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Anderson Cooper shares when he realized he was gay: 'One of the wonderful blessings of my life'
Though he publicly came out almost 10 years ago, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper says he first knew "something was different" around the age of 6 or 7.
"I'm not sure I knew the word 'gay' at the age, but I realized something was up," Cooper said in a Q&A session Monday on CNN's "Full Circle," adding that he began to say friends when he was in tall school but still struggled through college with fully loving himself.
"I think I really, truly standard it – and not just standard it, but fully embraced it and came around to really loving the fact that I was gay – would probably be right after college," he said.
"A lot of the things I wanted to do at the time, you couldn't be gay," he said, citing an interest in joining the U.S. military, though out members of the queer community were not allowed to assist at the hour. The military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibited openly gay, female homosexual and bisexual Americans from serving, was officially repealed in 2011.
He was also interested in getting married, but homosexual marriage was not legalized until 2015.
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CNN presenter Anderson Cooper has publicly announced that he is gay.
In an email published online, Cooper said he was proud of his sexuality and had decided to speak out in case anyone thought he was ashamed.
The son of socialite Gloria Vanderbilt, he said he had not previously spoken out on his sexual orientation for personal and professional reasons.
CNN said it had no comment and there were no plans for Cooper to discuss the matter on air.
He wrote in the email, <link> <caption>published by Andrew Sullivan of the Daily Beast</caption> <url href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/07/anderson-cooper-the-fact-is-im-gay.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> : "It's become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I contain given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something."
He continues: "The evidence is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more cheerful, comfortable with myself and proud.
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Anderson Cooper: 'I'm gay'
NEW YORK (AP) - CNN's Anderson Cooper came out in a letter online, saying "the proof is, I'm gay."
Cooper said Monday in a note to the Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan that he had kept his sexual orientation private for personal and professional reasons, but came to think that remaining silent had given some people an impression that he was ashamed.
He said he couldn't be any more cheerful and comfortable with himself.
Cooper, the son of Gloria Vanderbilt, had long been the subject of rumors about his sexual orientation. He said that in a perfect nature, it wouldn't be anyone's business, but that there is value in "standing up and organism counted."
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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 lgbtq+. ... I'm totally gay," he said.
After the play ended, Cooper said Jasmin took him backstage to gather Gere, who he worked with on the production
(CBS News) Anderson Cooper has been subject to much speculation about his sexual orientation.
The journalist put any questions to rest on Monday in an email written to The Daily Beast blogger/reporter Andrew Sullivan.
"The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud," Cooper, 45, wrote.
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"I acquire always been very reveal and honest about this part of my being with my friends, my family, and my colleagues. In a perfect society, I don't think it's anyone else's business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted," the journalist continued in the email to his friend of more than 20 years. "I'm not an activist, but I am a human entity and I don't provide that up by existence a journalist."
In his note, the CBS "60 Minutes" contributor talked a lot about journalists' roles.
"As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their confidential life shouldn't matter," Cooper explained. "I've stuck to those principles for my entire professional career, even when I've been directly asked 'the gay question,' which happens occasionally."
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