This season of The Amazing Race was already really gay from the onset. Gay father and son team, Mel and Mike White, were labeled as gays but now we are learning there are others. Producers of the show told two other gay contestants to keep quiet about their sexuality.
Contestant Lakisha has been outed by AfterEllen as openly gay, though her sexuality was never mentioned on any press for the show. Another contestant, Luke Adams, is also gay and wished to be labeled as such by producers.
Fellow gay contestant Mike White describes a discussion with producers in which they basically told him, "'No, we’re establishing you as what we want you to be established. [Luke's] established as deaf. You’re established as gay, so don’t be interrupting what we're trying to do here.’”
In other words, two gays and one deaf person are enough for CBS, they certainly don't need two in one! So much for "reality".
– Andy
Mr. Luke Adams,
is rather cute :$
It doesn’t matter. There have been plenty of gay contestants on the show that haven’t identified themselves that way. I wouldn’t either. Being gay isn’t a debilitation. Luke wants to make a point about being deaf. Mel and Mike put a great face on homosexuality, but the others are out to the people that matter to them, not national television.
I’m also pretty sure that Victor the Lawyer is also gay. Even if I don’t know for sure I’m just glad to see so many on one race. It kicks ass. It’s truly an amazing race…
Something about Luke just screamed gay to me as well, and I was right! I’m also sure Victor is gay as well, but we’ll just see…