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Contents:
- ANRSON COOPER COM OUT AS TV'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME TIME ANCHOR
- HOW RACHEL MADDOW BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY WOMAN TO HOST A PRIME TIME NEWS SHOW
ANRSON COOPER COM OUT AS TV'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME TIME ANCHOR
Officially gay. After years of silence on the subject, the CNN host has spoken out about his sexual orientatn, beg the first major work prime time anchor to intify as gay. Cooper ma the disclosure to The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan, sayg, "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.
To say his homosexualy has been an open secret until now stretch the fn of the word "secret. " While Cooper has never lled himself gay, that hasn't stopped others. (IAC chairman Barry Diller and Fox News anchor Shepard Smh are also regulars on the list, though neher has ever publicly scribed himself as gay.
HOW RACHEL MADDOW BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY WOMAN TO HOST A PRIME TIME NEWS SHOW
To be sure, the climate around gay rights is also very different than was when he was first named an anchor 10 years ago. Jt the last few months, Print Obama has clared his support for gay marriage, The Gap has ed gay-iendly imagery a major ad mpaign, JC Penney put gay parents a Father's Day ad while standg by Ellen DeGener as s spokwoman the face of a boytt, and Facebook -founr Chris Hugh married his longtime boyiend. Cooper isn't the first openly gay ble news host.