Anrson Cooper shar when he knew — and when he accepted — that he was gay

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• ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE KNEW — AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED — THAT HE WAS GAY
• ANRSON COOPER: 'I'M GAY'

ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE KNEW — AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED — THAT HE WAS GAY

(#5) Posg, a ser mood, gazg tently at his viewers, for Out magaze (Cannavale is straight but excellently gay-iendly). Anrson Cooper was 45 years old when he me out publicly 2012, but this week, a CNN viewer wanted to know what age the newsman was when he first realized he was gay and accepted for his answer, Cooper explaed that those were two very different thgs that happened at very different ag. ” “I’m not sure I knew the word ‘gay’ at the time, but I realized somethg was up, somethg was different.

ANRSON COOPER: 'I'M GAY'

But ultimately, he said he “stggled” wh as a disvered there were thgs he simply uldn’t do, like jo the ary at a time when homosexualy was nsired grounds for discharge or travel abroad to areas where remaed illegal and often dangero to be gay. “I thk I really, tly accepted — and jt kd of, really not jt accepted but fully embraced and me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay — would probably be right after llege, " the now-53-year-old said, addg that was “about a year after llege (when) I realized, 'I don't want to waste any more time worryg about this' and sort of wishg I was some other way. "I thk beg gay is one of the great blsgs of my life, ” he ntued.