Dan Kloeffler, a -anchor for ABC News' very, very early "World News Now" show, revealed on the air that he is gay. While liverg a report on Zach Quto, the "Star Trek" actor who recently me out an terview wh New York magaze, Kloeffler said he would nsir droppg his le agast datg actors [...]
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- GAY ABC NEWS ANCHOR OUT WHILE TALKG ABOUT ‘STAR TREK’ ACTOR ZACH QUTO ON THE AIR
- WILL “GOOD MORNG AMERI” GET A GAY HOST?
- ABC NEWS APPOTS GAY CORRPONNT G BENEZ AS CO-ANCHOR OF ‘GMA’ WEEKENDS
- G BENEZ, GAY REPORTER AT ABC, NAMED ‘GMA’ -ANCHOR
GAY ABC NEWS ANCHOR OUT WHILE TALKG ABOUT ‘STAR TREK’ ACTOR ZACH QUTO ON THE AIR
Even more gay reprentatn on Good Morng Ameri – we love to see ! * gay anchors on gma *
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer televisn newssters have a proment profile many untri around the world. Amerin Charl Perez of ABC News is one to particularly note - he published his book 'Confsns of a Gay News Anchorman' (2011) after his oral of beg fired om a posn Florida when he was intified as beg gay. For example, France, there is L'associatn s journalist LGBT, and Ameri there is the Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn.
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. 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.
Roberts waed years to e out as gay.
WILL “GOOD MORNG AMERI” GET A GAY HOST?
* gay anchors on gma *
At the end of 2013, Rob Roberts officially me out as gay by thankg her girliend of ten years, Amber Laign, a Facebook post that tailed Roberts' long and paful battle wh MDS, or myelodysplastic syndrome.
In April 2016, gay and lbian magaze The Advote cricized Roberts for appearg on the ver of Mississippi's official tourism gui bee the state had passed what the magaze lled "a pro-discrimatn law, allowg bs, dividuals and broadly fed 'religly affiliated anizatns' to refe service to LGBT people, sgle mothers, and others who somehow offend an dividual's 'scerely held relig belief or moral nvictn' regardg marriage and sexualy. Now, he’s officially land an anchor posn on the veted morng news TV show, which means even more gay reprentatn on a platform that has already featured Rob Roberts for many years. "Kloeffler add: "As a journalist, I don't want to be the story, but as a gay man I don't want to stand silent if I n offer some spiratn or enuragement to kids that might be stgglg wh who they are.
Good Morng Ameri may be gettg a new pair of hosts for s third hour, cludg openly gay journalist G Benez. On the bright si of this news, there’s a chance that GMA3 will have a permanent out gay anchor.
ABC NEWS APPOTS GAY CORRPONNT G BENEZ AS CO-ANCHOR OF ‘GMA’ WEEKENDS
For young gay people of lor everywhere, Benez’s elevatn to -anchor of a work morng show is spirg for the reprentatn. * gay anchors on gma *
In 2019, Benez penned a letter to his younger self honor of Natnal Comg Out Day, wrg, “Though one iend warns, ‘You n’t be gay and succsful the media, ’ your lleagu will celebrate you. ABC News has promoted gay rrponnt G Benez by namg him one of the work’s flagship weekend programs’ -anchors. Pri Month 2021 Special: Benez's 'It will all be OK' Letter to His Younger SelfTransportatn Corrponnt for ABC NewsIn 2019’s Natnal Comg Out Day—which is celebrated worldwi on 11 October remembrance of the 1987 Natnal March on Washgton that was held support of lbian and gay rights—Benez dited a letter to his past self.
“Qutns that may flip your whole world upsi-down, ” he openly gay Lato journalist, G Benez is the transportatn rrponnt for ABC News. Is G Benez Gay?
G BENEZ, GAY REPORTER AT ABC, NAMED ‘GMA’ -ANCHOR
A look at how Rob Roberts of “Good Morng Ameri” and other news anchors broke the news that they are gay. * gay anchors on gma *
G Benez’s Comg Out LetterOn 2019’s Natnal Comg Out Day—which is celebrated worldwi on 11 October remembrance of the 1987 Natnal March on Washgton that was held support of lbian and gay rights—Benez dited a letter to his past self. "The letter further elaborat on younger Benez’s stggle to f societal norms, his enunter wh homophobia his muny and school, and how he ternalized till adulthood. The kids at school e the word ‘gay’ as if ’s synonymo wh ‘eww.
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