I'm a guy from a mid-western family (Cincinnati, Ohio) who moved to the Boston area when I was 8 years old. I grew up there and, when I was 18 years old, I left home for the U.S. Air Force Academy to study for 4 years and become an Air Force Officer. I did that for 5 years and, during that time, gained my pilot's license.

When I got out of the Air Force, I became a flight instructor and an entrepreneur. I've owned my own Charter Air service (Tribe Airways), 

RIDICULOUS AND BACKWARDS POLICY!

I've had a fun career in television, including my own show, "The Reichen Show", have created a jewelry line, "Fly Naked" (available at www.LoveandPride.com), and have written a book called "Here's What We'll Say" about all the lies I had to tell to make it through the Air Force Academy as a gay cadet--to avoid the punishments of the ridiculous and backwards "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy of our U.S. military.

I currently operate a bank card processing business as well. I ride motorcycles and I try to fly as many different kinds of planes as I can. Yeah, I'm a busy guy.

I'm still following them all. LOL. I can't concentrate on just one career because I have so many interests.

BEING NUMBER ONE GUY

To me, being famous is being that "number one guy" to one special person in my life. If I'm handling that task, then I'm successful. The toughest things we do in life are to hold together relationships. We should learn from our mistakes, forgive others for theirs, and realize the value of love and the human being standing in front of us.

FAVORITE PLACES

1. Park City, Utah (for the skiing at Deer Valley Ski Resort)
2. Norway, Maine (for it's breathtakingly beautiful lake that I love to fish on)
3. Oahu, Hawaii The North Shore because it's so private and quiet.
4. Sydney and Cairns Australia. Some of the most beautiful places and people I've ever seen
5. Rio, Brazil I haven't been there yet, but I'm headed there Thursday and I can't wait.

ON GLOBAL FAN BASE

I don't know how to answer this. I guess it's hard to believe I have fans, because it still feels crazy to me that people I don't know yet, know me!  I would rather think of those great people as supporters who understand my passion and beliefs in what needs to be done, as well as understanding my right to attain personal success, just like they would want to.

CONTINUE SPEAKING UP FOR RIGHTS

Yes, we do, but we're far from finished in attaining REAL equality. We have to continue to speak up for our rights and to let people know that we are gay and that we didn't choose to be this way. We need to ask more heterosexual people, "When did you decide to be straight?"

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

I identify with the Democratic party moreso because of their emphasis on human rights and equality. As an entrepreneur and business owner, I like some of the ideals of the conservative party. But my heart overtakes my checkbook. I hope Hillary Clinton wins and, if she doesn't, then Barack Obama.

THE ORIGIN OF FLY NAKED

Fly Naked was something we joked about in Commercial Flight School. On your first solo in a particular plane, you were supposed to strip out of your clothes and fly the plane completely naked. You had to come back to tell the rest of the gang you did it and you had to be honest. I had "FlyN8KD" as my license plate and a jewelry designer, who I know, saw it. 

He asked me what it meant and I told him. At that moment he said, "We need to make a jewelry line out of this! It's SO YOU!" And Fly Naked was born.  It's inspired by my love of the military and aviation. I give 10% of what someone pays for a piece to The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, who fights for the rights of gay people serving in the military. (www.SLDN.org)

DANTE'S COVE

Currently I'm working on a new reality show all my own, and I'm doing Dante's Cove Season 4. I've been asked back...or should I say, "TREVOR" has been asked back! I'm really excited. I love doing the show, I love Here! Network, and I love the other cast members.

PUTTING SHIRT ON

I've done all I want to do in the modeling world. I'm still open to new ideas, but there comes a point when it's time to keep your shirt on and talk about things you care about. Sometimes people won't listen to you if you have your shirt off. Is this making any sense? LOL

NEVER PRETENDED

Aww, well there is no one rule I could say. I know I was always just MYSELF. I never pretended to be someone I wasn't or changed my personality because I assumed people in the industry wanted me to act a certain way.  Stay sweet and true and you will do fine. And hit the gym! (that helps!)

VERY SHY ABOUR GETTING UNDRESSED

I have had so many situations where a manager or a publicist had me doing a shoot for something where it wasn't made clear to me what I was REALLY going to do. I tend to be very shy about getting undressed. Although there are lots of pictures out there of me in a bathing suit or underwear, those were minutes of my life where I was actually like that, and it took the photographer hours to talk me into being comfortable enough to go through with it.

PUBLIC OPINION CHANGE

Public opinion has been CHANGED by my book and that's the most beautiful thing about it. I have shown the country that the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy lacks any sort of integrity, that it ruins people's lives, and that it costs us, as a country, tons in the way of money and overall military readiness.

OFF TO ED's BRAZIL!!!!

I'm just coming to relax, have fun, and fly a hang glider off a mountain onto your beaches. Maybe I'll do that twice. I'm coming next Thursday to Sao Paulo. I'll be in Rio just a few days later.

Info contact: http://reichen.us