How Rachel Maddow beme the first openly gay woman to host a prime time news show | Daily Mail Onle

Contents:

• HOW RACHEL MADDOW BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY WOMAN TO HOST A PRIME TIME NEWS SHOW
• OPENLY GAY MSNBC STAR RACHEL MADDOW WAS 3-SPORT HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE
• ‘MY FIRST GAY BAR’: RACHEL MADDOW, ANDY COHEN AND OTHERS SHARE THEIR COMG-OUT STORI
• NAZIS, SEDNISTS, AND GAY VAMPIRE PORN: RACHEL MADDOW REVEALS HER NEW PODST ‘ULTRA’
• RACHEL MADDOW PROFIL DAN RENZI, THE GAY ‘MTV REAL WORLD’ ALUM WHO’S NOW A NURSE ON THE NYC CORONAVIS FRONT LE: WATCH
• RACHEL {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}LIBERAL POLIL JOURNALIST RACHEL MADDOW IS BT KNOWN FOR HOSTG MSNBC'S 'THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW.'{MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: MAY 20, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: PETER KRAMER/NBC/NBC {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1973-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS RACHEL MADDOW?IN 2005, POLIL JOURNALIST RACHEL MADDOW BEGAN HOSTG HER OWN LIBERAL POLIL RAD PROGRAM, THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW ON AIR AMERI. IN JANUARY 2008, MADDOW SIGNED AN EXCLIVE NTRACT WH MSNBC AS S POLIL ANALYST, AND SHE WENT ON TO EARN A SLEW OF AWARDS THROUGH THE TELEVISED VERSN OF THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW.EARLY LIFERACHEL MADDOW WAS BORN ON APRIL 1, 1973, CASTRO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, TO AN ATTORNEY, ROBERT, AND A SCHOOL ADMISTRATOR, ELAE. MADDOW SHOWED AN TERT JOURNALISM AT AN EARLY AGE. SHE STARTED READG THE NEWSPAPER WHEN SHE WAS ONLY SEVEN, NCLUDG HER VER-TO-VER READG SSNS WH PERTENT QUTNS ABOUT WHAT SHE HAD READ. AS A TEEN, MADDOW PETED ON THE SWIMMG, VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL TEAMS AT CASTRO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, BUT A SHOULR JURY PROMPTED HER TO ABANDON SPORTS. MADDOW VOTED THE OPENG HER SCHLE TO VOLUNTEERG AT A LOL AIDS CLIC, THOUGH SHE OPTED NOT TO TELL HER NSERVATIVE PARENTS, WHO HAD RECENTLY LEARNED SHE WAS GAY.IN 1994, MADDOW RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S GREE PUBLIC POLICY OM STANFORD UNIVERSY. AFTER GRADUATN SHE MOVED TO SAN FRANCIS AND BEME AN ACTIVIST FOR THE AIDS ANIZATN ACT UP. HER WORK EARNED HER A RHOS SCHOLARSHIP, MAKG MADDOW THE FIRST OPENLY GAY U.S. RINT TO W THE AWARD. MADDOW APPLIED HER SCHOLARSHIP TOWARD ATTENDG OXFORD UNIVERSY, WHERE SHE OBTAED HER DOCTORATE POLIL SCIENCE.RAD CAREERIN 1999 MADDOW LAND A JOB AS -HOST ON WRNX RAD'S THE DAVE THE MORNG SHOW. HER NEXT JOB WAS A TWO-YEAR STT AS HOST OF WRSI'S MORNG SHOW BIG BREAKFAST. IN 2004, SHE DNED FOR AIR AMERI, A NEWLY FOUND LIBERAL RAD WORK, AND HELD A -HOST POSN UNTIL THE SHOW WAS NCELLED 2005. THE NCELLATN TURNED OUT TO BE A BLSG DISGUISE FOR MADDOW, AS AIR AMERI GAVE HER THE CHANCE TO FLY SOLO WH THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW. IT SERVED AS ONE OF AIR AMERI’S HIGHT-RATED PROGRAMS UNTIL THE WORK FOLD EARLY 2010.TV CAREER: 'THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW'IN 2006, MADDOW MANAGED TO PARLAY HER RAD REER TO BLE TELEVISN WHEN SHE BEME A REGULAR ON THE MSNBC SHOW THE SUATN WH TUCKER CARLSON. SHE WAS ALSO A RECURRG GUT ON CNN’S PLA ZAHN NOW DURG THE 2006 MIDTERM ELECTNS. IN JANUARY 2008, MADDOW SIGNED AN EXCLIVE NTRACT WH MSNBC AS THE STATN’S POLIL ANALYST. THAT SEPTEMBER THE LNCH OF HER NIGHTLY BLE TELEVISN PROGRAM, ALSO LLED THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW, MARKED MSNBC’S MOST SUCCSFUL SHOW BUT TO DATE. SHE BEME THE WORK'S MOST PROMENT PUBLIC FIGURE, SERVG AS A CHAMPN OF LIBERAL IALS AS THE PARTISAN DIVI BEME MORE PRONOUNCED ON BLE TV NEWS.IN JUNE 2018, MADDOW DREW ATTENTN WHEN SHE BEME TOO EMOTNAL TO READ A BREAKG NEWS REPORT ABOUT THE SEPARATN OF CHILDREN OM PARENTS WHO ILLEGALLY CROSSED THE MEXI-U.S. BORR, FORCG HER TO PASS ON THE RPONSIBILY TO FELLOW MSNBC BROADSTER LAWRENCE O’DONNELL. MADDOW LATER APOLOGIZED ON TWTER FOR BEG UNABLE TO RELAY THE REPORT, WHICH SCRIBED HOW THREE SHELTERS WERE SET UP SOUTH TEXAS TO HOLD PRCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN.AWARDS AND BOOKMADDOW HAS GARNERED A SLEW OF ACLAS FOR HER NEWS WORK, CLUDG MULTIPLE EMMY AND GRACIE WS, THE WALTER CRONKE FAH & FREEDOM AWARD, THE JOHN STEBECK AWARD OM SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSY AND A GLAAD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG JOURNALISM.ADDNALLY, MADDOW BEME A BT-SELLG THOR WH THE 2012 PUBLITN OF DRIFT: THE UNMOORG OF AMERIN MILARY POWER, WHICH EXAMED AMERIN POLICY AND LEGISLATN THAT AREA OM RECENT S. PERSONAL LIFEMADDOW ME OUT ABOUT HER HOMOSEXUALY WHEN SHE WAS A 17-YEAR-OLD HMAN AT STANFORD. SHE MET HER PARTNER, ARTIST SAN MIKULA, WHEN MADDOW WAS WORKG ODD JOBS MASSACHETTS WHILE FISHG HER DISSERTATN. IN 1999, THE PAIR MOVED TO A FARMHOE RAL MASSACHETTS. IN RECENT YEARS, MADDOW HAS DIVID HER TIME BETWEEN HER HOM NEW YORK AND MASSACHETTS, WHERE SHE HAS NTUED TO RI WH HER GIRLIEND SAN AND THE UPLE'S LABRADOR {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

