Oct 18, 2011 7:36 PM GMT
ABC Anchor Dan Kloeffler Comes Out
http://www.gayrelevant.com/common/viewcontentHTML.cfm?ID=163292
His blog
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2011/10/to-boldly-go/
[quote]"Kind of a big moment for me while filling in on World News Now," Kloeffler wrote in a blog post, "which is by far the most fun you can legally have at 3:00 in the morning!" (Kloeffler's co-host Yunji de Nies, perhaps not realizing how a big a moment it was, laughed through that part of the segment.)
Kloeffler, a former NBC News staffer and MSNBC host, said he had never disclosed his sexual orientation on the air "even though I've been out to my family, friends and co-workers for years."
"In fact, an old boyfriend--now best friend--has always given me a hard time about not doing so," Kloeffler wrote. "But for the same reason that Zach decided to come out, I too, no longer wanted to hide this part of my life.
"There have been too many tragic endings and too many cases of bullying because of intolerance," he continued. "As a kid I wanted someone to look up to, someone that could relate to the feelings I was having. Most of all, I wanted to know that it would get better."[/quote]
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/gay-abc-news-anchor-comes-while-talking-star-161335588.html
http://www.gayrelevant.com/common/viewcontentHTML.cfm?ID=163292
His blog
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2011/10/to-boldly-go/
[quote]"Kind of a big moment for me while filling in on World News Now," Kloeffler wrote in a blog post, "which is by far the most fun you can legally have at 3:00 in the morning!" (Kloeffler's co-host Yunji de Nies, perhaps not realizing how a big a moment it was, laughed through that part of the segment.)
Kloeffler, a former NBC News staffer and MSNBC host, said he had never disclosed his sexual orientation on the air "even though I've been out to my family, friends and co-workers for years."
"In fact, an old boyfriend--now best friend--has always given me a hard time about not doing so," Kloeffler wrote. "But for the same reason that Zach decided to come out, I too, no longer wanted to hide this part of my life.
"There have been too many tragic endings and too many cases of bullying because of intolerance," he continued. "As a kid I wanted someone to look up to, someone that could relate to the feelings I was having. Most of all, I wanted to know that it would get better."[/quote]
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/gay-abc-news-anchor-comes-while-talking-star-161335588.html