HOE WAS TALKG ABOUT , TOO," ARIELLE (A.K.A. "ARI FRZ") SAID AN TERVIEW. "I WANTED TO KNOW IF FEELG NEGATIVE [ABOUT THAT] WAS EVEN A GOOD FEELG TO HAVE, SO I REACHED OUT TO MY MUNY TO E AND TALK ABOUT ."{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;}SCE THE REAL WORLD, STT HAS RELEASED THREE SHORTS AND THE WEB SERI {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;}CHRISTOPHER AMMON, "THE REAL WORLD: GO BIG OR GO HOME"{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;}THE NEWT ADDN TO THE REAL WORLD'S QUEER FAY IS A 23-YEAR-OLD WHO LEFT HIS MORMON MUNY UTAH TO BEE AN LGBT {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 BEEN REALLY HEALTHY FOR ME TO TRY THGS THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD ARE CREDIBLY PERVERSE, SEXUALLY," SAYS CHRIS, WHO NOW LLS NEW YORK HOME. "I'VE NEVER FELT BETTER."{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;}WILL CHRIS BE ABLE TO HANDLE ALL THE DRAMA OF THE REAL WORLD HOE? TUNE AND FD OUT!{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;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- A GAY IN FROM REALY TV’S EARLY YEARS MAK A HANT RETURN
- LOUD AND PROUD: WE'RE REMEMBERG 5 IMPACTFUL 'REAL WORLD' LGBT CAST MEMBERSIN HONOR OF PRI MONTH, 'MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS' WILL AIR JUNE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY JORDANA OSSADJUNE 2, 2016/1:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JORDANA OSSADJUNE 2, 2016 / 1:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LOUD AND PROUD: WE'RE REMEMBERG 5 IMPACTFUL 'REAL WORLD' LGBT CAST MEMBERS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-06-02T17:22:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-06-02T17:22:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JORDANA OSSAD","KEYWORDS":"PRI MONTH, MTV SHOWS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV HAS ALWAYS PHED FORWARD THE VISIBILY OF LGBT EQUALY -- AND NO PROGRAM ON THIS WORK IS MORE RPONSIBLE FOR TRODUCG PEOPLE ADVOTG FOR THIS IMPORTANT E THAN THE REAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HONOR OF PRI MONTH, A 30-MUTE SPECIAL ENTLED MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS WILL PREMIERE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4 AT 12PM AND LOOK BACK AT THE CHANNEL’S HISTORY CELEBRATG THE MANY INIC LGBT MOMENTS THAT HAVE BEE CULTURAL REFERENCE POTS FOR MASTREAM POP CULTURE TODAY -- CLUDG SCEN UNFOLDG ON THE LONG-NNG REALY ANCHISE AS WELL AS LAVERNE COX PRENTS: THE T WORD AND THE 2004 TE LIFE EPISO “I’M GAY AND I’M GETTG MARRIED” (11 YEARS BEFORE GAY MARRIAGE WAS LEGALIZED).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE REAL WORLD HAS BEEN RPONSIBLE FOR BRGG A DIVERSE GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS WH DIFFERG SEXUAL ORIENTATNS UNR ONE ROOF, WE'RE TAKG A CLOSER LOOK AT SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE TRAILBLAZERS WHEN ME TO SHARG THEIR STORI AND SERVED AS LGBT TORS FOR THEIR ROOMMAT AND VIEWERS. TAKE A LOOK AT THEM BELOW:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORMAN KORPI OM REAL WORLD: NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 25-YEAR-OLD WAS THE VERY FIRST LGBT HOEMATE AND INTIFIED AS BISEXUAL. HE MEMORABLY TOOK SEVERAL OF HIS PEERS TO THE ROXY FOR A NIGHT OF ROLLER DIS AND WAS PRAISED BY HEATHER B FOR HIS ABILY TO "BE REAL." HE ALSO DISCLOSED THAT HE HAD BEEN BULLIED WHEN HE WAS HIGH SCHOOL AND CHRONICLED HIS DATG LIFE DURG HIS TELEVISED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEDRO ZAMORA OM REAL WORLD: SAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CUBAN-AMERIN AIDS ACTIVIST FOUND LOVE WH SEAN SASSER DURG HIS FOG CY EXPERIENCE -- AND HIS MMENT CEREMONY WH HIS PARTNER WAS A CELEBRATN THAT WAS EMBRACED BY HIS PEERS AND FAR AHEAD OF S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GENIS MOSS OM REAL WORLD: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MISSOURI NATIVE -- WHO ENJOYED EQUENTG GAY CLUBS AROUND BEANTOWN -- WAS BROUGHT TO TEARS WHEN A CHILD (AT THE DAYRE CENTER WHERE