Male gay news reporters on abc
Robin Roberts, Anderson Cooper, Gio Benitez: the LGBTQ TV anchors leading the charge
Reporting on everything going on around the world, news anchors have been integral parts of our waking moments since the advent of television. And when they find the strength to detect openly as Gay, they provide comfort to millions of other viewers in their community.
Several journalists on television own come out in recent years to immense waves of support, leading the charge at major networks like ABC, NBC, and CNN.
This pride month, we're taking a watch at some of the most prominent anchors on daytime and primetime TV who identify as LGBTQ+ (lesbian, queer , bisexual, queer, or otherwise) and own left a unforgettable impact with their work and presence.
Robin Roberts
A host of Good Morning America since 2005, Robin first came out as a lesbian in a 2013 Facebook post, where she first revealed she was in a relationship with boyfriend Amber Laign.
Her coming out was a powerful moment, primary to ABC News and even Michelle Obama releasing statements of support at the time. The 62-year-old and Amber have been together for nearly 18 years, and even plan to tie t
Top Television News Anchors Who Identify as LGBTQ
Lesbian, Gay, Bi-curious, Transgender and Gender non-conforming television newscasters contain a prominent profile in many countries around the nature. As the tackle of daily newscasts and commentaries, they play a role in conveying honesty, reliability, diversity, and comfort in a tumultuous world of news and events. This list of individuals is often seen at the forefront of breaking news on a daily basis, and they reflect the presence of the community itself in society. So while the number of LGBTQ individuals in the media is important, how they are conveyed to the public is equally important - the authority of a newscaster seen on a regular basis instills an aura of tolerance and acceptance of the broad range of sexual culture.
Many of the daily stories they cover reference the LGBTQ community and its issues. In many cases these are the headline stories. Media plays an important part in conveying an understanding of the role sexuality plays in our daily lives. Though not specifically tasked with the mandate, the presence of these individuals in the news industry helps to foster unbiased and accurate coverage of LGBTQ issues around the society.
Mon Schafter (they/she) is a Walkley Award-winning journalist who leads the content for ABCQueer, the ABC's house of stories and tip for young LGBTQIA+ Australians.
An experienced presenter and reporter, Mon has hosted the Mardi Gras procession on ABC TV, the ABC’s Innies + Outies podcast featuring uniquely Australian stories about coming out and staying in, and has told countless stories for the 7.30 program and comedic current affairs show Hungry Beast.
Mon has interviewed Hollywood's biggest names including Jodie Foster and Margot Robbie, human rights pioneers like former High Court Justice Michael Kirby, and LGBTQIA+ trailblazers such as non-binary creator and Olympian Casey Legler, and Mercury Prize-winning artist Anohni — not to mention hundreds of everyday Australians with fascinating stories.
Mon created the ABC’s cross-generational series, OK Boomer, OK Zoomer, and in 2020 was named as one of Australia's Outstanding 50 LGBTQI+ Leaders in the 'Out50' report.
How ABC News took a chance on me, and its website, 25 years ago: Reporter's Notebook
In the spring of 1997, there were changes coming to ABC News. Some large. Some small.
Let me chat about a small one first.
In April of that year, executives took a risk and opened the door to a 26-year-old Black and gay whistleblower who had only worked a short time in local news. I was just four years out of college, but at the time, I was what you might dial necessary progress.
At each of the major broadcast news networks in the behind 1990s, you were prosperous to see a handful of Black or brown faces telling America’s stories -- and that’s in front of and behind the cameras. It was an entirely different earth than the news reporters and anchors who we see on our flatscreens and mobile devices today, who look much more like the audiences we serve and who inform from those lived experiences.
This was also a period of a vastly diverse technology, where Americans and people around the society consumed media in antiquated ways. Video looked nothing like it does now. Television screens and pc monitors were a distinct shape. And what passed for high definition was a blurry picture.
It’s tough to be
Steve Osunsami
Steve Osunsami is an award-winning senior national correspondent for ABC News based in Atlanta, Georgia. He reports for “World News Tonight with David Muir,” “Good Morning America,” “Nightline,” ABC News Live and other ABC News broadcasts, platforms, special events and primetime specials.
He began his career at ABC News in 1997. Osunsami is one of the network’s longest-serving correspondents. For nearly three decades, Osunsami has reported on various breaking, investigative, legal, political, medical and human-interest events. His work focuses greatly on the social justice issues of our time: racial discrimination, the wrongly imprisoned, gay marriage, culture wars, and the debate over the policing of Ebony and brown communities.
Most recently, Osunsami led a team that spent from 2023 through 2024 investigating the rise in diabetic limb amputations across America and, in particular, discovering why these life-altering surgeries were happening more often in minority communities.
In 2021, former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter selected Osunsami for what would become their final television interview. The news special chronicled thei