Robin Roberts Has Come Out

[Nancyg56]

*yawn* Why is this news? Did she just realize she was gay? Cuz just about everyone else already figured it out. Who cares who she loves?

There is a difference between not denying your sexual orientation and acknowledging it. Unless you are in a professional environment that depends on your "discretion" there is no way to explain the impact mistaking one with the other can have on your career.

Gosh, I really don't give a darn. There was no need for Robin or Brian Boitano to "come out". I KNEW BB was gay back in 1988 and figured she was long ago. I don't feel the need to shout my sexuality to the world and darn sure don't want to hear about their's.

Bu the difference is that if you wanted to "shout it out" you could. Yoour professional future would ot be at risk.

It is still important in 2013 that this is newsworthy? That "coming out" is an event? Seriously, I want to make sure I'm not being insensitive (as a white hetero male). Is this something still worth attention? Even though it sounds like she wasn't making a spectacle of it. It's like when Anderson Cooper finally "came out", mostly because people wouldn't stop freaking asking.

I believe that it still is necessary. Until people stop "knowing" someone is gay, men and women whose careers give them visibility will need to continue to "come out" publicly so that eventually the "issue" no longer exists.

You know, I don't care who people love but I also don't understand why people need to announce who they love or somehow "come out".

25 -50 years ago it was an "issue". These days not so much. At least not in my opinion.

It still is. My previous employer had a very gay friendly environment, at least I thought that was the case. They hire openly gay men, and made sure there was plenty notice that we were zero tolerance in regards to any sort of harassment. And then I attended the Holiday party. My friend, who was a manager there, brought a girl, and not his "roomie". You see, it was okay to be openly gay if you were not in management, but managers needed to be perceived as straight. After that party, I understood why he referred to his partner as his roomie.


I cannot even pretend to understand what it must be like to walk that line, and I do not want people I love to need to do that. That is why every time someone comes forward and acknowledges their sexuality, a roadblock is removed for someone else, who may not have the security of financial, emotional and professional support.

 

[A_Princess'_Daddy]

By all means. I hope this means you NEVER acknowledge your opposite sex relationships....no hand holding, no wedding announcement, no saying "my husband (or wife, or boyfriend, or girlfriend)"....because all of these are obviously spreading around "what I do in the bedroom" (since obviously Robin Roberts saying "my girlfriend" is telling others what she does in the bedroom.

Perfectly said!

 

[Tuffcookie]

Never really gave it any thought. She's terrifically talented, and seems like a genuinely nice human being. Best of everything to her

TC

 

[gottaluvPluto]

I have no idea why this is news. She never kept it a secret that she was gay or that she had a girlfriend.

 

[Mokat76]

I have no idea why this is news. She never kept it a secret that she was gay or that she had a girlfriend.

It's not news. It's gossip, but that's what passes for news these days.

 

[Metsfan520]

It's still worthy of attention as long as you have people like Phil Robertson discussing their views. Young people NEED to see positive stories to counter balance the hatred that is out there.

Exactly.

 

[CPT Tripss]

It's still worthy of attention as long as you have people like Phil Robertson discussing their views. Young people NEED to see positive stories to counter balance the hatred that is out there.

And to think. Robin has long been "out" and obvious as being devoutly religious . . . wonder how old Phil deals with this.

I have no idea why this is news. She never kept it a secret that she was gay or that she had a girlfriend.

Really? When did Robin previously publicly mention either of those in the same ways she talked about her faith?


She is a strong, brave woman who is a role model for many younger women . . . it says a lot about US society that she never felt comfortable allowing this part of her life have equal status with other aspects of her life.

 

[snapppyd]

Honesty who cares? Keep what you do in the bedroom to yourself.

When did she discuss what she does in the bedroom.

Protip: If you're straight, please refrain from wondering out loud why anyone "has to come out" or "why it's a big deal" - you don't get it and never will. This isn't an insult, just a fact.

Gay kids are still killing themselves. Gay adults are still being murdered. The world is not a utopia just because the general public doesn't pee their pants and clutch their pearls over gay celebrities anymore.

I would love it if we lived in a world where it genuinely didn't matter who you love and nobody would blink an eye when a man they don't know says "my husband" - but that isn't the world we're living in, even in the good old 'free country' US of A, and if you think it is, I think you've watched too much Modern Family and Glee.

This. Even in NYC, which has a large gay population, gay men are beaten and sometimes killed just for being gay. The world is not Disney.

 

[NFLDERS]

Now that is a surprise to me!

Never knew Robin was gay. Thanks for posting this.

Maybe a yawn for some, but for others in the gay community that are young people I feel it is wonderful thing. Esp. kids in HS. They have it so rough.

The more "extraordinary" people reported about; the more conversations with support (strength in numbers).

 

[Robinrs]

When did she discuss what she does in the bedroom.



This. Even in NYC, which has a large gay population, gay men are beaten and sometimes killed just for being gay. The world is not Disney.

I've only lived in and worked in professions with large gay populations and am STILL shocked at the backwoods negativity about homosexuality still prevalent in the world. I guess that's what truly SUX about the internet, you're now privy to what EVERYONE thinks, even if you don't know them and never will.

I'd prefer someone "come out" to someone who pretends they are NOT, which happens a lot in the business. Being in the "down low" is not only dangerous, it's just setting yourself up for an "outting" that you may not be prepared for. Recently a very famous deejay in NY was "outed" because he was caught with a male prostitute. His strong denial was proof that certain groups of people are still not accepting of this lifestyle and he is well aware of it.

I personally know 3 or 4 people who are afraid of "coming out" because of how it will affect their families or careers. In (almost) 2014????

The whole Duck Dynasty debacle showed all too clearly how some people REALLY feel, all you have to do is see where people stand on it.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

The whole Duck Dynasty debacle showed all too clearly how some people REALLY feel, all you have to do is see where people stand on it.

I don't think that's a fair thing to assume.

 

[Mkrop]

Happy for her...glad she is healthy and happy in her life. She just seems like a nice lady.

But I was another one who thought she has already acknowledged being gay but maybe I have her confused with someone else.

 

[Jessica14]

I love Robin and am first and foremost do relived that she had someone during her illnesses. It's great to have friends and family, but a life partner is something else.

I guess I always assumed she was gay and I'm sure her friends, family, and colleagues have always known. She just publicly acknowledged her significant other who happens to be a woman.

And if it were a non issue, Amber would have been holding her hand during her announcement in 2012 and not Josh Elliot. Amy Robach's husband was holding her hand during her announcement about her breast cancer. I also hope it becomes a non-issue, but I know way too many people who don't feel that way.