THE ST WORKED) ADMTED THAT SHE HATED GAY PEOPLE. WHILE GENIS' CLOSE IEND KAMEELAH TRIED TO SPEAK TO THE MOR ABOUT HER PREJUDICED VIEWS, THE 20-YEAR-OLD UNRSTANDABLY NEED TO WALK AWAY OM THE NVERSATN TO POSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNY ROBERTS OM REAL WORLD: NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHARMG SOUTHERN BOY HAD RECENTLY E OUT TO HIS PARENTS AND WAS A NEW RELATNSHIP WH PL. BUT THE ROMANCE PRENTED ISSU THAT NO LGBT ST MEMBER HAD FACED BEFORE: PL'S PARENTS WERE UNAWARE HE WAS GAY AND, AT THE TIME, HE WAS SERVG THE ARY (BACK WHEN DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL WAS STILL EXISTENCE). PL EVENTUALLY DID VIS NOLA, BUT HIS FACE WAS BLURRED TO PROTECT HIS INTY. SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE SEASON NCLUD AND PL'S ARY SERVICE END, HIS INTY WAS OFFICIALLY UNVEILED DURG AN MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KATELYNN CANELLI OM REAL WORLD: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE THEN-24-YEAR-OLD WAS THE FIRST AND, TO DATE, ONLY TRANSGENR PERSON FEATURED ON THE SERI. AT FIRST, SHE WAS HANT TO OPEN UP TO HER ROOMMAT ABOUT HER TRANSN -- BUT AS THE SEASON PROGRSED, KATELYNN NDIDLY ADDRSED HER JOURNEY AND, THE PROCS, GREATLY RMED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BE SURE TO SEE MORE OF THE FIVE DIVIDUALS MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS ON SATURDAY -- AND TCH THE DIGAL PROFILE SERI NO ID REQUIRED ON MONDAY, JUNE 6 ON THE WORK’S SNAPCHAT DISVER AND AND FOR MORE ROURC ON GENR AND SEXUALY, CHECK OUT MTV’S LOOK DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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;CLEAR:BOTH;}PRI MONTHMTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT
- A GAY REAL WORLD STAR'S UNEXPECTED JOURNEY TO FATHERHOOD
WHERE ARE THE LGBTQ "REAL WORLD" HOEMAT NOW?"SEVEN STRANGERS PICKED TO LIVE A HOE TOGETHER..."{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;}TVBY JAM POMBOMARCH 17, 2016/4:57 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 29: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) KARAMO BROWN VISS SIRIXM STUDS ON JANUARY 29, 2020 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAG)BY JAM POMBOMARCH 17, 2016 / 4:57 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHERE ARE THE LGBTQ \"REAL WORLD\" HOEMAT NOW?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-03-17T20:57:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-03-17T20:57:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"JAM POMBO","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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 HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT MTV LNCHED THE REAL WORLD WAY BACK 1992. SCE THEN, THE TRAILBLAZG REALY SHOW HAS REFLECTED—AND FLUENCED—POP CULTURE UNTLS {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;}FOR LGBT PEOPLE OF A CERTA AGE, THE REAL WORLD: NEW YORK'S NORMAN KORPI WAS THE FIRST REAL-LIFE GAY MAN WE EVER SAW ON TV. AND REAL WORLD: SAN FRANCIS STAR PEDRO ZAMORA'S STGGLE WH AIDS BROUGHT THE EPIMIC HOME LIKE NEVER {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;}BELOW, WE'RE CHECKG WH THE SHOW'S LGBTQ {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;}NORMAN KORPI, "THE REAL WORLD: NEW YORK"MARK MAZ/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES - JULY 19: ACTOR NORMAN KORPI ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD" DURG THE 22ND L.A. GAY AND LBIAN FILM FTIVAL ON JULY 19, 2004 AT MANN?S CHE THEATRE, LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY MARK MAZ/GETTY IMAG){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;}NORMAN WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ST MEMBER ON THE REAL WORLD, APPEARG THE SERI' INIC BUT SEASON. IT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH NOW, BUT BACK THEN HAVG AN OPENLY GAY MAN WHO WAS SUCCSFUL, HAPPY AND SEXUALLY ACTIVE WAS A VERY. BIG. {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;}POST-RW, NORMAN FOUND THE PRODUCTN PANY F FILMS, AND STARRED, DIRECTED AND WROTE THE PENNT FILM THE WEDDG {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;}TODAY, NORMAN IS STILL SIGNG AND MAKG ART—AND RECENTLY VENTED AN ERGONOMIC LAPTOP STAND, THE AEROTRAY. 