Anderson Cooper is gay???

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by LiquidBlue5000

believe it or not, she actually doesn't look as freeky in person as this picture would indicate... perhaps the surgery is settling?

don't get me wrong, i still recognized her as the "cat lady", but i wasn't scared to be around her

I literally shuddered when I looked at that. Eww eww eww.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by dissention

He needs his own show, dammit. Everything about him is hot. The lisp, the glasses, the dry sense of humor, etc. I can't believe he's almost 40.

I wouldn't say hot, but then I'm not really attracted to "hot." He's cute & dorky, which is what I really go for.

I don't blame him. Why would he want to be stigmatized as the "gay anchor"? If I were him, I'd hate to have people tune in just to point at my perfectly coiffed hair or sense of fashion and say "Look at the gay anchor" instead of paying attention to what I'm reporting and actually doing on the show.

I dunno...people who refuse to say they're gay annoy the hell out of me. I can't imagine being in a relationship with someone like that.

If he feels conflicted, though, I offer my services to help comfort him.

He's attractive, but he's too much of a pretty boy for my taste. Mo Rocca is definitely more my type.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

It doesn't sound like he's trying to hide it to me. Maybe his bosses asked him to keep it on the down-low and not make an official "statement" on that matter - indeed I bet it was probably their decision to edit that transcript.

I'm sure it was their decision. But, me and a job like that wouldn't last two seconds. He doesn't have to have a press release, but I'm sure he's had plenty of opportunities to mention it, and yet hasn't.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Tuc Watkins (David Vickers from "One Life To Live")

I knew he was gay...I just knew it!

[dissention]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

Gay guys cuz it fans the flames of their fantasy! Anderson rocks!

Totally.


Mmmmmmmmm, Anderson.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by dissention

Totally.


Mmmmmmmmm, Anderson.

Oh, he does look fetching in that pic.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by markolas

I'm sure it was their decision. But, me and a job like that wouldn't last two seconds. He doesn't have to have a press release, but I'm sure he's had plenty of opportunities to mention it, and yet hasn't.

It's no secret that he's queer, I just don't understand why he has to publicly state his sexuality. If he was trying to hide it, he wouldn't be out and about with other guys, going to gay clubs, and attending Scissor Sisters concerts. I don't think he has to come right out and say "Yes, I like dudes." Straight anchors don't give interviews proclaiming their heterosexual preferences.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by dissention

Straight anchors don't give interviews proclaiming their heterosexual preferences.

No, but they don't go out of their way to dodge the question, either.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by markolas

No, but they don't go out of their way to dodge the question, either.

That's because they aren't asked the question.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by dissention

That's because they aren't asked the question.

But, if they were, they wouldn't.

[chiliD]

Carson Kressley is gay? Jai Rodriguez is gay? Boy George is gay?

[dissention]

Originally Posted by markolas

But, if they were, they wouldn't.

You're the missing the point. Why is he being asked the question? What does it have to do with his show and career as a reporter? No one would interview Aaron Brown or Leslie Blitzer and ask them if they prefer men or women. He isn't Tom Cruise, he hasn't built a career on tickling the twats of women all over the world and then gone to great lengths to cover up his true sexuality. I see no reason why it's not perfectly fine for him to avoid answering such a personal question when giving a true answer would stigmatize him. If he wants to tell us who he prefers to screw, that's fine, and if he doesn't want to, that's also fine.

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by dissention

I see no reason why it's not perfectly fine for him to avoid answering such a personal question when giving a true answer would stigmatize him.

Because the more celebrities and people who are in the public eye answer the question to reinforce the concept that there is nothing wrong with being gay, the more the idea that being gay is a stigma will go away.

Believe it or not, the gay community still desperately needs trailblazers to alter the red state mentality on gays. Keep up the pressure for the change to come.

[BTFLCHLD]

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/rather/rather92.asp

[dissention]

Originally Posted by The Tower

Because the more celebrities and people who are in the public eye answer the question to reinforce the concept that there is nothing wrong with being gay, the more the idea that being gay is a stigma will go away.

Believe it or not, the gay community still desperately needs trailblazers to alter the red state mentality on gays. Keep up the pressure for the change to come.

Meh. I guess I just don't see it that way.