HOW RACHEL MADDOW BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY WOMAN TO HOST A PRIME TIME NEWS SHOW

For stance, you're probably aware that Rachel Maddow is gay, but she actually was outed by Stanford Universy's school paper when she was a stunt at the school. First of all, they were havg to al wh the fact that I'm gay. Send of all, they were havg to al wh the fact that I'm gay the newspaper.

OPENLY GAY MSNBC STAR RACHEL MADDOW WAS 3-SPORT HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE

'" After overg fears that beg gay "would her whole life" wh the realizatn that the kd of future her sexualy would preclu was not one that she wanted, Maddow rporated her lbianism to her sense of her own this pot, Maddow had tellectually and philosophilly cid that she was a lbian.

‘MY FIRST GAY BAR’: RACHEL MADDOW, ANDY COHEN AND OTHERS SHARE THEIR COMG-OUT STORI

"Maddow exprsed pleasure at how acceptg the Stanford muny had been, but was bothered by the ways that s atmosphere of polil rrectns prevented an hont dialogue about homosexualy; notg her ncern wh "the censorg effect of polilly rrect attus on mp... Maddow said she would prefer if people who are agast homosexualy felt fortable enough to exprs their hostile feelgs, so that she uld addrs the issue.

NAZIS, SEDNISTS, AND GAY VAMPIRE PORN: RACHEL MADDOW REVEALS HER NEW PODST ‘ULTRA’

" And they ran before the weekend, and ed some anonymo person helpfully clipped the article and mailed to my parents—and that's how my parents found out that I was gay. Years before TV host Rachel Maddow climbed to the top of prime time news charts as the first openly gay woman host, she worked her fair share of odd jobs and me out by postg flyers her Stanford dorm.

