A look at how Rob Roberts of “Good Morng Ameri” and other news anchors broke the news that they are gay.
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- JENNA WOLFE, TODAY SHOW ANCHOR, COM OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC SHE’S EXPECTG A BABY GIRL WH GIRLIEND STEPHANIE GOSK
- FOX NEWS' TAMMY BCE APOLOGIZ "AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST" FOR RIDICULG AUTISTIC BOYBCE LLED THE 10-YEAR-OLD "A SNOWFLAKE" NEED OF A "SAFE SPACE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYMAY 17, 2017/12:24 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DAN AVERYMAY 17, 2017 / 12:24 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FOX NEWS' TAMMY BCE APOLOGIZ \"AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST\" FOR RIDICULG AUTISTIC BOY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-17T16:24:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-17T16:24:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER A VIO OF MIKE PENCE ACCINTALLY BUMPG A YOUNG BOY WENT VIRAL LAST WEEK, ONE FOX NEWS NTRIBUTOR CLARED THE CHILD WAS A “SNOWFLAKE” FOR MANDG AN APOLOGY OM THE VICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON FRIDAY, FOX NEWS’ TAMMY BCE CHID 10-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL, CLARG, “I GUS WE’RE GIVG BIRTH TO SNOWFLAK NOW, BEE THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT KID NEED A SAFE SPACE THAT ROOM.” SHE ADD THAT MICHAEL “PRETTY MUCH STALKED THE VICE PRINT AFTERWARDS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHEN TURNED OUT MICHAEL WAS ON THE TISTIC SPECTM, BCE TRIPPED OVER HERSELF TO APOLOGIZE “AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST.”FOX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON TUDAY, BCE ISSUED AN ON-AIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“FIRST OF ALL, I AM “SO SORRY TO THE FAY,” SHE TOLD VIEWERS. “MY TENTN WAS NEVER TO HURT A KID AND HIS MOM. WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IA THAT MICHAEL WAS ON THE TISM SPECTM. AND AS A GAY WOMAN AND FEMIST, I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE WORKG TO IMPROVE THE LIV OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND THOSE WHO ARE DISENANCHISED. I GET AND I APOLOGIZE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BCE THANKED MICHAEL’S MOTHER, DR. HERRERA-YEE, FOR BRGG THE MATTER TO LIGHT AND AGREED ’S BT “TO LEAVE KIDS OUT OF OUR POLIL DISCSNS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERRERA-YEE APPEARED ON CNN’S THE LEAD WH JAKE TAPPER ON MONDAY TO EXPRS HER OUTRAGE OVER BCE’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I WAS VASTATED WHEN I SAW WHAT THEY WERE SAYG,” SHE SAID. “THEY DIDN’T EVEN KNOW HIS AGE. THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHO HE WAS, BUT REALLY [WERE] TAKG OUT OF NTEXT A REALLY NOCENT TERCHANGE BETWEEN THE VICE PRINT AND MY SON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE INTIFYG AS A LBIAN, BCE HAS PREVLY ATTACKED THE LGBT MUNY ON THE AIR: IN 2015, SHE MOCKED TRANSGENR CHILDREN BY SAYG, “THERE WAS A POT WHEN I WAS A CHILD WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS A CKER SPANIEL.” SHE'S ALSO REPORTED THAT NOT ALL GAY PEOPLE SUPPORT THE EEDOM TO MARRY, SOMETHG SHE THKS SHOULD BE RTRICTED TO HETEROSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S A SURPRISG NUMBER OF LGBT RRPONNTS AND ANCHORS ON FOX NEWS, ACTUALLY. EARLIER THIS MONTH, SHEPARD SMH SAID A SPEECH THAT BEG GAY DON’T IMPACT HIS WORK FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S NOT A THG. I GO TO WORK," HE TOLD STUNTS AT THE UNIVERSY OF MISSISSIPPI. "I MANAGE A LOT OF PEOPLE. I VER THE NEWS. I AL WH HOLY HELL AROUND ME [AND] I GO HOME TO THE MAN I’M LOVE WH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
JENNA WOLFE, TODAY SHOW ANCHOR, COM OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC SHE’S EXPECTG A BABY GIRL WH GIRLIEND STEPHANIE GOSK
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer televisn newssters have a proment profile many untri around the world. Amerin Charl Perez of ABC News is one to particularly note - he published his book 'Confsns of a Gay News Anchorman' (2011) after his oral of beg fired om a posn Florida when he was intified as beg gay.
