Micah Anderson

 is a contestant from Survivor: Trinidad.

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Name (Age): Micah Anderson (44)

Current Residence: Huntsville, AL

Occupation: Lawyer & Activist

Claim to Fame: I’ve been the chief organizer of the Huntsville Pride Parade for the past six years, even on top of my other career and personal obligations. It’s quite the undertaking, I mean, you’ve got to watch out for all of the hate groups that decide to pay a visit, and you have to schedule everything, it’s not an easy task. I’m also proud of my work with advancing civil rights as a lawyer for the NAACP, on top of running my own legal firm. (chuckles) Some people question when I get the time to sleep, and the truth is, when you have a lonely husband waiting for you back at home after a long day of work, you don’t sleep. (winks; laughs)

Inspiration in Life: Shall I be predictable and list off some historical gay civil rights figures? (chuckles) Of course not, I’ll give a trans one instead. (smirks) Marsha P. Johnson essentially created the modern gay rights movement in the United States, I think it would be foolish of me to not give her the credit she deserves. Legends like her only come every couple of dozens of years.

Hobbies: Believe it or not, I actually do have a personality outside of my work. My husband and I are huge fans of horseback riding! I didn’t really get into it until he brought me around to the farm he grew up on during maybe our second date. He’s transformed it into this silly tourism attraction, but it helps pay the bills, and one you get the hang of it, riding on a horse is way more fun than it should be. (smiles) I don’t know, I guess sometimes, the inner cowboy in me just has to come out. (laughs)

Pet Peeves: My list of pet peeves is about as long as a CVS receipt. I don’t want to bore you all with everything, but the things that annoy me most are corporations that try to commodify literally everything into some sort of product to sell you, people who call me a “queen”, and, worst of all, the weird people who ask me gross, invasive questions about my sexuality. My mom used to be the worst about that, asking whether I was a top or a bottom… (rolls his eyes) First of all, you should know the answer already, and second, if I asked you which position you prefer being railed in by your ten-years-younger boyfriend, you’d try to disown me… for the third time. (scoffs)

3 Words to Describe You: Romantic, opinionated, & vocal

SURVIVOR Contestant you are most like: Ugh, hard question! Probably Constantine Vasylenko, if I had to choose one. He’s that one guy that just never shut up, he always had to say how he feels about something, and that’s how I am, too. I don’t settle for bulls*** excuses from people, I let them know how I feel if they’re not being straight with me. People didn’t like it when he did it, and people don’t like it when I do it, well, tough luck, I don’t change who I am to please people. Huge respect for Constantine, by the way, would’ve loved to see him win.

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: Because I have an inflated sense of self and want everybody to pay attention to me, and there’s no better attention than from other attention-hungry gays like the ones that watch this show. (chuckles) I’m joking about the first part of that sentence. I’m here because while my life is going great, it’s really getting to be too much for me. I think I need to just… withdraw, for a month or so, and reflect on how things are going. I mean, it’s like a big pause button, and if I can win a million bucks while pressing that pause button, I’m not gonna complain about it.

Why you will be the Sole Survivor: (laughs) I seriously don’t expect to win, I know that I’m obnoxious, arrogant, and terrible at pleasing people. As low as my chances are, I’m hoping that people here will appreciate that I say what I mean, and, if not, that my physical strength might help me last long enough until these people are stepping over each other trying to drag me to the end. (shrugs) If I get to the end with somebody even worse, then maybe I can win!