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They tied the knot the following year and have been inseparable in their journeys on-screen and off ever since.
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Gio opened up about his coming out journey on ABC News last year, saying: "Just give yourself the grace of time and understand that it doesn't have to be rushed.
Robin Roberts, Anderson Cooper, Gio Benitez: the LGBTQ TV anchors leading the charge
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Anderson Cooper shares when he realized he was gay: 'One of the great 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 time, but I realized something was up," Cooper said in a Q&A session Monday on CNN's "Full Circle," adding that he began to tell friends when he was in high school but still struggled through college with fully loving himself.
"I think I really, truly accepted it – and not just accepted 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 gay community were not allowed to serve at the time. "I actually like a lot about the one I already have. Blackwell studied broadcast journalism at Howard University and graduated with honors. I have a son': Anderson Cooper proudly announces the birth of his son WyattMore: Anderson Cooper decided to co-parent with ex because he wants 'more people to love my son'
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In yet another verbal assault on congress members of color, Trump derided Cummings’s district as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.” Blackwell called out Trump’s racism.Blackwell began co-hosting “CNN Newsroom” with Alisyn Camerota in 2021.
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“Sometimes it’s not cancellation. At WPBF 25 in West Palm Beach, he became the first Black person to serve as the station’s main news anchor.
At WPBF, Blackwell was nominated four times for regional Emmy Awards, winning in 2009 for Outstanding Feature Reporting. So I'm very blessed."
Rachel Maddow
Host of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC and a prominent political commentator, what differentiates Rachel from others on the list is her openness about her sexuality since the start of her career.
Having been outed when she was a college freshman at Stanford University, she began her career in broadcast journalism as one of the only prominent lesbians on TV.
Since 1999, the 56-year-old has been in a relationship with artist Susan Mikula and has since won several GLAAD Awards for her work.
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Rachel, 50, told Slate in 2011 about how little impact her sexuality has on her abilities as a journalist, adding: "I've never made [editorial decisions] as a straight person.
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On Dancing with the Stars last year, Sam revealed that his decision to come out strained his relationship with his father. Sign up to our newsletter to get other stories like this delivered straight to your inbox.
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Somewhat ironically, when I came out, it was my industry who kept reporting, 'Gay! He interned at WHUT-TV, the university’s public television station.
Blackwell started his journalism career as a writer for the Community Times, a Columbia, Maryland, newspaper. That's your headline?'"
Gio Benitez
The newly announced anchor of ABC's Good Morning America Weekends, Gio became a part of the network in 2013, but didn't make his relationship status, or his sexuality, public until 2015.
It was then that he announced he was engaged to fitness influencer and fellow TV reporter for The Rachael Ray Show and Extra Tommy DiDario.
"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," he wrote.
Cooper has since welcomed a son, Wyatt Morgan Cooper, born April 27, 2020 via surrogate. He co-parents with his former partner, nightclub owner Benjamin Maisani. You will know when it's time."
Sam Champion
Another ABC stalwart, Sam is WABC-TV's chief meteorologist and has been part of the weather team for the network since 1988, having previously reported for The Weather Channel and NBC's Today Show.
The 61-year-old never officially came out as gay during his daytime career, but prominently announced on the air back in 2012 that he was engaged to then-boyfriend Rubem Robierb, who he married later that year.
Really? He got his first taste of broadcasting, making the school’s morning announcements. In May 2022 he shed tears on air outside the supermarket in Buffalo, New York, where 10 Black people were killed and three wounded in a racist massacre.
Blackwell came out as gay on CNN in 2013. Oh!' Meanwhile the public was going like, 'Uh, duh!