Don Lemon: I Want Being Gay To Be Normal

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8721&MediaType=1&Category=22

CNN anchor Don Lemon says he came out to make being gay “normal.”

Lemon is the third openly gay high-profile news personality behind MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and Thomas Roberts. Last month he told The New York Times that he's gay, ahead of his upcoming 264-page memoir titled Transparent, in which he talks about his experience.

The 45-year-old anchor will be in Atlanta's LGBT bookstore Outwrite Books on Wednesday night for a book signing and he told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that response to his announcement has been “99.9 percent” positive.

“I'm lighter and freer,” he said. “It makes me better on air. I'm not trying to hide anything.”

He added that he came out after much trepidation to make being gay “normal.”

[RKP5637]

1. K&R !!! n/t

[ZombieHorde]

2. Coming out is becoming less and less risky because of people like him.

Very good.

[murielm99]

3. I've always thought being gay was normal.

Maybe there is something wrong with me.

[nichomachus]

5. It all depends on what you mean by "normal"

It's really a pretty multifaceted word and has lots and lots of meanings.

[One_Life_To_Give]

11. NORMAL

Normal: Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude

[PoliticAverse]

4. Let the semantic wars begin... n/t

[bear425]

6. Good for Don. And thanks to all high profile peeps coming out.

I was in the stonewall pride parade this past weekend with Thomas Roberts from MSNBC.
Nice guy and his partner, too. Living life in truth with pride. :)

[pinto]

8. Agree.

:hi:

[pinto]

7. I liked his public aspect of a process most of us go through to some level.

Publicly and privately.

His family and co-workers knew his sexuality. That could have been enough. In his view, it wasn't.

I really appreciate his decision. Another door of the closet opened. And well done, imho.

:hi:

[justiceischeap]

9. Poor Jane Velez-Mitchell, I bet no one told her she wasn't a high-profile

news personality. She came out in 2009, if I recall.

[BillStein]

10. How long before..

..the repubs start screaming that he can't be "fair and balanced" because he has an agenda?