2015, HE AND FORMER HOEMAT HEATHER B AND JULIE APPEARED ON THE OPRAH WEY NETWORK TO DISCS THEIR REAL WORLD {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;}BETH ANTHONY, “THE REAL WORLD: LOS ANGEL”{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;}WHY IRENE DIDN’T JT POSTPONE HER WEDDG, WE’LL NEVER KNOW. BUT HER PARTURE THE SHOW'S SEND SEASON GAVE THIS OUT-AND-PROUD HOEMATE. BETH ROCKED HER NSERVATIVE ROOMI—AND DIENC—WHEN SHE WORE A T-SHIRT READG "I’M NOT GAY, BUT MY GIRLIEND IS." (HEY, WAS THE EARLY 1990S!){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;}THE DAYS, SHE LIV HAWAII WH HER FAY AND NS A VTAGE CLOTHG {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;}PEDRO ZAMORA, “THE REAL WORLD: SAN FRANCIS”{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;}MATURE BEYOND HIS 22 YEARS, PEDRO ZAMORA ENTERED THE REAL WORLD HOE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE—HE WAS LIVG WH AIDS, AND MA HIS MISSN TO TE HIS HOEMAT—AND AMERI—ABOUT THE DISEASE. WE SAW PEDRO STGGLE WH HEALTH ISSU AND AIDS-PHOBIA, AND STILL FD TIME FOR A LOVG RELATNSHIP WH HIS PARTNER, SEAN.REAL WORLD SAN FRANCISCO, ,L-R PUCK RAEY, RACHEL CAMPOS, CORY MURPHY,PAM LG, MOHAMMED BILAL, PEDRO ZAMORA, JUDD WICK, 1994, 3RD SEASON, {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;}PEDRO DIED NOVEMBER 11, 1994-THE DAY THE SEASON FALE {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;}HIS LIFE WAS DRAMATIZED THE FILM PEDRO, WRTEN BY FUTURE OSR WNER DT LANCE BLACK. THIS BRAVE ACTIVIST'S LEGACY LIV ON THROUGH THE PEDRO ZAMORA PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWSHIP AND THE PEDRO ZAMORA YOUNG LEARS {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;}DAN RENZI, “THE REAL WORLD: MIAMI”{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;}THE MIAMI HOE WAS A WILD RI OF SEX, FUN AND FIGHTS, AND DAN FULLY {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;}POST-RW, DAN PURSUED MOLG AND WRG, AND BEME THE EDOR OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA BLA. HE'S ALSO WORKED AS A SAFE-SEX TOR AND IS NOW A REGISTERED {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;}GENIS MOSS, "THE REAL WORLD: BOSTON"FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAGWEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 11: TELEVISN PERSONALI GENIS OF "THE REAL WORLD" AND SOPHIA OF "ROAD RUL" ATTEND CY OF HOPE'S ONE-OF-A-KD EVENT, "THE REAL DEAL" TO RAISE AWARENS AND FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN LEADG-EDGE REARCH FOR HIV/AIDS AT THE PACIFIC DIGN CENTER DECEMBER 11, 2003 WT HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAG){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;}THE SAME YEAR ELLEN DEGENER ME OUT, THIS SOUTHERN LLEGE GIRL ENTERED THE REAL WORLD HOE. A TROUBLED TROVERT HER TEENS, GEN BLOSSOMED ON THE SHOW—AND FAMOLY HAD A MOMENT WH A DRAG QUEEN NAMED {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;}TODAY, GENIS IS A GRAPHIC SIGNER, WEDDG PHOTOGRAPHER AND WE {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;}STEPHEN WILLIAMS, "THE REAL WORLD: SEATTLE"{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;}STEPHEN WASN'T OUT DURG HIS SEASON, BUT IRENE'S ACCATN THAT HE WAS CLOSETED SPARKED ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS RW HISTORY. AS THEIR ARGUEMENT BEME MORE HEATED, STEPHEN THREW IRENE'S STUFFED DOG TO THE OCEAN AND SLAPPED {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;}STEPHEN ME OUT PUBLICLY AS 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;}RUTHIE ALI, “THE REAL WORLD: HAWAII”{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;}RUTHIE MA A SPLASH WHEN SHE ENTERED THE REAL WORLD HOE AND IMMEDIATELY WENT SKNY-DIPPG. THOUGH LIFE WASN’T ALL TOPLS POOL PARTI PARADISE FOR RUTHIE, WHO ACCEPTED HER ISSU WH DRKG DURG THE SEASON AND ENTERED {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;}THE DAYS, RUTHIE IS WORKG FILM PRODUCTN AND WORKS THE LECTURE CIRCU TO TE PEOPLE ABOUT SUBSTANCE {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;}JT DEABLER, “THE REAL WORLD: HAWAII”{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;}THIS HARVARD LAW STUNT WASN'T QUE FORTABLE TALKG ABOUT HIS SEXUALY WH HIS HOEMAT AND EVENTUALLY LEFT HAWAII FOR A FAY {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;}NOW MARRIED, HE'S HAD ONE OF THE MOT TERTG POST-RW REERS, WORKG AS THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, CIVIL RIGHTS BURE, FOR THE STATE OF NEW {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;}DANNY ROBERTS, “THE REAL WORLD: NEW ORLEANS”{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;}DANNY WAS NOT ONLY ADORABLE, BUT HIS STORY LE SHED LIGHT ON DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, AS HE WAS A RELATNSHIP WH A CLOSETED ARMY OFFICER. (DANNY'S BOYIEND'S FACE HD TO BE BLURRED ON-MERA.){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 HIS SEASON, DANNY PURSUED ACTG, APPEARG ON DAWSON’S CREEK AND DTLA, AS WELL AS MTV’S THE CHALLENGE. IN 2018 HE ME OUT AS HIV {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;}CHRIS BECKMAN, “THE REAL WORLD: CHIGO”PATRICK MCMULLAN/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGNEW YORK CITY, NY - MAY 15: CHRIS BECKMAN ATTENDS THE IRVGTON INSTUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGIL REARCH, "THROUGH THE KCHEN" BENEF DNER AT THE FOUR SEASONS RTRANT ON MAY 15, 2005 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY PATRICK MCMULLAN/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}THE SOBER ARTIST SURPRISED HIS ROOMI WHEN HE TOOK A JOB AS A BARTENR—AND WHEN HE BEGAN A RELATNSHIP WH A {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;}CHRIS MOLED FOR RALPH LREN AND IS NOW AN ARTIST NEW YORK {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;}ANEA FERREIRA, “THE REAL WORLD: CHIGO”ASTRID STAWIARZ/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 14: ANEA FERREIRA ATTENDS MTV'S "THE REAL WORLD EX-PLOSN" SEASON PREMIERE PARTY AT BOTTOMZ UP BAR AND GRILL ON JANUARY 14, 2014 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ASTRID STAWIARZ/GETTY IMAG){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;}ANEA WAS BTALLY HONT, LIKED TO FOREGO CLOTHG AND EVEN SHOWERED WH HER MALE ROOMMAT. AUDIENC SAW HER ARGUE WH TONYA, AND HER OWN GIRLIEND, BUT ANEA'S MOST MEMORABLE RW MOMENT WAS HER BIRTHDAY PARTY ON SEPTMEBER 11, 2001, AS THE HOEMAT WATCHED THE 9/11 ATTACKS ON {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;}ANEA HAS SCE BEEN A STAPLE ON MTV, APPEARG ON TEN SEASONS OF THE {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;}SIMON SHERRY-WOOD, "THE REAL WORLD: PARIS"{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;}SIMON WAS AN IRISH TEENAGER WHEN HE JOED THE REAL WORLD: PARIS. SWEET AND SENSIVE, HE BOND QUICKLY WH THE GIRLS, AND HIS FORT WH HIMSELF AND HIS SEXUALY HELPED GIVE THE BOYS A POSIVE PERSPECTIVE ON 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;}SCE THE REAL WORLD SIMON WAS PART OF RUPL’S DRAG RACE'S P CREW—WHERE HE BEME CLOSE IENDS WH COURTNEY ACT—AND WAS A LEAD HAIRSTYLIST FOR MADONNA’S REBEL HEART {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;}WILLIE HERNANZ, "THE REAL WORLD: PHILALPHIA"M. CLFIELD/WIREIMAGE FOR GLAADCAST MEMBERS WILLIE HERNANZ AND KARAMO BROWN ACCEPT AWARD FOR OTANDG REALY PROGRAM FOR "THE REAL WORLD: PHILALPHIA" WHICH TIED FOR THE AWARD (PHOTO BY M. CLFIELD/WIREIMAGE FOR GLAAD){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;}THIS NEW YORKER WAS ONE OF TWO GAY MEN LIVG THE RW PHILLY HOE. THOUGH OUTGOG AND DOWN TO PARTY, WILLIE HAD A TOUGH UPBRGG—HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HOME AT 15 WHEN HIS RELIG PARENTS WOULDN'T ACCEPT HIS {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;}BEFORE APPEARG ON THE REAL WORLD, HE WAS A CHILD ACTOR ON TV'S GHOSTWRER AND, SCE THE SHOW, HAS APPEARED MOVI LIKE THE UNRVER MAN, THE NARROW GATE, AND THE QUEER DIE A FOUR LETTER WORD .