Just when you thought it was getting too crowded in the closet, a CNN anchor comes out as gay. In a new book, "Transparent," Lemon talks about his life and his sexuality, and he revealed that he is gay in an interview with the New York Times.
Lemon becomes part of a small club of openly gay anchors. This is really a bold move on his part.
In the interview, Lemon said that he has never hidden his sexuality from his co-workers at CNN, but decided to take a more public step after he felt that he could not write an inspirational book without being open about who he is.
Truth be told he was never really hiding it from us either....how you doing Lemon.....smile!
Lemon also said that he was "scared," because he was talking about things that "people might shun me for." He said that he was particularly concerned about what the reaction in the black community would be.
You think? It is sad that still in the African-American community an educated, successful and prominent media figure would still fear being ostracized. We obviously still have work to do. What does this say for just normal folks who are not as prominent as Lemon?
If an established journalist is scared then what becomes of say a youth struggling with their identity and sexuality?
I have seen Lemon on CNN and I am glad he is out of the closet but it was pretty obvious to me that he was gay. Anyway score one for the team.....smile!