Don Lemon is the reason why I watch CNN; he is very articulate and a fine man to watch. Well in a recent interview Don Lemon admits he is gay. Which I am glad he came out and admit his true sexuality. A fine smart black man has gone to the other side. (Mona Weeps...) Don will still be my eye candy for CNN News.
Don Lemon discusses his life and career in “Transparent.”
By the time the news network was confirming the reports of the death of Osama bin Laden, however, Mr. Lemon had been replaced by CNN’s chief anchor, Wolf Blitzer.
“I kind of got big-footed,” Mr. Lemon said, with a knowing laugh.
Now 45, though he looks much younger, Mr. Lemon understands the television news business from long experience, gathered through jobs at such local stations as WCAU in Philadelphia, WMAQ in Chicago and WNYW in New York.
“People are going to say: ‘Oh, he was molested as a kid and now he is coming out.’ I get it,” he said.
me for, ostracize me for.”
Even beyond whatever effect his revelation might have on his television career, Mr. Lemon said he recognized this step carried special risk for him as a black man.
“It’s quite different for an African-American male,” he said. “It’s about the worst thing you can be in black culture. You’re taught you have to be a man; you have to be masculine. In the black community they think you can pray the gay away.” He said he believed the negative reaction to male homosexuality had to do with the history of discrimination that still affects many black Americans, as well as the attitudes of some black women.
“You’re afraid that black women will say the same things they do about how black men should be dating black women.” He added, “I guess this makes me a double minority now.”
Read the rest of the interview at New York Times.
I am a black woman; I personally do not have any ill feelings about Don Lemon being gay. I am glad that he made a decision to not hide who he truly is. What is your opinion about Don Lemon coming out?
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