Current Events > Survivor Contestant is OUTED as TRANSGENDER as the show reaches a new LOW!!

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Full Throttle
04/12/17 9:26:50 PM
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Have you ever outed someone's sexuality to other people before?


Spoilers ahead!!

29 y/o Survivor Star, Zeke Smith, a current contestant on Survivor: Game Changers on CBS has revealed he is TRANSGENDER and he was OUTED by fellow contestant, Jeff Varner!!

The episode showcased Zeke being outed as transgender which he kept secret on the previous season he appeared on as well, Millenials vs Gen X

Zeke revealed he is transgender ahead of the episode and revealed why he didn't tell people that he was trans on the show and said "I'm not ashaemd of being trans, but i didn't want that to be my story. I just wanted to go out on an adventure and play a great game"

Zeke was open about being trans to the show's producers but didn't discuss it during filming.

Zeke said "When you tell people that you're trans, you get 2 reactions: Either they look at you funny and pull back or they go, Aww, they must be so hard. I'm a goofy, fun-loving guy so neither of those reactions work well for me"

At a tense tribal council, Jeff Varner tries to paint Zeke as "deceitful" for not being forthcoming as transgender which sparks a new low for Survivor as many of the tribemates including Debbie, Andrea and Tai (a gay man) who blasted him for revealing to millions that he was trans.

Another tribe member, Sarah was visibly upset over the reveal as she is a conservative woman who lives in the midwest describes how she doesn't have gays/trans in her area but does not want people to be treated the way Zeke was.

Jeff Varner was left grovelling for an apology as he said he was desperate to save himself and threw everything out there as he lives in North Carolina and supports the LGBT...but in the end, he was unanimously voted out without a vote being read.

Zeke is currently in a "relationship" with fellow contestant Hannah Shapiro

Have you ever outed someone's "sexuality" before?

Zeke - Trans

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/12/21/3F305C7800000578-4406418-Fan_favourite_Survivor_Game_Changers_contestant_Zeke_Smith_has_r-a-16_1492027759179.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/12/21/3F305C6D00000578-4406418-Seasoned_Survivor_The_29_year_old_is_seen_in_Mana_Island_Fiji_fo-a-14_1492027759034.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/12/21/3F30735800000578-4406418-Romance_Zeke_and_former_Millennials_vs_Gen_X_co_star_Hannah_Shap-a-15_1492027759055.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/12/21/3F31EC8E00000578-4406418-image-a-31_1492028358072.jpg

Jeff - Jerk

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/09/01/3CFB6E6400000578-4206156-Not_a_happy_camper_Jeff_Varner_complained_half_of_them_are_alrea-a-18_1486605205762.jpg

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voldothegr8
04/12/17 10:22:41 PM
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What's worse is they edited out some foul shit Varner said. People weren't devastated and Probst wasn't pissed simply because he outed Zeke. After the fact Zeke rightfully shot off at him, and Varner fired back, and I won't repeat word for word in fear of getting modded, but something along the lines of "if you want to be that gender, I'll treat you so." That's where the ass devastation came in and holy shit he's lucky he didn't get punched. Someone should have though.
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slothica
04/12/17 10:26:17 PM
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"Have you ever outed someones 'sexuality" the TC asks, in a topic pertaining to gender identity.
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dotsdfe
04/13/17 2:04:29 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BXqrOSNKn0


I suppose it's worth including the video since CBS uploaded the entire tribal.

I wouldn't call it a "new low" for the show as much as a new low for what a player is willing to do on the show. The show itself handled it about as tactfully as you can handle that situation, it's just that there was one player (who I genuinely liked prior to this episode, but who lost a ton of respect from me) who went way, way too far.
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FF_Redux
04/13/17 2:07:37 AM
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Gamer99z
04/13/17 2:09:46 AM
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What kind of piece of shit would reveal something like that about someone publicly on television if they didn't want them to, smh.
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CommonStar
04/13/17 2:17:46 AM
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voldothegr8 posted...
What's worse is they edited out some foul shit Varner said. People weren't devastated and Probst wasn't pissed simply because he outed Zeke. After the fact Zeke rightfully shot off at him, and Varner fired back, and I won't repeat word for word in fear of getting modded, but something along the lines of "if you want to be that gender, I'll treat you so." That's where the ass devastation came in and holy shit he's lucky he didn't get punched. Someone should have though.

Source for this?
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Smashingpmkns
04/13/17 2:22:20 AM
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I'm 100% sure that telling the producers that he was trans had nothing to do with this incident.
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CommonStar
04/13/17 2:27:16 AM
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Most Survivor fans already knew Zeke was trans. It was talked about a lot in the previous season.

