Hardly. The last time I was in the valley was over 30 years ago, and I still knew from Europe that Thiel is gay. Not that I cared about that, only about his hardcore libertarianism, german roots, questionable investments and chess skills.

Eg the New Yorker outed him 2011 http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/28/no-death-no-tax...