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| Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD. | |||
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March 07, 2005
Ever since I saw him at a gay youth gathering on Dupont Circle, I knew... or at least I hoped. He's so serious, and he so needs a hug.
Actually, Anderson has only really been out in that he gracefully lives his life while never bothering to claim he’s straight. The child of complicated parents and a product of fame, class, and some darkness, he’s evolved into a fascinating paradox who’s reportorially fearless about everything but himself.
Sexuality-wise, he’s performed a delicate high-wire dance that most of the media have helped provide the silent accompaniment for (though the same scribes are not so timid about reporting on Christiane Amanpour’s marriage or Soledad O’Brien’s twins). Lengthy profiles have been written about Anderson that take pains to not mention anything romantic—but this ultrapolite routine makes the loosey-goosier press so antsy that in ’03, Metrosource magazine jumped the gun and called Anderson “openly gay.” (“He is? I guess now he is!” I responded at the time in my Village Voice column.) And last year, when a CNN.com transcript said he’d referred on the air to something gay as “we,” it prompted a blogging fury of sheer glee, until CNN pointed out that it was "he" and the world saddened.
[Anderson Cooper - OUT.com - 03-07-05]
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