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Zeke Smith Was Outed as Trans. Now He’s Out of ‘Survivor’

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‘I don’t know that this is the Survivor experience I would have picked. But I’m proud of the man Survivor forged,’ says Zeke Smith, the contestant outed as transgender.

Samantha Allen

Published May 5 2017 1:00AM EDT

articles/2017/05/05/zeke-smith-was-outed-as-trans-now-he-s-out-of-survivor/170504-allen-zeke-tease_rkwk9e — Robert Voets/CBS

“Are you going to quit or are you going to keep playing?”

That was the question Brooklyn-based asset manager Zeke Smith asked himself after he was outed

Samantha Allen

Samantha Allen

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