{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;}KARAMO BROWN, "THE REAL WORLD: PHILALPHIA"ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 29: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) KARAMO BROWN VISS SIRIXM STUDS ON JANUARY 29, 2020 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ROY ROCHL/GETTY IMAG){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;}THE FIRST OPENLY GAY AIN AMERIN MAN REAL WORLD HISTORY, TODAY KARAMO IS MOST KNOWN FOR BEG ONE OF THE FAB FIVE OM NETFLIX'S REBOOT OF QUEER {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;}TYLER DUCKWORTH, "THE REAL WORLD: KEY WT"KEV WTER/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES - MARCH 15: TYLER DUCKWORTH ARRIV AT MTV'S REAL WORLD AWARDS BASH AT THE SUNSET PLAZA HOE ON MARCH 15, 2008 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG){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;}THIS FORMER GYMNAST AND FIGURE SKATER ME OM A RELIG BACKGROUND FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA. HE ACTUALLY APPLIED TO BE ON THE REAL WORLD AFTER AN ACCINT LEFT HIM UNABLE TO PETE. SCE KEY WT, TYLER HAS PETED ON MTV’S THE CHALLENGE AND WORKED AS A SPORTS JOURNALIST AND A PERSONAL TRAER FOR THE BOSTON CELTICS. TODAY, HE'S A PROJECT MANAGER WH SCHOOS DIGN GROUP AND LIV WT {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;}DAVIS MALLORY "THE REAL WORLD: DENVER"JASON MERRT/FILMMAGIC FOR BRAGMAN NYMAN CAFARELLIDAVIS MALLORY DURG TIME WARNER CABLE AND MTV NETWORKS CELEBRATE THE LNCH OF LOGO AND LOGO ON DEMAND AT BOULEVARD3 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNED STAT. (PHOTO BY JASON MERRT/FILMMAGIC FOR BRAGMAN NYMAN CAFARELLI){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;}THE OUT ATERNY BROTHER WAS ALG WH AN UNSUPPORTIVE CHRISTIAN FAY WHEN HE ENTERED THE HOE, AND FOUND HIMSELF AT ODDS WH TYRIE, WHO APPEARED UNEASY ABOUT LIVG WH A 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;}DAVIS LATER APPEARED ON MULTIPLE SEASONS OF MTV’S THE CHALLENGE, AND IS NOW A MEMPHIS-BASED SGER-SONGWRER AND MIC JOURNALIST. HE'S CURRENTLY AN ONLE RRPONNT FOR THE GRAND OLE {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;}JD ORDOÑEZ, "THE REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN"{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;}JD OVERME GREAT ODDS BEFORE MAKG TO TELEVISN: HE RAN AWAY OM HOME AT 13 BUT, BY 19, FULFILLED HIS DREAM OF BEG A DOLPH TRAER. HE'S STILL A PART OF THE MTV FAY, PETG ON VAR EDNS OF THE CHALLENGE. TODAY JD LIV L.A. AND WORKS AT WEHO MASTAY MICKEY'{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;}KATELYNN CANELLI, "THE REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN"{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;}KATELYNN MA HISTORY AS THE FIRST TRANS ROOMMATE ON THE REAL WORLD—SHE ENTERED THE HOE JT WEEKS AFTER PLETG HER GENR-NFIRMATN {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;}TODAY SHE WORKS SILIN VALLEY AND NTU TO WORK FOR LGBT EQUALY AND SOCIAL {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;}DEREK CHAVEZ, "THE REAL WORLD: CANCUN"{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;}DEREK CHAVEZ WON OVER HIS HOEMAT WH HIS UPBEAT ATTU AND WARM SE. HE MA GOOD E OF HIS TIME CANCUN, DATG A GUY HE MET WHILE FILMG, AND TREATG BLE DIENC TO A FEW MAN-ON-MAN MAKEOUT {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 REAL WORLD DEREK ALSO PETED ON THE CHALLENGE. HE CURRENTLY LIV STTSDALE, ARIZONA, AND APPEARS TO BE BLISSFULLY HAPPY WH HIS {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;}MIKE C. MANNG, "THE REAL WORLD: WASHGTON, DC"{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;}A BISEXUAL ENVIRONMENTALIST AND LGBT RIGHTS ACTIVIST, MIKE WAS ABLE TO EXPLORE RELATNSHIPS WH MEN DURG HIS STAY THE {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;}HE'S SCE GONE ON TO PURSUE ACTG MOVI LIKE DISNEY'S CLOUD 9, THE GAY DIE ECUPID AND THE UPG FOLK HERO & FUNNY GUY, WHICH WILL BUT AT THE TRIBE FILM FTIVAL {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;}MIKE