CNN anchor Anrson Cooper on when he realized he was gay

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• GAY ABC NEWS ANCHOR OUT WHILE TALKG ABOUT ‘STAR TREK’ ACTOR ZACH QUTO ON THE AIR
• ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
• THIS JT , STEVEN ROMO IS A GAY NEWS ANCHOR WE N’T HELP BUT LOVE
• HOTON NEWS ANCHOR SHAR HE'S GAY AND ENGAGED TO A WEATHERMAN ON INSTAGRAM
• CONFSNS OF A GAY ANCHORMAN: EX-NY NEWS ANCHOR RIPS FORMER STATN AND COLLEAGU
• LONGTIME NEWS ANCHOR LLIE ROBERTS OUT AS GAY
• HOTON NEWS ANCHOR SHAR HE'S GAY & MARRYG A WEATHERMAN ON SOCIAL
• MSNBC HIR ANOTHER GAY ANCHOR (WHO JT CAME OUT 2 YEARS AGO)
• THOMAS ROBERTS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EVENG NEWS ANCHOR ON NETWORK TV
• IS "ABC WORLD NEWS" ANCHOR DAVID MUIR GAY?MUIR IS REPLACG DIANE SAWYER, WHO HAS BEEN THE ANCHOR FOR THE PAST FIVE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYAUGT 18, 2014/6:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}STEVEN FERDMAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGANCHORMAN/JOURNALIST DAVID MUIR AND ACTRS/TV HOST KELLY RIPA ATTENDS THE 6TH ANNUAL SAVE THE CHILDREN ILLUMATN GALA AT THE AMERIN MM OF NATURAL HISTORY NEW YORK CY ON NOVEMBER 14, 2018. (PHOTO BY STEVEN FERDMAN / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ STEVEN FERDMAN/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYAUGT 18, 2014 / 6:20 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS \"ABC WORLD NEWS\" ANCHOR DAVID MUIR GAY?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-08-18T10:20:03.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-08-18T10:20:03.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVER SCE DAVID MUIR WAS TAPPED TO REPLACE DIANE SAWYER WHEN SHE LEAV ABC WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER, GOSSIP ABOUT HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN HAS GONE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KENH THE 212 REPORTS MUIR IS ALLEGEDLY "OPENLY GAY HIS DAY-TO-DAY LIFE." ANOTHER JUICY MOR CLAIMED THAT HE AND FIELD REPORTER G BENEZ ARE AN EM.(HAZEL THOMPSON/ABC VIA GETTY IMAGABC NEWS - ABC NEWS SPECIAL VERAGE OF THE ROYAL WEDDG OF PRCE HARRY TO MEGHAN MARKLE FEATUR AN EXTEND EDN OF GOOD MORNG AMERI HOSTED BY DAVID MUIR AND ROB ROBERTS ON SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018 (5:00 10:00 A.M., ET) ON THE ABC TELEVISN NETWORK. ((HAZEL THOMPSON/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG)) DAVID MUIR, ROBIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}G RECENTLY SAID THAT MUIR IS ONE OF HIS TOP THREE “GOLN FOLLOWERS” ON TWTER.  AND UNLIKE MUIR, BENEZ HAS NO PROBLEM BEG SEEN GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CURRENTLY MUIR IS THE WORLD NEWS WEEKEND ANCHOR AND -HOST ON 20/20. BUT WHEN HE TAK OVER ON SEPTEMBER 2 HE'LL BE AT THE PNACLE OF HIS REER. BUT WOULD HE E OUT—GOG WHERE ANRSON COOPER, DON LEMON, ROB ROBERTS AND SHEPARD SMH HAVE GONE BEFORE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'LL JT HAVE TO WA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MEANTIME, HERE'S MUIR A SOPPG WET WHE SHIRT AFTER TAKG THE ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE. YOU'RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— ER MCLGHL (@EROHER) AUGT 15, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

GAY ABC NEWS ANCHOR OUT WHILE TALKG ABOUT ‘STAR TREK’ ACTOR ZACH QUTO ON THE AIR

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.

"Kloeffler add: "As a journalist, I don't want to be the story, but as a gay man I don't want to stand silent if I n offer some spiratn or enuragement to kids that might be stgglg wh who they are. "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.

ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'

"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.

THIS JT , STEVEN ROMO IS A GAY NEWS ANCHOR WE N’T HELP BUT LOVE

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.

"I thk beg gay is one of the great blsgs of my life, " Cooper add on "Full Circle.

“But what they didn’t know, and was arguably even more difficult, was that I had a secret to rry all on my own: I was gay and tryg wh all my heart not to be.

HOTON NEWS ANCHOR SHAR HE'S GAY AND ENGAGED TO A WEATHERMAN ON INSTAGRAM

Romo says took him years to accept his sexualy, but that the end, “beg gay saved [him]” and ma him “strong enough to eventually stand next to the bt human [he’s] ever met and ask him to marry me.

A news anchor at Hoton's KTRK, Steven Romo, me out as gay a movg Instagram post about secrets and how he thought he would never fd te love.

CONFSNS OF A GAY ANCHORMAN: EX-NY NEWS ANCHOR RIPS FORMER STATN AND COLLEAGU

"But what they didn't know, and was arguably even more difficult, was that I had a secret to rry all on my own: I was gay and tryg wh all my heart not to be. "Romo add that although 's anthetil to what he learned the church, "beg gay saved me.

