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Today CNN anchor and author Anderson Cooper shared a personal message: “The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.”
Blogger Andrew Sullivan posted the news today, reprinting a long email from Cooper. The note referenced the experience of writing his 2006 memoir, Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival. Here is an excerpt from the letter:
As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn’t matter. I’ve stuck to those principles for my entire professional career, even when I’ve been directly asked “the gay question,” which happens occasionally. I did not address my sexual orientation in the memoir I wrote several years ago because it was a book focused on war, disasters, loss and survival. I didn’t set out to write about other aspects of my life. I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible. There continue to be far too many incidences of bullying of young people, as well as discrimination and violence against people of all ages, based on their sexual orientation, and I believe there is value in making clear where I stand.
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Last night I watched Anderson Cooper's coverage of the Obama administration's stance on the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy and his interview with Lt. Daniel Choi, a linguist fluent in Arabic, who is being kicked out of the military because he came out... Read the rest of this post
I used up my April Fools energy making an April Fool AskMe page on MetaFilter. Those of you in reference positions may appreciate the jokes even if you’re not closely acquainted with the community. If you reload that page, you’ll get to the main page of AskMe as it usually is. The other site admins and I really tried for something that was mostly funny and not very confusing. I never like feeling that I spend the whole day on the first of April fending off bad jokes at my expense.
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ZOMG! Those questions are like totally funny! SRSLY!
[…] Aashish Dalal, Chief Whiz wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI used up my April Fools energy making an April Fool AskMe page on MetaFilter. Those of you in reference positions may appreciate the jokes even if you’re not closely acquainted with the community. If you reload that page, you’ll get to … […]
Brill.
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“Where do babies come from? I asked over at Yahoo Answers but I’m all like NOWAI and they’re all like SRSLY. Hope me hivemind! ”
Just like everyday on Virtual Ref.
One spelling correction on your april fool AskMe page. Wookiee - is the correct spelling. I learned that while trying to confirm the name of Homer Simpson’s high-school cologne, “Scent of a Wookiee”
[…] [email protected] (Todd Bishop) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOne spelling correction on your april fool AskMe page. Wookiee - is the correct spelling. I learned that while trying to confirm the name of Homer Simpson’s high-school cologne, “Scent of a Wookiee” […]