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‘Survivor’ cast member erects rainbow outhouse on North Carolina’s highest mountain
reality show contestant makes bold statement
Former “Survivor: Kaoh Rong” cast member Neal Gottlieb got creative in protest against North Carolina’s HB2 law on Sunday.
The California-based entrepreneur traveled to North Carolina to climb the state’s highest mountain, Mount Mitchell, and placed a rainbow outhouse at the top with a trans flag attached to the door. Gottlieb included a letter addressed to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory urging him to repeal the HB2 law.
“As of this morning, an outhouse proudly displaying a trans pride flag is sitting atop Mount Mitchell, North Carolina’s tallest mountain,” the letter reads. “It was placed there in protest of HB2, your state’s institutionalization of discrimination (also known as hate) against members of the trans community (also known as humans).”
“Yes, at least for a little while North Carolina’s highest point is an outhouse; a fitting symbol for a state that has sullied itself with shitty, repressive legislation,” the letter continues.
Gottlieb, who owns Three Twins Ice Cream, has protested LGBT discrimination in a similar fashion before. In 2014 Gottlieb traveled to Uganda’s highest mountain, Margherita Peak, to place a gay pride flag on top. He also left a letter for President Museveni to protest the country’s criminalization of homosexuality.
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