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Anderson Cooper Comes Out

Category: Latest International Created on Monday, 02 July 2012 23:29 Written by Robert Manser

Wherever he’s reporting from the world’s war zones and disaster sites, veteran CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper makes the story about the people whose lives and livelihoods have been lost.

He does not make himself the story. However, in an email Monday to "The Dish" blogger and longtime friend Andrew Sullivan, Cooper finally takes a stand about his sexuality.

“Andrew, as you know, the issue you raise is one that I’ve thought about for years,” Cooper writes. “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 says that in a time when people are still treated differently for saying that they love someone of the same sex, the famously private reporter has decided that “visibility is important, more important than preserving my reporter’s shield.”

We congratulate Anderson and hope that his visibility and courage shine as a positive example for others across the globe.