Date: Mon, 13 December 93 07:25:21 CST
From: LLRLF@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu
Subject: "American Gladiator" Comes Out

This is an article found in the december 8th issue of the TEXAS TRIANGLE
(Reprinted without permission).

GLADIATOR "MISTER" TURBO COMES OUT

Los Angeles-We are everywhere, gay rights activists are fond of pointing out.
Yet another indicator of the reality of this little truism came for viewers of
the TV program AMERICAN GLADIATORS, a show with a penchant for hunky guys and
gals in tight spandex super-hero costumes doing pretty silly things like
simulating soft-core war-game contests.

During a chat with one of the regular beefcake hunks on the show called Turbo
(yes, that the kind of names they're known by), the interviewer asked him why
he wears an earring.

Turbo's cool response: "because I'm gay."

The rest of the interview went ahead without further reference to Turbo's -- or
 with a body like that, maybe it should be "Mr. Turbo's" -- sexual orientation.

We suppose the next coming out semi-star will have to be one of the drivers on
those strange monster-truck programs.

Which one is Turbo?  Do any Netters out there know?

Richard Foster
UT Austin

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