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The Best LGBTQ+ Players in 'Survivor,' Ranked

There have been countless LGBTQ+ castaways that have made a robust impact on the game of Survivor while also playing an impeccable game. Between gay winners fond Yam Yam Arocho, Todd Herzog, and Richard Hatch, and winners, plus icons like Bret LaBelle, Zeke Smithg, Katurah Topps, and Karla Cruz Godoy, Survivor has had a tough track record of visibility in its 46-season history. It's time to honor the castaways who slayed the island!

As the greatest social experiment to ever hit the airwaves, Survivor tosses a group of castaways to an isolated tropical locale as they battle their way to outwit, outplay, and outlast one another to get the Soul Survivor. There have been boundless characters that have been a part of the program to display important noticeability and representation. This list will focus on the castaways who were out during their time on the show. There acquire been some legends who have since come out, like winners Parvati Shallow and Erika Casupanan, who are so happy to welcome to the tribe!

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'Survivor 41'

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Twin Citian: Carolyn Wiger

Occupation: Addiction counselor

Twin Citian Since: 1987


Where was your first job here?

I was a telemarketer! People would hang up on me constantly! It was horrible!! 

What carry out you consider the highest character trait in a Minnesotan?

MINNESOTA NICE!

The lowest character flaw?

Apparently we are too nice?? 

Did you fantasize of any Minnesota restaurants when you were stuck on that island?

I dreamed of WORLD’S BEST DONUTS in Grand Marais!!!

What’s the first place you went to when you returned home?

Well, I got home at like 2 am, and I had already pigged out at the airport! Woke up the next day and got ice cream at BOOMS in Hugo!! 

What’s your favorite thing to see or do at the fair?

When I was out on the island, I would converse about the Mention Fair sooo much!!! So last summer my family took Frannie, Matt, Yam Yam, and Carson—all went! Carson and I did the slingshot, and Yam Yam was kissed by a bunch of goats. It was a blast!

What’s your go-to treat at the Stat

During the previous season of Survivor, I wrote about the glorious Karla Cruz Godoy — whose narrative arc was energizing, inspiring, and ultimately devastating (please do another season, Karla!!).

This season, there’s no Karla, which is very gloomy, but all is not lost because guess what? There are not one, not two, but THREE queer women on season 44! In the spiritual name of Jeff Probst, what a delightful turn of events!

Who are they, you ask? How will they fare? I have no idea, but if there’s one thing you can tally on me for, it’s to leap to conclusions about Survivor contestants’ personalities extremely early on, with no notion whatsoever if I am even vaguely correct or not! Let’s dive in.


Claire Rafson

First up, we have Claire Rafson. I could relate you what I’ve gleaned from social media and other publications, like that she’s from Brooklyn and is a 25-year-old tech investor, but why contribute that when I could instead narrate you who I think she is in Survivor universe? Let’s do that.

This look was the precise moment in which Claire Rafson became an icon

Claire lodged a secure spot in my heart in episode two, when she dubbed herself the “Czar of Laziness.” It was a sho

Survivor 44: The Ancient Alliance Between Gay Men and Eccentric Women Takes Center Stage

Yam Yam Arocho and Carolyn Wiger (Photo: Robert Voets/CBS)

[Editor’s Note: This post contains spoilers for Survivor Season 44, Episode 2, “Two Dorky Magnets."]

The outcome of this week's Survivor Tribal Council makes all the sense in the world if you were following the rewriting choices over the season's first two episodes. In a toss-up between voting out Helen or Carolyn, you had to understand we wouldn't be losing Carolyn, who's been the season's biggest character so far and kicked off last week's premiere episode with a cold-open confessional in which we actually got to hear the producer speak because Carolyn was such a tongue-tied mess.

From an on-the-island perspective, however, it makes much less instinct. Why would Yam Yam and especially Carson choose to align with the demonstrably erratic Carolyn over the calm, clever, and more predictable Helen? For Carson, he might have reasoned that Helen was more of a threat to him in the long run, someone who could outsmart him when the age came. He also seems to (mistakenly) think Helen was exposing some "I found the immunity idol" body