Is anderson cooper gay
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"The fact is, I'm gay." With those words, Anderson Cooper, the popular CNN news anchor and host of the daytime speak show Anderson, formally came out of the closet as a gay dude on Monday, after spending years as "an inhabitant of the 'glass closet'" — a term used when a celebrity is out in their personal life but avoids confirming their sexuality publicly. Cooper's revelation comes after The Daily Beast columnist Andrew Sullivan contacted Cooper to ask for a reaction to a recent Entertainment Weekly article about the trend of gay celebrities coming out in ways that are significantly more matter-of-fact than in years past. His emailed response — in which Cooper says he is queer, "always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be more content, comfortable with myself, and proud" — is posted in its entirety on Sullivan's blog. But why, after years of speculation, has Cooper decided to come out now? Here, three theories:
1. He doesn't want to seem ashamed
Cooper says the decision to keep his sexuality confidential for so long was meant to help him "maintain some level of privacy," as being a closed book was an asset th
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On Monday, CNN anchor and television personality Anderson Cooper came out as gay. To many, this was the polar opposite of breaking news. Despite refusing to discuss aspects of his personal life, Cooper’s sexuality had been something of an open secret for years. So, does a celebrity revealing something about their personal lives really matter? In the current social and political climate, such revelations are more important than you may think.
When Cooper officially came out, in an Email to writer Andrew Sullivan, which was Sullivan posted on his blog with Andersons's permission, he didn’t mince words: “The fact is, I’m homosexual, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.” Some might scoff at this announcement as unimportant. Shouldn’t we just file this with all the other star gossip in the news, alongside Tom Cruise’s divorce?
We need to retain that this is a society where gay people are still not afforded the same legal rights as heterosexuals. Teenagers are being bullied and sometimes dying simply because of their sexual identities. When events like these are sadly commonplace
Last week, Entertainment Weeklyran a story on an emerging trend: gay people in public life who appear out in a much more restrained and matter-of-fact way than in the past. In many ways, it’s a great development: we’re evolved enough not to be gob-smacked when we find out someone’s gay. But it does matter nonetheless, it seems to me, that this is on the write down . We still have pastors calling for the death of gay people, bullying incidents and suicides among gay kids, and one major political party devoted to ending the basic civil right to wed the person you devotion. So these “non-events” are still also events of a kind; and they matter. The visibility of gay people is one of the core means for our equality.
All of which is a prelude to my saying that I’ve known Anderson Cooper as a friend for more than two decades. I asked him for his feedback on this subject, for reasons that are probably obvious to most. Here’s his email in response which he has given me permission to post here:
Andrew, as you know, the issue you raise is one that I’ve thought about for years. Even though my job puts me in the public eye, I have tried to mainta
Anderson Cooper says he realized he was gay after meeting a shirtless Richard Gere backstage at a Broadway play
Anderson Cooper opened up about the moment he realized he was gay on Friday during the "Andy Cohen Dwell Pride Special" on SiriusXM's "Radio Andy."
The CNN host sat down with Cohen and actor John Hill at the iconic Stonewall Inn in New York City. People reports Cooper recalled watching the Broadway play "Bent" in the late 1970s with photographer Paul Jasmin and Jasmin's boyfriend, who were friends with Cooper's mother, the late fashion designer, and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt.
Richard Gere starred in the participate about the persecution of homosexuality in Nazi Germany.
"And this was Richard Gere in 1977, 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar.' He was so beautiful. And I'm there. My mom didn't go. It was just me and my mom's two gay friends," he said.
Cooper called the opening scene, in which a man gets out of bed completely naked and puts on a uniform, "the gayest thing you can imagine."
"And I just remember being like, 'Oh my God, I'm queer . ... I'm totally gay," he said.
After the play ended, Cooper said Jasmin took him backstage to encounter Gere, who he worked with on the movie
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