When you hear of a gay news anchor you probably thk of Anrson Cooper, Shep Smh, Rachel Maddow, or Don Lemon. But there was one person who me before them. His name is Tom Cassidy. Tom was the anchor of the Pnacle terview show on CNN the 80s. On the Black Monday stock market…
Contents:
- MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
- PODST REVISS OUTSPOKEN GAY RIGHTS JOURNALIST TOM CASSIDY '72
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS
MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
* tom cassidy gay *
Bee AIDS was extribly tied to gay men—the vast majory of those who were stck down by the disease the Uned Stat durg this time were gay men—tens of thoands were forced out of the closet as they sickened and Cassidy knew the l of the closet. As he built his reer om lol TV reporter to CNN bs news anchor and host of that work’s “Pnacle” seri, Tom kept his gay life and his profsnal life strictly separate. Cred: Courty of Wh some gay men diagnosed wh AIDS whose high-profile reers led them to disappear om public when they beme serly ill, Tom Cassidy chose the oppose urse.
PODST REVISS OUTSPOKEN GAY RIGHTS JOURNALIST TOM CASSIDY '72
I really wanted to make a polil statement as a gay person, as well as an AIDS patient… I thought I uld make AIDS patients feel better.
TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS
I uld make the public unrstand that some of their TV newsmen are gay and sick… Everyone intified me as one of the good guys, and there are lns of people who have seen me on televisn. I wanted them to know that a favore of theirs uld get this disease—and, sendarily, that he happened to be gay.