ALSO PRODUCED THE DOCUMENTARY KIDNAPPED FOR CHRIST, WHICH PROFILED YOUNG PEOPLE FORCEFULLY TAKEN OM THEIR HOM AND SENT TO AN EX-GAY THERAPY CENTER THE DOMIN {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;}PRTON CHARL, “THE REAL WORLD: NEW ORLEANS 2"{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;}THIS MICHIGAN NATIVE HAD SOME DIFFICULTI WH HIS HOEMAT—RYAN FAMOLY CROSSED THE LE WHEN HE ED A 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;}HE LATER APPEARED ON MTV'S BATTLE OF THE SEASONS: RIVALS 2 AND, 2011, TEAMED UP WH PRODUCER SHANNON MECHUTAN ON THE MTV DOCUMENTARY COMG {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;}TODAY PRTON LIV NEW YORK, WHERE HE BLOGS AND WR {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;}FRANK SWEENEY, "THE REAL WORLD: SAN DIEGO 2"{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;}THE MTACHED BABE OF THE SAN DIEGO HOE BROUGHT HIS OWN SPECIAL BRAND OF ENERGY AND WHIMSY TO THE SHOW, WHERE HE WAS ONE OF THE SERI' FEW BISEXUAL {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;}LIFE AFTER THE REAL WORLD HAS BEEN GOOD TO FRANK: HE’S PETED ON THE CHALLENGE AND WON BATTLE OF THE SEASONS. A SER CROSSF ATHLETE, FRANK GOT ENGAGED TO HIS BOYIEND, TRENT, {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;}SAM MCGN, "THE REAL WORLD: SAN DIEGO 2"{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;}SAMANTHA "SAM" MCGN HAD NO PROBLEM SRG WH THE LADI WHILE ON THE PROWL WH HOEMATE, NATE. THEIR RELATNSHIP WARMED OUR HEARTS—AS DID THE FACT THAT SAM IS ALSO DRAG KG $HAWN {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;}LIKE HIS FELLOW STMATE FRANK, SAM WENT ON TO PETE THE CHALLENGE AND WON BATTLE OF THE SEASONS WH HER SAN DIEGO SQUAD. SHE STILL PERFORMS AS $HAWN JA, HOSTG EVENTS AROUND THE {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;}ARIELLE STT, "THE REAL WORLD: EX-PLOSN"{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;}ARIELLE'S STEAMY AND EMOTNAL SCEN WH HER EX-GIRLIEND, ASHLEY, SET SAPPHIC HEARTS ABLAZE. HER ANDROGYNO STYLE LED TO MORS ABOUT HER GENR INTY, WHICH SHE ADDRSED ON THE {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;}"THE INTER CID I WAS TRANS—AND EVERYONE THE HOE WAS TALKG ABOUT , TOO," ARIELLE (A.K.A. "ARI FRZ") SAID AN TERVIEW. "I WANTED TO KNOW IF FEELG NEGATIVE [ABOUT THAT] WAS EVEN A GOOD FEELG TO HAVE, SO I REACHED OUT TO MY MUNY TO E AND TALK ABOUT ."{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;}SCE THE REAL WORLD, STT HAS RELEASED THREE SHORTS AND THE WEB SERI {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;}CHRISTOPHER AMMON, "THE REAL WORLD: GO BIG OR GO HOME"{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;}THE NEWT ADDN TO THE REAL WORLD'S QUEER FAY IS A 23-YEAR-OLD WHO LEFT HIS MORMON MUNY UTAH TO BEE AN LGBT {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 BEEN REALLY HEALTHY FOR ME TO TRY THGS THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD ARE CREDIBLY PERVERSE, SEXUALLY," SAYS CHRIS, WHO NOW LLS NEW YORK HOME. "I'VE NEVER FELT BETTER."{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;}WILL CHRIS BE ABLE TO HANDLE ALL THE DRAMA OF THE REAL WORLD HOE? TUNE AND FD OUT!{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;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Danny Roberts, a star of “The Real World” on MTV, brought a sense of possibily to the pop culture landspe durg a ght time for gay reprentatn. * gay guy real world *
Sce then, the trailblazg realy show has reflected—and fluenced—pop culture untls LGBT people of a certa age, The Real World: New York's Norman Korpi was the first real-life gay man we ever saw on TV. And Real World: San Francis star Pedro Zamora's stggle wh AIDS brought the epimic home like never, we're checkg wh the show's LGBTQ Korpi, "The Real World: New York"Norman was the first openly gay st member on The Real World, appearg the seri' inic but season. Stephen me out publicly as gay Ali, “The Real World: Hawaii”Ruthie ma a splash when she entered The Real World hoe and immediately went skny-dippg.