Rachel Maddow, 46, is the first openly gay woman to host a prime time news show wh the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC Maddow creds her voted partner of 20 years, artist San Mikula, wh pullg her out of the suicidal feelgs as she stggl wh prsn (pictured together)'Maddow has taken a tly unorthodox path to stardom and never apologized or changed who she is to get to where she is today, ' the thor wr. ' Growg up a Catholic fay near Oakland, California, Maddow said she bldsid her parents when she me out as gay (pictured a 1990 high school yearbook photo) The book reveals her battle wh prsn. It's like beg paid to eat, ' Maddow left the statn for a year to plete her dissertatn and then went back and stayed until 2004 when she was hired to host a show on the newly lnched Air Ameri, a work that specialized progrsive talk was jt the begng of a succsful reer for Maddow who said, 'I have a face ma for rad if ever there was one' gig segued to beg a foil for the nservative Tucker Carlson's Show on MSNBC three years she was a gut mentator on Carlson's show, Pla Zahn's and Larry Kg's and then segued to gut-hostg for Keh Olbermann for his MSNBC show, were llg her a cross-drsg lbian and a 'transgenred kg' there was always the danger that a homophobic person would ci to threaten vlence or ath.

RACHEL MADDOW PROFIL DAN RENZI, THE GAY ‘MTV REAL WORLD’ ALUM WHO’S NOW A NURSE ON THE NYC CORONAVIS FRONT LE: WATCH

Maddow me out at Stanford when she posted a letter every bathroom her dorm that she was gay.

That h the llege newspaper (pictured) Maddow says she don't remember readg children's books growg up but stead paged through lol newspapers and her father's law-school books People have lled her a cross-drsg lbian and a 'transgenred kg', and the thor reveals there was always the danger that a homophobic person would ci to threaten vlence or athIt was Olbermann who got Maddow her own show on that work 2008 and spe ocsnal bouts wh prsn that evaporated when she was on the air bee 'oh, hey, this is excg', she lghs off people who thk she's ol, sayg: 'I'm such an old man! Maddow's parents (pictured) were very strict Catholics who monored their dghter closely, but didn't realize she was gay The TV host is a lover of fishg, monster tck ralli and scrib herself as an amatr mixologist of classic cktails Maddow met San when she ran out of money and me back to the U. Me out at Stanford when she posted a letter every bathroom her dorm that she was gay.

That h the llege parents were shocked and huiated but never ught on to her genr wh her closely cropped blue hair, her Doc Martens, baggy jeans wh chas hangg om her belt and her oh-so cky, nontatnal was tough as nails but very funny and the first openly gay Rhos scholar.

