A look at how Rob Roberts of “Good Morng Ameri” and other news anchors broke the news that they are gay.
Contents:
- ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
- HOTON NEWS ANCHOR SHAR HE'S GAY & MARRYG A WEATHERMAN ON SOCIAL
- HOTON NEWS ANCHOR SHAR HE'S GAY AND ENGAGED TO A WEATHERMAN ON INSTAGRAM
- MUCH-LOVED NEWS ANCHOR OUT AS GAY AND TRODUC WORLD TO HIS NEW WEATHERMAN FIANCé
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.
HOTON NEWS ANCHOR SHAR HE'S GAY & MARRYG A WEATHERMAN ON SOCIAL
"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The ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibed openly gay, lbian and bisexual Amerins om servg, was officially repealed 2011.
HOTON NEWS ANCHOR SHAR HE'S GAY AND ENGAGED TO A WEATHERMAN ON INSTAGRAM
" 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.
There, the former Fox News anchor discsed gay stereotyp and the dangers of beg pigeonholed as a gay journalist. "I don't want to be the gay journalist.
MUCH-LOVED NEWS ANCHOR OUT AS GAY AND TRODUC WORLD TO HIS NEW WEATHERMAN FIANCé
I want to be the journalist who is gay. After he began to do that, at the NLGJA chat he revealed he had been ma the "token gay" multiple tim and advised others to avoid if warned agast acceptg suatns where an edor says, "Oh, there's a gay story. Gay guy, go ver that.