Sweet and sensive, he bond quickly wh the girls, and his fort wh himself and his sexualy helped give the boys a posive perspective on gay The Real World Simon was part of RuPl’s Drag Race's P Crew—where he beme close iends wh Courtney Act—and was a lead hairstylist for Madonna’s Rebel Heart Hernanz, "The Real World: Philalphia"This New Yorker was one of two gay men livg the RW Philly hoe. Though outgog and down to party, Willie had a tough upbrgg—he was forced to leave home at 15 when his relig parents wouldn't accept his appearg on The Real World, he was a child actor on TV's Ghostwrer and, sce the show, has appeared movi like The Unrver Man, The Narrow Gate, and the queer die A Four Letter Word Brown, "The Real World: Philalphia"The first openly gay Ain Amerin man Real World history, today Karamo is most known for beg one of the Fab Five om Netflix's reboot of Queer Duckworth, "The Real World: Key Wt"This former gymnast and figure skater me om a relig background Fargo, North Dakota. Today, he's a project manager wh Schoos Dign Group and liv Wt Mallory "The Real World: Denver"The out aterny brother was alg wh an unsupportive Christian fay when he entered the hoe, and found himself at odds wh Tyrie, who appeared uneasy about livg wh a gay later appeared on multiple seasons of MTV’s The Challenge, and is now a Memphis-based sger-songwrer and mic journalist.
A GAY IN FROM REALY TV’S EARLY YEARS MAK A HANT RETURN
All the openly gay male celebri Hollywood who are out and proud: Chris Appleton, Dan Levy, Andrew Stt, Kal Penn, and more. * gay guy real world *
Manng, "The Real World: Washgton, DC"A bisexual environmentalist and LGBT rights activist, Mike was able to explore relatnships wh men durg his stay the 's sce gone on to pursue actg movi like Disney's Cloud 9, the gay die eCupid and the upg Folk Hero & Funny Guy, which will but at the Tribe Film Ftival also produced the documentary Kidnapped for Christ, which profiled young people forcefully taken om their hom and sent to an ex-gay therapy center the Domin Republic.
LOUD AND PROUD: WE'RE REMEMBERG 5 IMPACTFUL 'REAL WORLD' LGBT CAST MEMBERSIN HONOR OF PRI MONTH, 'MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS' WILL AIR JUNE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY JORDANA OSSADJUNE 2, 2016/1:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JORDANA OSSADJUNE 2, 2016 / 1:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LOUD AND PROUD: WE'RE REMEMBERG 5 IMPACTFUL 'REAL WORLD' LGBT CAST MEMBERS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-06-02T17:22:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-06-02T17:22:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JORDANA OSSAD","KEYWORDS":"PRI MONTH, MTV SHOWS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV HAS ALWAYS PHED FORWARD THE VISIBILY OF LGBT EQUALY -- AND NO PROGRAM ON THIS WORK IS MORE RPONSIBLE FOR TRODUCG PEOPLE ADVOTG FOR THIS IMPORTANT E THAN THE REAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HONOR OF PRI MONTH, A 30-MUTE SPECIAL ENTLED MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS WILL PREMIERE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4 AT 12PM AND LOOK BACK AT THE CHANNEL’S HISTORY CELEBRATG THE MANY INIC LGBT MOMENTS THAT HAVE BEE CULTURAL REFERENCE POTS FOR MASTREAM POP CULTURE TODAY -- CLUDG SCEN UNFOLDG ON THE LONG-NNG REALY ANCHISE AS WELL AS LAVERNE COX PRENTS: THE T WORD AND THE 2004 TE LIFE EPISO “I’M GAY AND I’M GETTG MARRIED” (11 YEARS BEFORE GAY MARRIAGE WAS LEGALIZED).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE REAL WORLD HAS BEEN RPONSIBLE FOR BRGG A DIVERSE GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS WH DIFFERG SEXUAL ORIENTATNS UNR ONE ROOF, WE'RE TAKG A CLOSER LOOK AT SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE TRAILBLAZERS WHEN ME TO SHARG THEIR STORI AND SERVED AS LGBT TORS FOR THEIR ROOMMAT AND VIEWERS. TAKE A LOOK AT THEM BELOW:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORMAN KORPI OM REAL WORLD: NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 25-YEAR-OLD WAS THE VERY FIRST LGBT HOEMATE AND INTIFIED AS BISEXUAL. HE MEMORABLY TOOK SEVERAL OF HIS PEERS TO THE ROXY FOR A NIGHT OF ROLLER DIS AND WAS PRAISED BY HEATHER B FOR HIS ABILY TO "BE REAL." HE ALSO DISCLOSED THAT HE HAD BEEN BULLIED WHEN HE WAS HIGH SCHOOL AND CHRONICLED HIS DATG LIFE DURG HIS TELEVISED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEDRO ZAMORA OM REAL WORLD: SAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CUBAN-AMERIN AIDS ACTIVIST FOUND LOVE WH SEAN SASSER DURG HIS FOG CY EXPERIENCE -- AND HIS MMENT CEREMONY WH HIS PARTNER WAS A CELEBRATN THAT WAS EMBRACED BY HIS PEERS AND FAR AHEAD OF