RACHEL {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}LIBERAL POLIL JOURNALIST RACHEL MADDOW IS BT KNOWN FOR HOSTG MSNBC'S 'THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW.'{MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: MAY 20, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: PETER KRAMER/NBC/NBC {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1973-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS RACHEL MADDOW?IN 2005, POLIL JOURNALIST RACHEL MADDOW BEGAN HOSTG HER OWN LIBERAL POLIL RAD PROGRAM, THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW ON AIR AMERI. IN JANUARY 2008, MADDOW SIGNED AN EXCLIVE NTRACT WH MSNBC AS S POLIL ANALYST, AND SHE WENT ON TO EARN A SLEW OF AWARDS THROUGH THE TELEVISED VERSN OF THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW.EARLY LIFERACHEL MADDOW WAS BORN ON APRIL 1, 1973, CASTRO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, TO AN ATTORNEY, ROBERT, AND A SCHOOL ADMISTRATOR, ELAE. MADDOW SHOWED AN TERT JOURNALISM AT AN EARLY AGE. SHE STARTED READG THE NEWSPAPER WHEN SHE WAS ONLY SEVEN, NCLUDG HER VER-TO-VER READG SSNS WH PERTENT QUTNS ABOUT WHAT SHE HAD READ. AS A TEEN, MADDOW PETED ON THE SWIMMG, VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL TEAMS AT CASTRO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, BUT A SHOULR JURY PROMPTED HER TO ABANDON SPORTS. MADDOW VOTED THE OPENG HER SCHLE TO VOLUNTEERG AT A LOL AIDS CLIC, THOUGH SHE OPTED NOT TO TELL HER NSERVATIVE PARENTS, WHO HAD RECENTLY LEARNED SHE WAS GAY.IN 1994, MADDOW RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S GREE PUBLIC POLICY OM STANFORD UNIVERSY. AFTER GRADUATN SHE MOVED TO SAN FRANCIS AND BEME AN ACTIVIST FOR THE AIDS ANIZATN ACT UP. HER WORK EARNED HER A RHOS SCHOLARSHIP, MAKG MADDOW THE FIRST OPENLY GAY U.S. RINT TO W THE AWARD. MADDOW APPLIED HER SCHOLARSHIP TOWARD ATTENDG OXFORD UNIVERSY, WHERE SHE OBTAED HER DOCTORATE POLIL SCIENCE.RAD CAREERIN 1999 MADDOW LAND A JOB AS -HOST ON WRNX RAD'S THE DAVE THE MORNG SHOW. HER NEXT JOB WAS A TWO-YEAR STT AS HOST OF WRSI'S MORNG SHOW BIG BREAKFAST. IN 2004, SHE DNED FOR AIR AMERI, A NEWLY FOUND LIBERAL RAD WORK, AND HELD A -HOST POSN UNTIL THE SHOW WAS NCELLED 2005. THE NCELLATN TURNED OUT TO BE A BLSG DISGUISE FOR MADDOW, AS AIR AMERI GAVE HER THE CHANCE TO FLY SOLO WH THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW. IT SERVED AS ONE OF AIR AMERI’S HIGHT-RATED PROGRAMS UNTIL THE WORK FOLD EARLY 2010.TV CAREER: 'THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW'IN 2006, MADDOW MANAGED TO PARLAY HER RAD REER TO BLE TELEVISN WHEN SHE BEME A REGULAR ON THE MSNBC SHOW THE SUATN WH TUCKER CARLSON. SHE WAS ALSO A RECURRG GUT ON CNN’S PLA ZAHN NOW DURG THE 2006 MIDTERM ELECTNS. IN JANUARY 2008, MADDOW SIGNED AN EXCLIVE NTRACT WH MSNBC AS THE STATN’S POLIL ANALYST. THAT SEPTEMBER THE LNCH OF HER NIGHTLY BLE TELEVISN PROGRAM, ALSO LLED THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW, MARKED MSNBC’S MOST SUCCSFUL SHOW BUT TO DATE. SHE BEME THE WORK'S MOST PROMENT PUBLIC FIGURE, SERVG AS A CHAMPN OF LIBERAL IALS AS THE PARTISAN DIVI BEME MORE PRONOUNCED ON BLE TV NEWS.IN JUNE 2018, MADDOW DREW ATTENTN WHEN SHE BEME TOO EMOTNAL TO READ A BREAKG NEWS REPORT ABOUT THE SEPARATN OF CHILDREN OM PARENTS WHO ILLEGALLY CROSSED THE MEXI-U.S. BORR, FORCG HER TO PASS ON THE RPONSIBILY TO FELLOW MSNBC BROADSTER LAWRENCE O’DONNELL. MADDOW LATER APOLOGIZED ON TWTER FOR BEG UNABLE TO RELAY THE REPORT, WHICH SCRIBED HOW THREE SHELTERS WERE SET UP SOUTH TEXAS TO HOLD PRCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN.AWARDS AND BOOKMADDOW HAS GARNERED A SLEW OF ACLAS FOR HER NEWS WORK, CLUDG MULTIPLE EMMY AND GRACIE WS, THE WALTER CRONKE FAH & FREEDOM AWARD, THE JOHN STEBECK AWARD OM SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSY AND A GLAAD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDG JOURNALISM.ADDNALLY, MADDOW BEME A BT-SELLG THOR WH THE 2012 PUBLITN OF DRIFT: THE UNMOORG OF AMERIN MILARY POWER, WHICH EXAMED AMERIN POLICY AND LEGISLATN THAT AREA OM RECENT S. PERSONAL LIFEMADDOW ME OUT ABOUT HER HOMOSEXUALY WHEN SHE WAS A 17-YEAR-OLD HMAN AT STANFORD. SHE MET HER PARTNER, ARTIST SAN MIKULA, WHEN MADDOW WAS WORKG ODD JOBS MASSACHETTS WHILE FISHG HER DISSERTATN. IN 1999, THE PAIR MOVED TO A FARMHOE RAL MASSACHETTS. IN RECENT YEARS, MADDOW HAS DIVID HER TIME BETWEEN HER HOM NEW YORK AND MASSACHETTS, WHERE SHE HAS NTUED TO RI WH HER GIRLIEND SAN AND THE UPLE'S LABRADOR {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

But growg up, the openly gay anchor was a star on the the urt and the swimmg pool.

Around this time, Maddow started to realize she was gay. “And, havg grown up this nservative town the Bay Area wh my relatively nservative Catholic parents, I knew this was not a place I wanted to be a gay person .