Thomas Roberts Be First Openly Gay Eveng News Anchor On Network TV
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- ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
- THOMAS ROBERTS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EVENG NEWS ANCHOR ON NETWORK TV
ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
"I'm not sure I knew the word 'gay' at the time, but I realized somethg was up, " Cooper said a Q&A ssn Monday on CNN's "Full Circle, " addg that he began to tell iends when he was high school but still stggled through llege wh fully lovg himself. "I thk I really, tly accepted – and not jt accepted , but fully embraced and me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay – would probably be right after llege, " he said.
"A lot of the thgs I wanted to do at the time, you uldn't be gay, " he said, cg an tert jog the U. Ary, though out members of the gay muny were not allowed to serve at the time.
The ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibed openly gay, lbian and bisexual Amerins om servg, was officially repealed 2011. " He me out as gay to the public on July 2, 2012, allowg iend and wrer Andrew Sullivan to publish an email om him, sayg 'd bee clear that remag silent on the topic had given the false imprsn that he had somethg to hi. "The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn’t be any more happy, fortable wh myself, and proud, " he has sce weled a son, Wyatt Man Cooper, born April 27, 2020 via surrogate.
THOMAS ROBERTS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EVENG NEWS ANCHOR ON NETWORK TV
"I thk beg gay is one of the great blsgs of my life, " Cooper add on "Full Circle. 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.
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. Durg a movg speech at the 2006 nventn for the Natnal Lbian and Gay Journalists Associatn, CNN news anchor Thomas Roberts me out as gay.
Thomas Roberts anchored NBC's "Nightly News" on Saturday, a huge tone for both the 42-year-old journalist's reer and gay rights history.