Anrson Cooper is a proment gay reporter wh the CNN news work. A scn of the Vanrbilt fay, Cooper got his start journalism by havg a iend create a unterfe prs pass, so that he uld report on issu overseas. In his reer, he has served as rrponnt and anchor for shows like World News Now, The Mole, Anrson Cooper 360, NewsNight, 60 Mut, and Anrson Live. Read the latt news about Anrson Cooper, who me out 2012 via a letter to Andrew Sullivan that was later published wh his permissn.
Contents:
- ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
- CNN'S JEREMY DIAMOND B: GAY RUMORS BTED, EXPLIC DETAILS REVEALED
- GAY CNN ANCHOR: MY WORK IS BETTER SCE COMG OUT
ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
A look at how Rob Roberts of “Good Morng Ameri” and other news anchors broke the news that they are gay. * gay cnn reporters *
"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.
CNN'S JEREMY DIAMOND B: GAY RUMORS BTED, EXPLIC DETAILS REVEALED
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The ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibed openly gay, lbian and bisexual Amerins om servg, was officially repealed 2011.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.
GAY CNN ANCHOR: MY WORK IS BETTER SCE COMG OUT
"I thk beg gay is one of the great blsgs of my life, " Cooper add on "Full Circle.
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer televisn newssters have a proment profile many untri around the world. Amerin Charl Perez of ABC News is one to particularly note - he published his book 'Confsns of a Gay News Anchorman' (2011) after his oral of beg fired om a posn Florida when he was intified as beg gay.
For example, France, there is L'associatn s journalist LGBT, and Ameri there is the Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn. 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.