But what Varner did crossed the line, he had no right. In his mind, I don't think he really realized what he was doing only that he was desperate and trying to prove a dumb point.
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LethalAffinity
04/13/17 2:51:02 AM
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Apparently Varner was suicidal and had to see a few therapists after the season finished filming?
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Lonestar2000
04/13/17 2:55:56 AM
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Not surprising, the show is straight garbage.
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CommonStar
04/13/17 11:12:23 AM
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Here's a link to a video of Varner the day after:
http://d.pr/v/lp0z

Mind you, this was film months ago.


https://twitter.com/JEFFVARNER/status/852328280095109120
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gamepimp12
04/13/17 7:13:49 PM
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I just heard about this...


What the hell dude
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The Admiral
04/13/17 7:16:31 PM
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It's "outing someone" to reveal their biological sex now?

Jesus Christ...
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gamepimp12
04/13/17 7:19:29 PM
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The Admiral posted...
It's "outing someone" to reveal their biological sex now?

Jesus Christ...


Good lord admiral do you always have to be such a shitty person.
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Gossipgirl
04/13/17 7:23:05 PM
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The Admiral posted...
It's "outing someone" to reveal their biological sex now?

Jesus Christ...

It was still a pretty shitty thing to do tbh... like that's not something you reveal on live television.
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ReignFury
04/13/17 7:31:34 PM
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That was a shitty thing he did, but people don't know the depths they'd go to with a million on the line.
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SomeLikeItHoth
04/14/17 3:07:02 AM
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That was tough to watch. :(

@CommonStar posted...
Most Survivor fans already knew Zeke was trans. It was talked about a lot in the previous season.

Except Zeke played two seasons back to back and this current season was filmed before the last season aired.
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Monolith1676
04/15/17 11:10:26 PM
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Onetrueking
04/15/17 11:21:22 PM
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Damn I liked Jeff up until he apologized. Dude was 100% in the right shouldn't say sorry for anything,
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Bloodychess
04/15/17 11:22:54 PM
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Monolith1676 posted...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/‘survivor-man-who-outted-transgender-fellow-contestant-fired-from-his-job/ar-BBzSp3u?li=BBnbfcL

Outting someone is assault? WHAT?!


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steroidz_da_pwn
04/15/17 11:27:11 PM
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I don't remember Zeke stating he was trans in the previous season.
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The Great Muta 22
04/15/17 11:30:34 PM
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steroidz_da_pwn posted...
I don't remember Zeke stating he was trans in the previous season.


Never did, Reddit detectives found an archived page that had been deleted from when he was at OU(I think?) and spoke about transitioning. It was theorized that Zeke, CBS, Survivor, or some combo of them had the page deleted before his name was broadcast as he didn't want it to be anything on the show and never brought up.
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gunplagirl
04/15/17 11:33:15 PM
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My favorite part of this story is the guy who outed Zeke got fired from his job
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emblem boy
04/15/17 11:38:20 PM
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FtM?
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emblem boy
04/15/17 11:45:01 PM
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gunplagirl posted...
My favorite part of this story is the guy who outed Zeke got fired from his job


Ehh, I don't see why that's something you'd celebrate
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gunplagirl
04/15/17 11:58:11 PM
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emblem boy posted...
gunplagirl posted...
My favorite part of this story is the guy who outed Zeke got fired from his job


Ehh, I don't see why that's something you'd celebrate

Revealing personal details about somebody that can ruin their life in an attempt to save your own skin is pathetic. And dangerous to the person outed.

The fact it had 8 million viewers plus all the people who have seen these articles by now find out is that many more people who know that personal piece of info.

If they can endanger somebody else just to save their hide, they're probably not a good person. At the very least, you can't trust them with any company secrets.

Reap what you sow.
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emblem boy
04/16/17 12:08:51 AM
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I get that what he did was a dick move, but I have a hard time wishing ill will on him for the rest of his life because of that.
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the_cajun88
04/16/17 12:14:22 AM
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I only watch for Hali.

THAT'S MY FRIEND, YA'LL

GO HALI
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gunplagirl
04/16/17 12:15:46 AM
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emblem boy posted...
I get that what he did was a dick move, but I have a hard time wishing ill will on him for the rest of his life because of that.


gunplagirl posted...

If they can endanger somebody else just to save their hide, they're probably not a good person. At the very least, you can't trust them with any company secrets.



Based on that reasoning, would you be fine if he was unable to find any other job again from now on?

Can't take back what he did

Wouldn't bother me if others find he isn't worth hiring
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