Reality Star Faces Threats Over New Book

After writing a memoir detailing the abuse he suffered as a gay man in the military, reality star and actor Reichen Lehmkuhl claimed he is the target of constant threats. Lehmkuhl, who made headlines recently after his boyfriend, Lance Bass, came out of the closet, said he lives in constant fear for his safety.
"I am not going to hide," the 32-year-old former Air Force captain and winner of season four of CBS's Amazing Race told TV's Inside Edition in an interview that aired Wednesday. "There are threats that come in from people who do not want me to be so public and expose what is going on in the military."

Lehmkuhl says that he and Bass, the former 'N Sync star who revealed he is gay in July, turn the threats over to private security staffers, who forward what appear to be the more serious ones to the FBI. "Everything is being covered so we feel safe," he said.
In his new book, Here's What We'll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out, and the U.S. Air Force Academy, Lehmkuhl claimed he was sexually assaulted while serving in the U.S. Air Force. While he abided by the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, Lehmkuhl said his sexuality was a topic of conversation with other cadets and questioned by officers. Things boiled over one night when two fellow cadets wanted to send him a message.
"A bag was put over my head," he says. "I was stripped of my clothes. I was forced to do things sexually with two other male cadets."
Lehmkuhl never reported the incident; moreover, he completed a five year stint in the Air Force. He hopes his book will spark change in the U.S. military’s policies regarding gay and lesbian recruits.
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So effing adorable: Lehmkuhl, left, and Bass, right.

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