Survivor is secretly TV's gayest show, despite its conservative CBS appeal

Mel Magazine

"Survivor may charm a conservative CBS audience with its schtick of aggressive men and bombshell women scheming and flirting in the Fiji sun," says Joseph Longo. "But beneath all that, it’s secretly the most homoerotic show on TV." Longo adds: "In a post-Queer Eye, –Glee and –The Politician world, Survivor represents a more nuanced, less filtered view of a certain type of gayness." As Davis, who runs the Survivor subreddit and Discord channel, explains: “The authenticity of being gay on these shows shines out. Gay people are presented as not just a token gay with stereotypes, but a real, complex person."