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Gawker didn't 'out' Peter Thiel. Everyone in the valley had known for years that he was gay. They posted a link to his public tumblr account that showed him cav
by a2tech 9y ago
Gawker didn't 'out' Peter Thiel. Everyone in the valley had known for years that he was gay. They posted a link to his public tumblr account that showed him cavorting with young men in exotic locales.
- Chris2048 9y agoFine, they made his sexual orientation more widely known.
- rurban 9y agoHardly. The last time I was in the valley was over 30 years ago, and I still knew from Europe that Thiel is gay. Not that I cared about that, only about his hardcore libertarianism, german roots, questionable investments and chess skills. Eg the New Yorker outed him 2011 http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/28/no-death-no-taxes http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/28/no-death-no-tax...