S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GENIS MOSS OM REAL WORLD: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MISSOURI NATIVE -- WHO ENJOYED EQUENTG GAY CLUBS AROUND BEANTOWN -- WAS BROUGHT TO TEARS WHEN A CHILD (AT THE DAYRE CENTER WHERE THE ST WORKED) ADMTED THAT SHE HATED GAY PEOPLE. WHILE GENIS' CLOSE IEND KAMEELAH TRIED TO SPEAK TO THE MOR ABOUT HER PREJUDICED VIEWS, THE 20-YEAR-OLD UNRSTANDABLY NEED TO WALK AWAY OM THE NVERSATN TO POSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNY ROBERTS OM REAL WORLD: NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHARMG SOUTHERN BOY HAD RECENTLY E OUT TO HIS PARENTS AND WAS A NEW RELATNSHIP WH PL. BUT THE ROMANCE PRENTED ISSU THAT NO LGBT ST MEMBER HAD FACED BEFORE: PL'S PARENTS WERE UNAWARE HE WAS GAY AND, AT THE TIME, HE WAS SERVG THE ARY (BACK WHEN DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL WAS STILL EXISTENCE). PL EVENTUALLY DID VIS NOLA, BUT HIS FACE WAS BLURRED TO PROTECT HIS INTY. SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE SEASON NCLUD AND PL'S ARY SERVICE END, HIS INTY WAS OFFICIALLY UNVEILED DURG AN MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KATELYNN CANELLI OM REAL WORLD: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE THEN-24-YEAR-OLD WAS THE FIRST AND, TO DATE, ONLY TRANSGENR PERSON FEATURED ON THE SERI. AT FIRST, SHE WAS HANT TO OPEN UP TO HER ROOMMAT ABOUT HER TRANSN -- BUT AS THE SEASON PROGRSED, KATELYNN NDIDLY ADDRSED HER JOURNEY AND, THE PROCS, GREATLY RMED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BE SURE TO SEE MORE OF THE FIVE DIVIDUALS MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS ON SATURDAY -- AND TCH THE DIGAL PROFILE SERI NO ID REQUIRED ON MONDAY, JUNE 6 ON THE WORK’S SNAPCHAT DISVER AND AND FOR MORE ROURC ON GENR AND SEXUALY, CHECK OUT MTV’S LOOK DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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;CLEAR:BOTH;}PRI MONTHMTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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Prton Charl, “The Real World: New Orleans 2"This Michigan native had some difficulti wh his hoemat—Ryan famoly crossed the le when he ed a gay later appeared on MTV's Battle of the Seasons: Rivals 2 and, 2011, teamed up wh producer Shannon Mechutan on the MTV documentary Comg Prton liv New York, where he blogs and wr Sweeney, "The Real World: San Diego 2"The mtached babe of the San Diego hoe brought his own special brand of energy and whimsy to the show, where he was one of the seri' few bisexual men. Thanks to the shownners drivg thentic stori, filmmakers buckg s-old heteronormative paradigms, actors embolned to live more hontly and platforms bankrollg so much of , beg gay, queer, transgenr or any other other has never been more wily embraced the entertament s gural Pri issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed on the talent and makers helpg boost visibily and creatg opportuni for members of the extend LGBTQ muny.
After more than a of Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen, where he beme the first openly gay host Amerin late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackl all kds of media (SiriXM show Rad Andy, multiple books), while upliftg and advotg for the LGBTQ muny. Puttg his stamp on The Ln Kg — he played Timon to great acclaim the billn-dollar-earng Disney reboot — the out-and-proud funnyman will next play Matt Ddge Amerin Crime Story: Impeachment while his upg Judd Apatow-produced feature at Universal is set to be the first gay rom- om a major stud. Creator of the NBC s One Big Happy and her own YouTube talk show This Jt Out, Feldman recently ma her Netflix edy outright queer, as Dead to Me's sophomore season revealed a lead character to be bisexual.
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Levy, who -created the show wh dad Eugene, earned legns of admirers fans and crics alike for craftg a same-sex love story a seri that was ee of homophobia. Watchg Rickie Vasquez, a gay character played by an openly gay actor, Wilson Cz, certaly felt like the most hont and rpectful portrayal of a gay teen I had ever seen. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "When 'gay actor, ' 'gay director, ' 'gay wrer, ' 'gay story, ' et cetera, are no longer labels even worth mentng.
In addn to speakg, and sgg, publicly about his own gay relatnships, Platt plays bi on The Polician — acuntg for several of the seri' many entangled LGBTQ romanc. The Pose star beme the first openly gay black man to w the dramatic lead actor Emmy 2019, the year he turned heads for butg genr-ntral red rpet looks.
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