A look at how Rob Roberts of “Good Morng Ameri” and other news anchors broke the news that they are gay.
Contents:
- RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
- IS SAM HGHAN GAY? HERE IS THE OUTLANR STAR'S DATG HISTORY
- US SUPREME URT CISN PAV WAY FOR SWEEPG EXPANSN OF GAY RIGHTS
- WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
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- UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
- TOWLEROAD GAY NEWS
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
Is Sam Hghan gay? Sam's sexualy has attracted the attentn of his fans followg his gay role Plague Over England. Lear about his datg history now. * gay news 2014 *
Ziegler told the mtee thatl he cid to e forward publicly “not as a hero or a victim, ” but as a married, gay Democrat “pelled to disclose the tth. 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.
IS SAM HGHAN GAY? HERE IS THE OUTLANR STAR'S DATG HISTORY
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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. Image source, Emma RileyImage ptn, Rad operator Emma Riley was discharged om the Navy for beg a lbian the 1990sRishi Sunak has apologised for the historil treatment of LGBT veterans who were sacked or forced out of the ary for beg PM lled the ban an "appallg failure" of the Brish was illegal to be gay the Brish ary until 2000 - wh thoands of veterans thought to be affected.
Addrsg MPs, the prime mister said: "Many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment all while bravely servg this untry. "The LGBT Veterans Inpennt Review, led by Bra's first openly gay judge Lord Etherton, began last year and heard about the experienc of 1, 145 veterans between 1967 to 2000. Homosexualy was crimalised the UK 1967 but a ban ntued the armed forc.
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Acrdg to the report, the Mistry of Defence said at the time that jtifitn for the policy clud "matenance of operatnal effectivens and efficiency" - but the report said there had been an "prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry" the armed forc. It heard shockg acunts of homophobia, bullyg, blackmail, sexual asslts, "disgraceful" medil examatns, and nversn mak 49 remendatns to the ernment cludg:Affected veterans to be given an "appropriate fancial reward" pped at £50m overallThe rtoratn of medals that had to be hand back on dismissal or dischargeThe clarifitn of pensn rights The prentatn of a special veterans' badgeThe ernment said would rpond full after summer of the veterans affected watched the PM's public of them, Emma Riley, 51, was a Royal Navy rad operator for three years before she was arrted and discharged for beg a lbian after tellg a lleague her sexualy the early told BBC News she weled the report, and hoped would be put to place "swiftly.
Carol Man, who was dismissed after tellg her boss she was gay 1978, kept her sexualy secret for another 30 years and said she had been "robbed" of her life. "Olympian Dame Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, lled the publitn of the report a "historic moment", while Cathere Dixon, a former army officer who is now vice chair at Stonewall, said was "an important step towards jtice" for those whose ary reers were "ed" bee of their sexualy. Many still have a crimal rerd to this also tails how some veterans faced a plete loss of e, while others were emed eligible to claim their pensn bee of their report more than 20 years after four servicemen and women, who were sacked for beg gay, won a se the European Court of Human Rights and overturned the armed forc chary Royal Brish Legn lled on the ernment to accept the report's remendatns chary's director general Charl Byrne weled both the report and Mr Sunak's "landmark apology", sayg many people who had dited their liv to the untry were "forced or felt prsured to leave the armed forc, and this mistreatment stroyed or shortened their reer".
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He has been trolled wh homophobic slurs, shamg, abe, and ath threats. Even though no sgle man is his datg history, many assume he is gay bee of his gay rol var projects. For stance, he played a gay role Plague Over England, where he had a steamy scene wh Leon Hghan's girliends' listThe actor has been romantilly lked wh several women, some beg te while others are mere mours.
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UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
The US supreme urt signalled a sweepg expansn of gay rights across Ameri on Monday, clg to hear appeals om five stat seekg to uphold bans on same-sex marriage and settg a urse for legalisatn a majory of stat the urt’s unexpected cisn to slam the door on pendg appeals meant there will be no imment lg on the nstutnaly of gay marriage natnwi. Same-sex marriage beme legal Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virgia and Wisns, where the thori had been appealg feats agast lol bans on same-sex marriage the lower experts said gay marriage was also now “prumptively legal” six further stat that shared jurisdictns wh the appeal urt circus that heard the feated appeals: Colorado, Kansas, North Carola, South Carola, Wt Virgia and four out of the five stat volved the appeals, the top law officers were Republin. Ulloa told The Associated Prs he would telephone his parents and e out to them as gay before marryg his partner of eight years at the clerk’s office that afternoon.
“The urt’s lettg stand the victori means that gay upl will soon share the eedom to marry 30 stat, reprentg 60% of the Amerin people, ” he said a he lled on the jtic to “fish the job”.
31, 2013When Rob Roberts, an anchor of “Good Morng Ameri, ” disclosed this week that she was gay and a long-term relatnship wh another woman, she did so not a news release or on the ver of a magaze, but durg a seemgly sual asi a year-end Facebook a post on Sunday that looked back on her yearlong revery om a bone-marrow transplant 2012 to treat a rare blood disorr lled myelodysplastic syndrome, Ms.
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Roberts announced that he was gay at the annual meetg of the Natnal Lbian and Gay Journalists Associatn, sayg that he had cid was time to go public wh news that he had already shared wh many of his -workers.
Champn, the longtime weather anchor for “Good Morng Ameri” and now anchor and managg edor at the Weather Channel, never hid his homosexualy (and fact, me out a sual ment to a reporter the Vows lumn about the weddg of Mr.
“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, ” Mr. Quto was gay.