Don Lemon ed to have a goln boy reputatn as a star – and was regnized as one of broadstg’s first openly gay black anchors. But a strg of ntroversi has tarnished Lemon’s persona, and his reer – most notably, last Febary’s gaffe volvg Nikki Haley.
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- ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
- DON LEMON COM OUT: CNN ANCHOR REVEALS HE'S GAY IN NEW BOOK
- VICTOR BLACKWELL MARRIED, WIFE, GAY, B, CNN, AGE
- JOHN BERMAN MARRIED, WIFE, GAY, CHILDREN, SALARY, NET WORTH, B
- CNN ANCHOR ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE FIRST REALISED HE WAS GAY AT 7 YEARS
- ANRSON COOPER: BEG GAY ‘MA ME A BETTER PERSON, AND ’S MA ME A BETTER REPORTER’
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.
DON LEMON COM OUT: CNN ANCHOR REVEALS HE'S GAY IN NEW BOOK
"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The ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibed openly gay, lbian and bisexual Amerins om servg, was officially repealed 2011.
VICTOR BLACKWELL MARRIED, WIFE, GAY, B, CNN, AGE
" 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.
JOHN BERMAN MARRIED, WIFE, GAY, CHILDREN, SALARY, NET WORTH, B
"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.
What percentage of CNN's anchors are gay? 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.
CNN ANCHOR ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE FIRST REALISED HE WAS GAY AT 7 YEARS
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. Kate FaganWrer, ESPN@KateFagan3ESPN ntributor and lumnist Kate Fagan wr about basketball (and genr and sexism and homophobia) om a place of knowledge and ep, personal appreciatn.
ANRSON COOPER: BEG GAY ‘MA ME A BETTER PERSON, AND ’S MA ME A BETTER REPORTER’
In a new book, "Transparent, " Lemon talks about his life and his sexualy, and he revealed that he is gay an terview wh the New York Tim.
"By g out, Lemon be one of a ty number of openly gay anchors on televisn; the list also clus Rachel Maddow and Thomas Roberts, both of the terview, Lemon said that he has never hidn his sexualy om his -workers at CNN, but cid to take a more public step after he felt that he uld not wre an spiratnal book whout beg open about who he also said that he was "sred, " bee he was talkg about thgs that "people might shun me for.