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.
VICTOR BLACKWELL MARRIED, WIFE, GAY, B, CNN, AGE
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The ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibed openly gay, lbian and bisexual Amerins om servg, was officially repealed 2011.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.
JOHN BERMAN MARRIED, WIFE, GAY, CHILDREN, SALARY, NET WORTH, B
"I thk beg gay is one of the great blsgs of my life, " Cooper add on "Full Circle.
CNN ANCHOR ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE FIRST REALISED HE WAS GAY AT 7 YEARS
What percentage of CNN's anchors are gay?
ANRSON COOPER: BEG GAY ‘MA ME A BETTER PERSON, AND ’S MA ME A BETTER REPORTER’
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.