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

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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.

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Durg a movg speech at the 2006 nventn for the Natnal Lbian and Gay Journalists Associatn, CNN news anchor Thomas Roberts me out as gay. Thomas Roberts anchored NBC's "Nightly News" on Saturday, a huge tone for both the 42-year-old journalist's reer and gay rights history.

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