Anderson Cooper Comes Out as Gay; Disses Bi People

Anderson Cooper Shirtless – Getting a Spray Tan with Snooki from “Jersey Shore” on His Show “Anderson”

Anderson Cooper finally came out as gay through his friend’s online Daily Beast column.

Many people already knew he was gay, and many did not really care if he was or was not.

The Advocate magazine outed him and actress Jodie Foster several years ago.

His public outing was more of a “who cares and we knew” style similar to when “American Idol” singer Clay Aiken did the same.

However, Cooper is not as open minded as many people watching him may be. He has publicly dissed bisexual people.

On his own show on CNN over a year ago, he was discussing the topic of someone being gay, and the person in question was bisexual – disgraced preacher Ted Haggard.

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Haggard stated after his gay affair became public that he was still married to his wife and attracted to her, and he felt he was somewhere in the middle of the spectrum between 100% straight and 100% gay.

Cooper seemed confused, uncompassionate and stated that “you’re either gay or you’re not.”

However, a lot of people are bi. According to various anthropology and sociology studies, more people around the world engage in bi behavior than strictly “straight” or strictly “gay” behavior through their lives.

One would think an educated person, such as Cooper would understand this concept.

In his statement below, he mentions gay and lesbian people, but he again leaves out bi people. Their existence is erased from the LGBT community in his mind it seems.

The author Anderson Cooper gave the permission to print his first public “coming out” statement began his article by justifying why he should even write about a celebrity having gay attractions, as if that topic was beneath him and only suitable for tabloid magazines.

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Andrew Sullivan of The Dish: Biased and Balanced of The Daily Beast wrote: “Last week, Entertainment Weekly ran a story on an emerging trend: gay people in public life who come out in a much more restrained and matter-of-fact way than in the past. In many ways, it’s a great development: we’re evolved enough not to be gob-smacked when we find out someone’s gay. But it does matter nonetheless, it seems to me, that this is on the record. We still have pastors calling for the death of gay people, bullying incidents and suicides among gay kids, and one major political party dedicated to ending the basic civil right to marry the person you love. So these “non-events” are still also events of a kind; and they matter. The visibility of gay people is one of the core means for our equality.

“All of which is a prelude to my saying that I’ve known Anderson Cooper as a friend for more than two decades. I asked him for his feedback on this subject, for reasons that are probably obvious to most. Here’s his email in response which he has given me permission to post here:”

Andrew, as you know, the issue you raise is one that I’ve thought about for years. Even though my job puts me in the public eye, I have tried to maintain some level of privacy in my life. Part of that has been for purely personal reasons. I think most people want some privacy for themselves and the people they are close to.

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But I’ve also wanted to retain some privacy for professional reasons. Since I started as a reporter in war zones 20 years ago, I’ve often found myself in some very dangerous places. For my safety and the safety of those I work with, I try to blend in as much as possible, and prefer to stick to my job of telling other people’s stories, and not my own. I have found that sometimes the less an interview subject knows about me, the better I can safely and effectively do my job as a journalist.

I’ve always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly. 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.

Recently, however, I’ve begun to consider whether the unintended outcomes of maintaining my privacy outweigh personal and professional principle. It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something – something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true.

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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.

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.

I have always been very open and honest about this part of my life with my friends, my family, and my colleagues. In a perfect world, I don’t think it’s anyone else’s business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted. I’m not an activist, but I am a human being and I don’t give that up by being a journalist.

Since my early days as a reporter, I have worked hard to accurately and fairly portray gay and lesbian people in the media – and to fairly and accurately portray those who for whatever reason disapprove of them. It is not part of my job to push an agenda, but rather to be relentlessly honest in everything I see, say and do. I’ve never wanted to be any kind of reporter other than a good one, and I do not desire to promote any cause other than the truth.

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Being a journalist, traveling to remote places, trying to understand people from all walks of life, telling their stories, has been the greatest joy of my professional career, and I hope to continue doing it for a long time to come. But while I feel very blessed to have had so many opportunities as a journalist, I am also blessed far beyond having a great career.

I love, and I am loved.

In my opinion, the ability to love another person is one of God’s greatest gifts, and I thank God every day for enabling me to give and share love with the people in my life. I appreciate your asking me to weigh in on this, and I would be happy for you to share my thoughts with your readers. I still consider myself a reserved person and I hope this doesn’t mean an end to a small amount of personal space. But I do think visibility is important, more important than preserving my reporter’s shield of privacy.

Cooper was uncomfortable branding himself to the public as gay, but for one of the first episodes of his afternoon talk show he deemed it significant and was comfortable interviewing “Jersey Shore” moron Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and getting shirtless to have a muscle-sculpting spray tan with her.

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Snooki told the “Anderson” camera: “I had no idea that Mr. Anderson has muscles.

“He had like a huge, peanut muscle [the shape of his pecs coming together]. It was cool.

“You look like Ronnie [steroid looking bodybuilder in "Jersey Shore"]!”