CNN Anchor Don Lemon Reveals He Is Gay In New Memoir
CNN anchor Don Lemon has openly acknowledged that he is gay in his book "Transparent," set to be released June 16. He tweeted an article in the Sunday's New York Times about the book late Sunday night, later thanking his followers for their outpouring of support in the wake of his revelation.
"I think it would be great if everybody could be out," he was quoted in the Times interview. "But it's such a personal choice....I do have to say that the more people who come out, the better it is for everyone, certainly for the Tyler Clementis of the world."
The Times also reported that CNN Newsroom and the Joy Behar Show will be hosting Lemon Monday to share his story. "He has been assured of support by CNN," the Times said of his planned appearances.
Lemon has a history of pro-gay bias at CNN, featuring soft interviews of pro-gay figures and hinting that Christian churches preach the same hateful message against homosexuality that the fringe Westboro Baptist Church promotes – "God hates fags."
Last June, Lemon hosted former Army Lt. Dan Choi for a softball interview along with another homosexual activist. Choi became a poster boy for the gay-rights movement and the repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" when his open declaration of his sexuality sent him packing from the military. "Was it worth the prize for speaking out?" Lemon asked Choi of his honorable discharge from the Army.
Twice last summer, Lemon hosted the same-sex couple who was the subject of CNN's slanted documentary "Gary And Tony Have A Baby" and was sympathetic to their cause. Once he asked them if they were "role models" for the gay-rights movement. "How much pressure are you feeling with so much attention for your experience? Do you feel like the gay community, in many ways, view you guys as role models?"
He also featured former NBA player John Amaechi in 2007, who publicly came out as a homosexual after his career. Lemon asked Amaechi if the NBA is "mature" enough to handle an openly-gay player. "Do you think that the NBA now is ready for a player who may be out while they're playing? Do you think the league is mature enough to handle that?"
During a segment in March with ex-Catholic priest Fr. Alberto Cutie, Lemon outlandishly hinted that Christian churches preach the same hateful message against homosexuality that the fringe Westboro Baptist Church touts, whose website reads "God hates fags."
"So father, listen, do you consider Westboro – most people don't consider it a legitimate church, okay? But is this – aren't they saying the same thing that's reinforced by religion that's being preached from the pulpit in many churches on Sunday?"
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Support of CNN?
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 2:19pm.
I have the feeling this will get Lemon a raise over there.
→ The Lemon Song
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:13pm.
So now Anderson Cooper can act like it was Lemon that Rachel Maddow was talking about.
Lemon is a fruit?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 2:28pm.
Get outta here. AND he gets to be on Behar's show?
Wowee, this is too much good news in one day. /s
I know just what you mean. /s
Submitted by rockyracoon on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 2:38pm.
I know just what you mean. /s
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Okay,...
Submitted by pvoce on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 2:42pm.
And?....
From pariah to elevated class
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:51pm.
From pariah to elevated class in one generation!
Just look all you "others" that don't quite fit the mold - join us on the left and soon YOUR difference can be cachet!!!
Ronald Reagan
I had the misfortune
Submitted by sherlock1 on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:00pm.
to see his smarmy "panel discussion" on why conservatives don't like the rapper Common performing at the White House. No opposing voices were heard, and the obligatory smart-aleck remarks about Sarah Palin, and anyone else who is not black were more or less continuous. CNN is now embargoed at my house, and now that I know this twit is gay, and thus will be innoculated from criticism, it looks like the embargoe will last for a long time. Breaks my heart.
I have never understood the
Submitted by Liberallies on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:04pm.
I have never understood the whole "coming out" thing. If we are to take homosexuality as normal, why do they have do they make such a big deal about coming out and being gay. Who cares, right? Isn't that what the militant gay community wants us to think? So why make such a big deal about being gay?
Is there a heterosexual coming out day?
It's like a sweet sixteen
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:40pm.
It's like a sweet sixteen party. They come out and then everyone fawns over them for finally being honest about their lifestyle, you know, because everyone is just so darn mean to gays in the entertainment and news industry, just like Hitler was to the Jews, the white man was to the slaves, or Judge Judy was to that guy who didn't pay his part of the double-wide rent (just made that one up, btw).
→ Don Lemon
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:12pm.
And doubtless, has the ear of the President as well
There have been persistent rumors .....
Submitted by NL207 on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:14pm.
that BHO was on the down low back in his Chicago days.
→ Tru Dat 207
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:15pm.
Sumpin' 'bout a choir member, and of course, Larry Sinclair.
Did I mention Rahmbo was a ballet dancer?
So what if the Lemon-squeezer
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 11:36pm.
So what if the Lemon-squeezer is a black fag...............this is news or something??? Of course, it makes sense that he's an Obama guy...........Boy Barry's got all kinds of faggy friends of all colors and sizes.
Maybe I'll write a memoir about 'coming out' and declaring that I'm a straight white conservative......that would be a hell of a lot more provocotive than Lemon's admission.....and who gives a Kenyan Kow Krap about it anyhow???
And this effects me how?
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:13pm.
And this effects me how?
→ Not in the least
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:15pm.
CNN credibility has been going down for quite some time now.
W G A R A
Submitted by jdlybrand on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:19pm.
I mean really.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
Don Lemon is Gay?
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:29pm.
Seriously, it was as obvious as his liberalism -- at least to me it was. (Not that there's anything wrong with that...)
But.....but.....he looks so.........
Submitted by nonncom on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:41pm.
normal.....LOL.....knew it.....does anybody here care?....I mean, come on....if he wants to play that game and go to hell and burn, it's his choice....nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah....LOL....now, can we get on with something that actually matters.....
