Minneapolis anchor comes out of the 'glass closet' after 13 years in TV news
Jason Hackett shared words of encouragement for anyone struggling with their identity.
May 20 2024 4:44 PM
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Jason Hackett shared words of encouragement for anyone struggling with their identity.
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October is National Anti-Bullying Month, and Jennifer Livingston, a morning news anchor at WKBT channel 8 in Wisconsin reminded viewers of that with a smart and poignant rant about bullying after she received an email from a man in La Crosse, Wis. who called her fat in a condescending email disguised as advice.
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In her first episode since the November 6 elections, out news anchor Rachel Maddow eviscerated the myths Republicans have been unsuccessfully trying to convince Americans to believe for the past two years.
Bill O’Reilly agrees with a critic who says The New York Times is on the decline, specifically, according to the Fox News anchor, because of its coverage of “causes” like marriage equality. O’Reilly said, “The gay rights, gay marriage, they do a story a day on that. Legalization of narcotics, they’re big on that. So they’re using their pages not to report the news, but to push causes that they think should be mainstream.”
Former president Bill Clinton told CBS News anchor Katie Couric that he regrets the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy created in 1993 under his administration, but that Colin Powell, his Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, misrepresented how the policy would work.
MSNBC new anchor Rachel Maddow visited The Ellen Show on Thursday to discuss Miss Representation, a new documentary that explores portrayals of women in the media. Maddow—who appears in the documentary with Jane Fonda, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and others—told Ellen that the film examines how “the media doesn’t treat women all that fairly” and how the current environment “gives girls tunnel vision about what are OK ways to be.”
Ellen DeGeneres recently sat down with CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric and discussed same-sex marriage, coming out lesbian, Portia de Rossi and American Idol. Ellen on Simon Cowell. On judgments: "Let's take, for example, someone who is antigay...I have to remind myself, if I hate that person, if I judge that person, I'm the same as them," DeGeneres said.
It was the first time she had mentioned the relationship on air.
A reporter at a Fox affiliate in Cincinnati apologized Friday for referring to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow as an "angry young man."
This week, in our ongoing series on lesbian and bisexual women you should know, we remember a groundbreaking TV journalist, Jessica Savitch.
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Brenda Woods also points out that the beloved "America the Beautiful" was written by a woman who loved another woman.
SheWired’s sister site Gay.com raises an interesting question about the various levels of being out in the 21st century, and wonders why certain celebrities are still living in ‘the glass closet.’
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The stalker has allegedly said, "When I see her, I'm going to punch her in the face."
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This gorgeous married couple is bringing the heat on Instagram.