For example, France, there is L'associatn s journalist LGBT, and Ameri there is the Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn. Frank BniColumnist, The New York Tim@FrankBniFormerly the chief rtrant cric for The New York Tim, Bni ma history 2011 by beg the Grey Lady's first out gay lumnist.
The Emerson College assistant profsor is also a producer of the upg film Michael, based on his Tim Magaze piece about his "ex-gay" iend.
FOX NEWS' TAMMY BCE APOLOGIZ "AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST" FOR RIDICULG AUTISTIC BOYBCE LLED THE 10-YEAR-OLD "A SNOWFLAKE" NEED OF A "SAFE SPACE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYMAY 17, 2017/12:24 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DAN AVERYMAY 17, 2017 / 12:24 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FOX NEWS' TAMMY BCE APOLOGIZ \"AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST\" FOR RIDICULG AUTISTIC BOY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-17T16:24:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-17T16:24:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER A VIO OF MIKE PENCE ACCINTALLY BUMPG A YOUNG BOY WENT VIRAL LAST WEEK, ONE FOX NEWS NTRIBUTOR CLARED THE CHILD WAS A “SNOWFLAKE” FOR MANDG AN APOLOGY OM THE VICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON FRIDAY, FOX NEWS’ TAMMY BCE CHID 10-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL, CLARG, “I GUS WE’RE GIVG BIRTH TO SNOWFLAK NOW, BEE THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT KID NEED A SAFE SPACE THAT ROOM.” SHE ADD THAT MICHAEL “PRETTY MUCH STALKED THE VICE PRINT AFTERWARDS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHEN TURNED OUT MICHAEL WAS ON THE TISTIC SPECTM, BCE TRIPPED OVER HERSELF TO APOLOGIZE “AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST.”FOX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON TUDAY, BCE ISSUED AN ON-AIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“FIRST OF ALL, I AM “SO SORRY TO THE FAY,” SHE TOLD VIEWERS. “MY TENTN WAS NEVER TO HURT A KID AND HIS MOM. WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IA THAT MICHAEL WAS ON THE TISM SPECTM. AND AS A GAY WOMAN AND FEMIST, I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE WORKG TO IMPROVE THE LIV OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND THOSE WHO ARE DISENANCHISED. I GET AND I APOLOGIZE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BCE THANKED MICHAEL’S MOTHER, DR. HERRERA-YEE, FOR BRGG THE MATTER TO LIGHT AND AGREED ’S BT “TO LEAVE KIDS OUT OF OUR POLIL DISCSNS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERRERA-YEE APPEARED ON CNN’S THE LEAD WH JAKE TAPPER ON MONDAY TO EXPRS HER OUTRAGE OVER BCE’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I WAS VASTATED WHEN I SAW WHAT THEY WERE SAYG,” SHE SAID. “THEY DIDN’T EVEN KNOW HIS AGE. THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHO HE WAS, BUT REALLY [WERE] TAKG OUT OF NTEXT A REALLY NOCENT TERCHANGE BETWEEN THE VICE PRINT AND MY SON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE INTIFYG AS A LBIAN, BCE HAS PREVLY ATTACKED THE LGBT MUNY ON THE AIR: IN 2015, SHE MOCKED TRANSGENR CHILDREN BY SAYG, “THERE WAS A POT WHEN I WAS A CHILD WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS A CKER SPANIEL.” SHE'S ALSO REPORTED THAT NOT ALL GAY PEOPLE SUPPORT THE EEDOM TO MARRY, SOMETHG SHE THKS SHOULD BE RTRICTED TO HETEROSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S A SURPRISG NUMBER OF LGBT RRPONNTS AND ANCHORS ON FOX NEWS, ACTUALLY. EARLIER THIS MONTH, SHEPARD SMH SAID A SPEECH THAT BEG GAY DON’T IMPACT HIS WORK FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S NOT A THG. I GO TO WORK," HE TOLD STUNTS AT THE UNIVERSY OF MISSISSIPPI. "I MANAGE A LOT OF PEOPLE. I VER THE NEWS. I AL WH HOLY HELL AROUND ME [AND] I GO HOME TO THE MAN I’M LOVE WH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Kate FaganWrer, ESPN@KateFagan3ESPN ntributor and lumnist Kate Fagan wr about basketball (and genr and sexism and homophobia) om a place of knowledge and ep, personal appreciatn.
Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.