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 SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
- ANRSON COOPER: ‘BEG GAY IS ONE OF THE BLSGS OF MY LIFE’
- CNN'S JEREMY DIAMOND B: GAY RUMORS BTED, EXPLIC DETAILS REVEALED
ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
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"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.
ANRSON COOPER: ‘BEG GAY IS ONE OF THE BLSGS OF MY LIFE’
Ary, though out members of the gay muny were not allowed to serve at the time.
CNN'S JEREMY DIAMOND B: GAY RUMORS BTED, EXPLIC DETAILS REVEALED
The ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibed openly gay, lbian and bisexual Amerins om servg, was officially repealed 2011.