'Survivor' Castaway Leaves the Game After Only 48 Hours Following Shocking Reveal
etonline.comin season 42, which opened its two-hour premiere with an injury suffered during the very first challenge and a castaway's surprising early exit.Castaway Jackson Fox, a 48-year-old healthcare worker hailing from Pasadena, Texas, isthe franchise's first openly transgender contestant and he had quite a whirlwind 48 hours on .
Things didn't pan out the way he hoped after he was asked to leave the game (more on that later), but the mark he left on his Taku tribemates and the season was certainly felt.
During a nightside chat by the campfire on one of the first days of the 26-day adventure, Jackson revealed his story as a transgender man, sharing that he first applied to 10 years ago but as a woman.
His parents weren't quite understanding of his feelings and situation so he moved away. But when his mother became terminally ill a few years ago, he moved back home to help take care of her.
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