Anrson Cooper was asked by a viewer on Full Circle about how old he was when he accepted that he was gay.
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- ANRSON COOPER: ‘BEG GAY IS ONE OF THE BLSGS OF MY LIFE’
- ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
- ANRSON COOPER REVEALS WHEN HE KNEW — AND ACCEPTED — HE WAS GAY
- ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE KNEW — AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED — THAT HE WAS GAY
ANRSON COOPER: ‘BEG GAY IS ONE OF THE BLSGS OF MY LIFE’
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Anrson talks about how he learned to embrace beg gay. Anrson Cooper was asked by a viewer on Full Circle about how old he was when he accepted that he was gay. And not jt accepted , but fully embraced and me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay right after llege, ” Cooper said.
ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
The news anchor said he "me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay" after llege" emprop="scriptn * when did anderson cooper come out as gay *
Cooper shared that he stggled to e to terms wh beg gay bee of limatns he and others faced the late 80s. Anrson thought about jog the ary, but 1982, the US Army clared homosexualy to be “patible wh ary service.
” Anrson wanted to travel, but beg gay was illegal some untri. “I thk beg gay is one of the 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.
ANRSON COOPER REVEALS WHEN HE KNEW — AND ACCEPTED — HE WAS GAY
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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ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibed openly gay, lbian and bisexual Amerins om servg, was officially repealed 2011.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.
ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE KNEW — AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED — THAT HE WAS GAY
"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. "I thk beg gay is one of the great blsgs of my life, " Cooper add on "Full Circle. Anrson Cooper is openg up about when he realized he was gay — and when he "really, tly accepted .
"I mean, I was probably, I don't know, 7, when I kd of realized — I'm not sure I knew the word 'gay' at the time, but I realized somethg was up. Somethg was different, " he said, rpondg to someone who asked him how he learned to accept beg gay and how old he was when he did.
The news anchor said that while he had told people high school, wasn't until after llege that he "me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay. "I thk I really, tly accepted — and not jt accepted , but fully embraced and you know, me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay — would probably be right after llege, " he said.