Survivor alum Zeke Smith has had only positive experiences since being outed as transgender on the show last year

The Hollywood Reporter

"I have not had a single negative encounter," he says in a Hollywood Reporter essay, adding: "During the past year, I've traveled extensively and met thousands of Survivor fans. I've become an expert at taking selfies; dodged make-out attempts from drunk ladies at Graceland and welcomed the advances of gentlemen in gay bars across America. But my favorite Survivor fan interactions are those in my homeland of Oklahoma, where at 18 I was chased out with torches and pitchforks. Now I return as a bit of a favorite son. I take pictures with children in Bible school t-shirts."