CNN anchor Anrson Cooper on when he realized he was gay

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• ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
• CNN PRENTER ANRSON COOPER ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
• GAY CNN PRENTER RICHARD QUT ON HIS EBACK AFTER THAT EMBARRASSG PARK CINT
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• CNN PRENTER RICHARD QUT GETS ENGAGED TO GAY LOVER
• CNN ANCHOR ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE FIRST REALISED HE WAS GAY AT 7 YEARS
• PHILLIP SCHOFIELD, VETERAN TV HOST, OUT AS GAY DURG MORNG SHOW
• CBS’ ERROL BART WIKI: FROM GAY RUMORS TO COMPLETE BGRAPHY

ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT 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. The ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibed openly gay, lbian and bisexual Amerins om servg, was officially repealed 2011.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.

CNN PRENTER ANRSON COOPER ANNOUNC HE IS 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.

He ntu: "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. "Cooper's sexual orientatn had long been subject to show, Anrson Cooper 360, received an award earlier this year om a gay rights group. What percentage of CNN's anchors are gay?

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GAY CNN PRENTER RICHARD QUT ON HIS EBACK AFTER THAT EMBARRASSG PARK CINT

It was a novel take on the makeover ncept, not only terms of beg one of the first monstroly succsful programs the then-nascent realm of realy TV, but also one of the first tl to feature not one – but five – gay people as the leads.

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KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

You’re the first gay person I met! “Of urse you’ve enuntered gay people!

CNN PRENTER RICHARD QUT GETS ENGAGED TO GAY LOVER

And anythg gay the zegeist has the potential to bee policized, then and now. “And we were a very nocuo group of five gay men helpg a straight guy try to get the job, or the look, or the girl. And for those who cricized the origal seri for rercg stereotyp by havg a gay fashnista or bety expert swoop to tidy thgs up, Colls creds his rint foodie Allen for a memorable moment at the show’s first NBC upont Los Angel back 2003, when he faced a slew of reporters and had the perfect retort.

“Ted fally grabbed , really grabbed a hold of the answer, which was like, ‘Yeah, we are, as a matter of fact, owng the clich around the fact that gays have a different perspective, have a unique visn and perspective of a lot of different thgs. Qut scrib himself as gay and Jewish. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

CNN ANCHOR ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE FIRST REALISED HE WAS GAY AT 7 YEARS

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. It is crystal clear popular CNN bs journalist Richard Qut means bs, quiet is after the well-manicured journalist went down on one knee and popped the big qutn to his gay ALSO: Celebrated CNN bs anchor Richard Qut speaks about beg gay durg Kenyan tripREAD ALSO: Gay CNN news anchor Don Lemon gets engaged to his boyiend In an Instagram post seen by on Qut's Instagram on Monday, May 27, he revealed how pleased he was after his lover accepted his marriage proposal.

Followg his big announcement, his onle fans om different parts of the world took to the ments sectn of his post and showered the pair wh endls ngratulatory Qut Means Bs prenter went down on one knee to ask for his lover's hand marriage barely months after he advoted for gay rights durg his tour reported by earlier, Qut who was Nairobi to take part the gural KQ flight om Kenya to US also ed a stir after he attend a church service at the Bishop Allan Kiuna led Jubilee Christian Church where he even addrsed the ALSO: Brish rapper Lady Lhurr claims Nairobi Diari actor Trapkg tried to n herREAD ALSO: 11 photos of curvy, Kiryaga-born private tective known for unearthg ser crim“I am obvly gog to be advancg an agenda that says there should be at least the crimalisatn of same sexual activy. Cooper said he first realised he was gay at only 7 but was not sure about - Acrdg to the journalist, he me out to some people while high school but was not really sure about beg gay- It should be noted that the journalist me out publicly an onle letter 2012PAY ATTENTION: Jo Telegram channel!

PHILLIP SCHOFIELD, VETERAN TV HOST, OUT AS GAY DURG MORNG SHOW

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CBS’ ERROL BART WIKI: FROM GAY RUMORS TO COMPLETE BGRAPHY

Acrdg to Page Six, Anrson recently disclosed he first realised he was gay when he was jt a journalist who ma the revelatn while answerg a viewer's qutn on CNN's Full Circle said that he knew of his 'ntroversial' sexual preference when he was only seven. I am not sure I knew the word ‘gay’ at the time, but I realised somethg was up. Somethg was different, ” Anrson revealed that he me out to some people while still High ATTENTION: Click 'See First' unr 'Follow' Tab to see news on your FB Feed However, he did not like beg gay until when he fally graduated om Yale Universy 1989.