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• THOMAS ROBERTS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EVENG NEWS ANCHOR ON NETWORK TV
• ANRSON COOPER COM OUT AS TV'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME TIME ANCHOR
• ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
• KREML APPOTS GAY-BASHG ANCHOR TO LEAD ITS MEDIA EMPIRE
• RSIAN TV ANCHOR COM OUT AS GAY ON THE AIR, GETS FIRED
• RSIAN TV TAK US JOURNALIST OFF AIR FOR GAY-RIGHTS PROTT
• GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS
• RSIAN GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST ANNOUNC MOSW MAYOR BID

THOMAS ROBERTS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EVENG NEWS ANCHOR ON NETWORK TV

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. Until the broadst, an openly gay person had never anchored the nightly news on work TV.

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ANRSON COOPER COM OUT AS TV'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME TIME ANCHOR

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ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'

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KREML APPOTS GAY-BASHG ANCHOR TO LEAD ITS MEDIA EMPIRE

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RSIAN TV ANCHOR COM OUT AS GAY ON THE AIR, GETS FIRED

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RSIAN TV TAK US JOURNALIST OFF AIR FOR GAY-RIGHTS PROTT

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GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS

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RSIAN GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST ANNOUNC MOSW MAYOR BID

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