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Year in review: Better late than never: Anderson Cooper comes out
Anderson Cooper (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
A number of celebrities, politicians and other officials came out during 2012.
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper publicly acknowledged being gay for the first time in a statement gay commentator Andrew Sullivan posted to his blog on July 2. Sam Champion, weather anchor for “Good Morning America,” announced on-air in October that he was engaged to his long-time partner, photographer Rubem Robierb. (The couple attended a Freedom to Marry fundraiser in Miami Beach, Fla., a few days later.)
Gay singer Ricky Martin was among those who applauded Puerto Rican boxer Orlando Cruz after he came out on Oct. 3. R&B singer Frank Ocean in July acknowledged his homosexuality, while Jamaican singer Diana King came out on her Facebook page in June. British singer Mika told Instinct Magazine in August he is gay.
Pennsylvania state Rep. Mike Fleck, a Republican who attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., earlier this month came out during an interview with a local newspaper. Stefany Hoyer Hemmer, daughter of House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.,) came out as a lesbian during an exclusive interview with the Washington Blade in June.
“My father, as you know, just came out in support of gay marriage,” she said. “The momentum in Maryland right now for the adoption of the gay marriage law is fast-paced. I’m 43 years of age, and I’ve been gay my whole life and I just figured this is a good time to lend my name to the cause.”
DC Comics in June announced the Green Lantern is gay as part of its effort to reinvigorate the “Earth 2” series.
Tagged with 2012 Year in Review, Anderson Cooper, Andrew Sullivan, CNN, DC Comics, Diana King, Frank Ocean, Freedom to Marry, Good Morning America, Green Lantern, Instinct Magazine, Jamaica, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Maryland, Mika, Mike Fleck, Orlando Cruz, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Ricky Martin, Rubem Robierb, Sam Champion, Stefany Hoyer Hemmer, Steny Hoyer, US House of Representatives, Virginia
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I don’t understand why every news site has to have a “Year in Review” or a “Top Ten Whatsits” article at the end of every calendar year and at no other time. Is this just an easy exercise for the writers so they can get to the party on time? Is there something about journalism I don’t know? Newly arrived time travelers and space aliens need this information to get up to date, but how much of your readership do they represent? (Is there something you’re not telling us?) The rest of us remember don’t need the article because it just happened, we remember it, we lived through it, you already covered it, and you already analyzed it in your opinion pieces. Mind you, I’m not complaining, I’m just really curious.
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Who cares if Anderson Cooper is gay? My question, is he an Albino?
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