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CNN anchor Don Lemon: “If I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn’t have taken me 45 years to say it.”

http://www.greatblackspeakers.com/don_lemon/Don_Lemon_pic.jpgDon Lemon, the weekend prime-time anchor for CNN, has written out his life and career in a new book called Transparent.

In an interview with The New York Times, he said he knows what will probably get the most attention is that he writes about being gay: “I abhor hypocrisy. I think if you’re going to be in the business of news, and telling people the truth, of trying to shed light in dark places, then you’ve got to be honest. You’ve got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else.”

He knew that coming out this way would stir up a degree of comment about other television news personalities, and whether any would acknowledge being gay.

“I think it would be great if everybody could be out,” he said. “But it’s such a personal choice. People have to do it at their own speed. I respect that. I do have to say that the more people who come out, the better it is for everyone, certainly for the Tyler Clementis of the world.”

Clementi was the Rutgers student who committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge after his sexual encounter with a man in his dorm room was shown on the Internet.

“I think if I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn’t have taken me 45 years to say it,” Lemon said, “to walk in the truth.”

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  1. Dude, I know we all look alike, but the first photo on this site is not Don Lemon…that’s TJ Holmes. Guess there isn’t anyone black working on this staff, huh? Surely they would have caught that!

  2. May 16th, 2011 at 6:06 am
    Robert Kabwe says:

    Amazing that it takes 45 years for anyone isn’t it? The pressure to stay in the closet is THAT strong. By coming out, Don is doing more than helping lesbians and gays. Our society will only ovecome it’s problems when all of us are able to be ourselves – gay or straight. And each person like Don who their true self moves us towards this. Congratulations to him.

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