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Why Anderson Cooper Is Proud To Be Gay

By Wetpaint. Posted on Mar 14th 2013.

Being honored at the 2013 GLAAD Media Awards, Cooper is happy with his decision to come out.

Anderson Cooper publicly came out last July, and in a few days he’ll be honored with the Vito Russo Award at the 2013 GLAAD Media Awards.

Anderson told Huffington Post Gay Voices Editor-at-Large Michelangelo Signorile that "being gay is a blessing" and he "couldn't be more proud" of his sexuality. He's always known he was gay, from the time he was a little kid. "I can't remember a time when I wasn't aware of it, even before I knew what it was or the name of it."

People who knew him always knew about his sexuality, but he didn't want his personal life to take over his story in the public realm. However, he explained in his interview, he finally decided he had to come out. "At a certain point, I realized that by not saying something I was sending a message, or maybe giving some people the mistaken impression that I was uncomfortable or there was something that I was ashamed about."

Read his full statement at Wetpaint: Anderson Cooper Is Proud To Be Gay

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