CNN anchor Anrson Cooper on when he realized he was gay

Contents:

• ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
• LIVELIHOOD 'ON THE LE,' ANCHORMAN REVEALS HE'S GAY
• THOMAS ROBERTS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EVENG NEWS ANCHOR ON NETWORK TV
• DON LEMON COM OUT: CNN ANCHOR REVEALS HE'S GAY IN NEW BOOK

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

"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.

LIVELIHOOD 'ON THE LE,' ANCHORMAN REVEALS HE'S GAY

"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The ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibed openly gay, lbian and bisexual Amerins om servg, was officially repealed 2011. " 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.

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

Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer televisn newssters have a proment profile many untri around the world.

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DON LEMON COM OUT: CNN ANCHOR REVEALS HE'S GAY IN NEW BOOK

What percentage of CNN's anchors are gay? CNN anchorman Don Lemon says his mentors and agents challenged him to nsir whether he was willg to wear "the gay anchor" label throughout his reer. One more facet of his life that he is revealg publicly for the first time: He is gay.

"Do I want to be 'the gay anchor'? After all, Amerins say they are acceptg of homosexualy by nearly a two-to-one marg.