Gay or straight he is still
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:42pm.
Gay or straight he is still the most boring person on CNN. Michael moore should be excited.
Maybe he'll let Mikey Moore squeeze his lemon?
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:50pm.
If he hasn't already, I mean.
:-^)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Oh jeeeeeeeeeeez
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 11:40pm.
Oh jeeeeeeeeeeez Dave........I JUST came home, and I haven't had time for an adult beverage yet!!! That would be like piling a huge mound of mashed potatoes on top of a little bite of well-done steak!!!
Maybe CNN should change their name to GNN
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 3:55pm.
Then Lemon and Cooper could maybe do a show together.
They could call it Lemon/Cooper 6..... oh, never mind.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Jiminy Christmas, enough already!
Submitted by falcon on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 4:08pm.
If being gay is so "mainstream," why do they have to make a Big Deal™
out of it? That'd be like me saying, Hey, World, I'm myopic!Response from World: [yawn]
Seriously, who really gives a rat's patootie? His opinions carry no more weight than they did before he peeked out of the closet.
“I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership, that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose.” – Ronald Reagan, July 17, 1980.
What's in a
Submitted by jdhawk on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 4:42pm.
What's in a Name?
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This guy walks into a bar and two steps in, he realizes it's a gay bar. "But what the heck," he says, "I really want a drink."
When the gay waiter approaches, he says to the customer, "What's the name of your penis?"
The customer says, "Look, I'm not into any of that. All I want is a drink."
The gay waiter says, "I'm sorry but I can't serve you until you tell me the name of your penis. Mine for instance is called 'Nike,' for the slogan, 'Just Do It.' That guy down at the end of the bar calls his 'Snickers,' because 'It really Satisfies."
The customer looks dumbfounded so the bartender tells him he will give him a second to think it over. The customer asks the man sitting to his left, who is sipping on a beer, "Hey bud, what's the name of your penis?"
The man looks back and says with a smile, "TIMEX."
The thirsty customer asks, "Why Timex?"
The fella proudly replies, "Cause it takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin!"
A little shaken, the customer turns to the fella on his right, who is sipping a fruity Margarita and says, "So, what do you call your penis?"
The man turns to him and proudly exclaims, "FORD, because 'Quality is Job 1.' " Then he adds, "Have you driven a Ford, lately?"
Even more shaken, the customer has to think for a moment before he comes up with a name for his penis. Finally, he turns to the bartender and exclaims, "The name of my penis is 'Secret.' Now give me my beer."
The bartender begins to pour the customer a beer, but with a puzzled look asks, "Why secret?"
The customer says, "Because it's STRONG ENOUGH FOR A MAN, BUT MADE FOR A WOMAN!"
Very funny, but...
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 5:26pm.
NO!
Well I am just
Submitted by Kat Outta the Bag on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 5:46pm.
Well I am just shocked...shocked, I tell ya! Now if only Joy Behar will admit to being a transvestite maybe we can get on with our lives...
Well, apparantly - Kat - you
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 12:24am.
Well, apparantly - Kat - you came 'outta the bag'................so maybe you can write a book too!!! I'll be camped out at Border's to buy this blockbuster..............oh wait, the Border's here on my island closed a few weeks ago..........I guess Obamanomics was too good for it to stay open!!!
Whois
Submitted by alabamawingnut on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 8:22pm.
Don Lemon?
A memoir???
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 8:25pm.
This nobody wrote a memoir?? Is he kidding??
HA HA HA HA
How could some one fill up a book about
Submitted by OldJoe on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 9:24am.
"coming out"????
Lemon is a jerk first and gay second
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 8:35pm.
I boycott CNN for the reason that Don Lemon is a jerk first and gay second. I can't stand any of those people regardless of their orientation. Even if they got rid of clowns like Chetry, Blitzer, and Cafferty, I wouldn't watch them.
That does it.....
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 8:49pm.
I'm writing my memoir.....
HAHAHAHAHAHAWhy am I not
Submitted by buddyc on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 9:09pm.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Why am I not surprised??
Strike one a liberal
Strike two a homo
Strike three an Obama racer (racer = a black person who claims anyone who criticizes obama is a racist)
Stike four he works for CNN
I knew there was something weird about this guy.
Food for thought, Don. Then
Submitted by bkeyser on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 9:07pm.
Food for thought, Don. Then again... Strange day to emerge from the closet. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Oh, the excitement
Submitted by Chris Norman on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 12:58am.
Don Lemon has written his autobiography, huh? Gee, I bet Barnes & Noble and Borders are hiring tons of extra security guards, bracing for the mobs...
Yeah
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 9:43am.
Why would any publisher pay for autobiographies from self-absorbed MSM clowns?
This book will start on the $5 bargain table before it shifts to Dollar Tree.
Galv,
Submitted by Chris Norman on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 11:37pm.
...where it will be on the half price table. I don't why anyone would be interested in publishing anything about Don Lemon - other than the phone book company. :)
Another bitter
Submitted by misterbee241 on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 10:15am.
gay in the media. Yawn.
I think social conservatives
Submitted by redfish on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 1:34pm.
I think social conservatives need to be encouraged to come out of the closet. Someone should make t-shirts that say "I disagree with gay marriage" get it distributed, have a coming out day, and see what the reaction is.
I hear Don Lemon is joing the tea party
Submitted by woburn828 on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 8:22pm.
Now I understand why he and Anderson Cooper always referred to the "tea baggers" so often. They were practicing what they were preaching. I do crack myself up.