Reichen Lehmkuhl

Reichen Lehmkuhl
Lehmkuhl at the 2006 San Francisco Gay Pride
Born	Richard Allen Lehmkuhl (1973-12-26) December 26, 1973 (age 43) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Alma mater	United States Air Force Academy
Occupation	Actor, model
Years active	1996–present
Television	The Amazing Race 4, Dante's Cove, The A-List: New York
Partner(s)	Chip Arndt (1999–2003) Lance Bass (2006–2007) Rodiney Santiago (2009-2010) Keith D. Black (2012-present)

Reichen Lehmkuhl, (born Richard Allen Lehmkuhl; December 26, 1973) is an American former reality show winner, model, and occasional actor. A former United States Air Force officer, he is best known for winning season four of the reality game show The Amazing Race with his then-partner Chip Arndt, and for his much publicized 2006 relationship with pop singer Lance Bass.

After Lehmkuhl's parents, a policeman and a nurse, divorced when he was five, his family moved to Norton, Massachusetts, and his mother remarried. Sometime after 2002, he changed his first name legally from Richard to Reichen.

Lehmkuhl graduated from the United States Air Force Academy. He has since advocated for gay rights in the military as a spokesperson for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

Lehmkuhl was working simultaneously as a physics teacher at Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, flight instructor, and model in Los Angeles when he was approached by a casting director for The Amazing Race. Lehmkuhl and Chip Arndt were a couple during the competition but have since split. Lehmkuhl moved to Dallas, Texas briefly after his win on The Amazing Race, but before all episodes had been broadcast. Reichen's spending habits at that time caused speculation that he had won The Amazing Race — and that he and Arndt had broken up. During the show, the couple was typically described as "Married" in the subtitles that are used to illustrate the relationship between team members (other teams being, for example, "Best Friends" or "Father-Daughter").