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Robin Roberts, Anderson Cooper, Gio Benitez: the LGBTQ TV anchors leading the charge
Reporting on everything going on around the world, news anchors have been integral parts of our waking moments since the advent of television. And when they find the power to identify openly as LGBTQ+, they provide comfort to millions of other viewers in their community.
Several journalists on television contain come out in recent years to immense waves of support, leading the charge at major networks like ABC, NBC, and CNN.
This pride month, we're taking a look at some of the most prominent anchors on daytime and primetime TV who identify as LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, or otherwise) and have left a lasting impact with their work and presence.
Robin Roberts
A host of Good Morning America since 2005, Robin first came out as a lesbian in a 2013 Facebook post, where she first revealed she was in a relationship with partner Amber Laign.
Her coming out was a influential moment, leading to ABC News and even Michelle Obama releasing statements of support at the moment. The 62-year-old and Amber have been together for nearly 18 years, and even plan to tie
Top Television News Anchors Who Identify as LGBTQ
Lesbian, Male lover, Bisexual, Transgender and Gay television newscasters have a prominent profile in many countries around the society. As the face of daily newscasts and commentaries, they play a role in conveying integrity, reliability, diversity, and comfort in a tumultuous world of news and events. This list of individuals is often seen at the forefront of breaking news on a daily basis, and they reflect the presence of the group itself in society. So while the number of LGBTQ individuals in the media is important, how they are conveyed to the public is equally important - the leadership of a newscaster seen on a regular basis instills an aura of tolerance and acceptance of the broad range of sexual identity.
Many of the daily stories they cover reference the LGBTQ community and its issues. In many cases these are the headline stories. Media plays an key part in conveying an understanding of the role sexuality plays in our daily lives. Though not specifically tasked with the mandate, the presence of these individuals in the news industry helps to foster fair and exact coverage of LGBTQ issues around the
Trump refers to CNN's Anderson Cooper by a woman's first name
NOVI, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper with a woman’s first name in recent days as the Republican presidential nominee focuses his closing message on a hypermasculine appeal to men.
On a Friday morning post on Trump’s social media site Truth Social, the former president referred to one of the most prominent openly gay journalists in the U.S. as “Allison Cooper.”
Trump made the subtext even more explicit later Friday during a rally in Traverse City, Michigan, where he criticized a town hall Cooper hosted with Vice President Kamala Harris.
“If you watched her being interviewed by Allison Cooper the other evening, he’s a nice person. You know Allison Cooper? CNN fake news,” Trump said, before pausing and saying in a mocking voice: “Oh, she said no, his name is Anderson. Oh, no.”
On Saturday, Trump repeated the entitle during another Michigan rally, then followed it up during a nighttime reference in Pennsylvania. “They had a town hall,” Trump said in Michigan. “Even Allison Cooper was embarrassed by it. He was embarrassed by it.”
In referring to Cooper
The Truth Seeker
Blackwell answered questions from Howard University students about working his way up the TV totem pole, covering the Ferguson uprisings after the murder of Michael Brown and giving advice about watching difficult footage such as the footage that caught Memphis Police Officers beating Tyre Nichols in January. Nichols died from his injuries days later.
Though he acknowledges his experiences as a Black gay bloke give context to the cultural atmospheres of his assignments, Blackwell emphasizes his need to be a truth seeker in all scenarios, especially in stories that highlight America’s racial dynamics.
“It’s important to narrate those stories because so often, when others narrate it, because they accomplish not have the context, the life experience, they do not tell it fully,” Blackwell says. “They do not tell it with its place in history. I think the ability to talk to anybody, and ask the right questions, sometimes the uncomfortable questions, and the questions that make me uncomfortable sometimes, is what my added value is to this team.”
Blackwell’s occupied self-acceptance comes in chapters. The first is written on the backdrop of his Baltimore beginni
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