ABC News Appots Gay Corrponnt G Benez as Co-Anchor of ‘GMA’ Weekends

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• ABC NEWS APPOTS GAY CORRPONNT G BENEZ AS CO-ANCHOR OF ‘GMA’ WEEKENDS
• G BENEZ, GAY REPORTER AT ABC, NAMED ‘GMA’ -ANCHOR
• MSNBC HIR ANOTHER GAY ANCHOR (WHO JT CAME OUT 2 YEARS AGO)
• CONFSNS OF A GAY ANCHORMAN: EX-NY NEWS ANCHOR RIPS FORMER STATN AND COLLEAGU
• GAY NEWS ANCHOR OUT ON LIVE TV

ABC NEWS APPOTS GAY CORRPONNT G BENEZ AS CO-ANCHOR OF ‘GMA’ WEEKENDS

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G BENEZ, GAY REPORTER AT ABC, NAMED ‘GMA’ -ANCHOR

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MSNBC HIR ANOTHER GAY ANCHOR (WHO JT CAME OUT 2 YEARS AGO)

Wh the announcement this week that liberal journalist Steve Kornacki of Salon will take over weekend roundtable show, Up, MSNBC is addg s third openly gay anchor to the lp. Maddow, who is gay, often lled upon Kornacki as a Roberts, who was recently married to Patrick Abner New York, also hosts his own midday show on the channel and was before that anchor for The Advote's onle newsst, which is no longer productn. It's 2011, after all, and I live Manhattan, surround social and profsnal settgs by gay people.

CONFSNS OF A GAY ANCHORMAN: EX-NY NEWS ANCHOR RIPS FORMER STATN AND COLLEAGU

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GAY NEWS ANCHOR OUT ON LIVE TV

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To improve your experience update hereA gay ABC news anchor has e out on US televisn after beg spired by Star Trek star Zachary Quto, who also recently opened up about his homosexualy. In what he scribed as "kd of a big moment", Dan Kloeffler referred to his homosexualy on air for the first time today.