New York Daily News lumnist Richard Huff reports the targets of Perez’s harsh cricism–cludg former WABC weather anchor and current Good Morng Ameri -host Sam Champn–were stunned by the ntents of his new book, Confsns of a Gay Anchorman. But the supportg st that clus David Koechner as a 'macho' wannabe who's actually a closet homosexual, Pl Rudd as a virg stud, Steven Carell as a mentally stunted weatherman and Fred Willard as the laid back boss equally stand out wh their gags and superb ic timg.

He has been livg as an openly gay man for many years. “I’m a news anchor who jt happens to be gay. I’m not a gay news anchor.

LONGTIME NEWS ANCHOR LLIE ROBERTS OUT AS GAY

But he pots out olr people remember and unrstand the prsure gay people the public eye were unr. Steven Romo A news anchor at Hoton’s KTRK, Steven Romo, me out as gay a movg Instagram post about secrets and how he thought he would never fd te love.

HOTON NEWS ANCHOR SHAR HE'S GAY & MARRYG A WEATHERMAN ON SOCIAL

”Romo add that although ’s anthetil to what he learned the church, “beg gay saved me. Wh the announcement this week that liberal journalist Steve Kornacki of Salon will take over weekend roundtable show, Up, MSNBC is addg s third openly gay anchor to the lp. Maddow, who is gay, often lled upon Kornacki as a Roberts, who was recently married to Patrick Abner New York, also hosts his own midday show on the channel and was before that anchor for The Advote's onle newsst, which is no longer productn.

MSNBC HIR ANOTHER GAY ANCHOR (WHO JT CAME OUT 2 YEARS AGO)

It's 2011, after all, and I live Manhattan, surround social and profsnal settgs by gay people.

They didn't thk I was terted any kd of relatnship - straight or gay. Thomas Roberts anchored NBC's "Nightly News" on Saturday, a huge tone for both the 42-year-old journalist's reer and gay rights history.

THOMAS ROBERTS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EVENG NEWS ANCHOR ON NETWORK TV

Until the broadst, an openly gay person had never anchored the nightly news on work TV.

" There are a few openly gay eveng news anchors on ble TV -- MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, CNN's Anrson Cooper and Don Lemon -- but Roberts is the first for one of the big three the historic broadst: Popular the CommunyYou May Like.

IS "ABC WORLD NEWS" ANCHOR DAVID MUIR GAY?MUIR IS REPLACG DIANE SAWYER, WHO HAS BEEN THE ANCHOR FOR THE PAST FIVE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYAUGT 18, 2014/6:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}STEVEN FERDMAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGANCHORMAN/JOURNALIST DAVID MUIR AND ACTRS/TV HOST KELLY RIPA ATTENDS THE 6TH ANNUAL SAVE THE CHILDREN ILLUMATN GALA AT THE AMERIN MM OF NATURAL HISTORY NEW YORK CY ON NOVEMBER 14, 2018. (PHOTO BY STEVEN FERDMAN / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ STEVEN FERDMAN/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYAUGT 18, 2014 / 6:20 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS \"ABC WORLD NEWS\" ANCHOR DAVID MUIR GAY?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-08-18T10:20:03.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-08-18T10:20:03.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVER SCE DAVID MUIR WAS TAPPED TO REPLACE DIANE SAWYER WHEN SHE LEAV ABC WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER, GOSSIP ABOUT HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN HAS GONE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KENH THE 212 REPORTS MUIR IS ALLEGEDLY "OPENLY GAY HIS DAY-TO-DAY LIFE." ANOTHER JUICY MOR CLAIMED THAT HE AND FIELD REPORTER G BENEZ ARE AN EM.(HAZEL THOMPSON/ABC VIA GETTY IMAGABC NEWS - ABC NEWS SPECIAL VERAGE OF THE ROYAL WEDDG OF PRCE HARRY TO MEGHAN MARKLE FEATUR AN EXTEND EDN OF GOOD MORNG AMERI HOSTED BY DAVID MUIR AND ROB ROBERTS ON SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018 (5:00 10:00 A.M., ET) ON THE ABC TELEVISN NETWORK. ((HAZEL THOMPSON/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG)) DAVID MUIR, ROBIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}G RECENTLY SAID THAT MUIR IS ONE OF HIS TOP THREE “GOLN FOLLOWERS” ON TWTER.  AND UNLIKE MUIR, BENEZ HAS NO PROBLEM BEG SEEN GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CURRENTLY MUIR IS THE WORLD NEWS WEEKEND ANCHOR AND -HOST ON 20/20. BUT WHEN HE TAK OVER ON SEPTEMBER 2 HE'LL BE AT THE PNACLE OF HIS REER. BUT WOULD HE E OUT—GOG WHERE ANRSON COOPER, DON LEMON, ROB ROBERTS AND SHEPARD SMH HAVE GONE BEFORE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'LL JT HAVE TO WA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MEANTIME, HERE'S MUIR A SOPPG WET WHE SHIRT AFTER TAKG THE ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE. YOU'RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— ER MCLGHL (@EROHER) AUGT 15, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Benez, who was born and raised Miami, is openly gay.