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"    Photo: Getty Images On Sunday, Good Morning America news anchor Robin Roberts publicly acknowledged her sexuality for the first time in a Facebook post. Only it wasn&amp;#039;t a coming out announcement. The post is a year&amp;#039;s end reflection on her recovery from a bone marrow transplant to treat a rare blood disorder.    Post by Robin Roberts.  The post obviously made headlines along the lines of &amp;quot;Robin Roberts Comes Out!&amp;quot; but it&amp;#039;s worth noting that Roberts does not even mention her sexual orientation until the sixth paragraph. Roberts&amp;#039; &amp;quot;coming out&amp;quot; marks the latest in a string of similar announcements from celebrities who have chosen to open up about their sexuality on their own terms, in their own words. There was Olympic diver Tom Daley, who revealed, via YouTube, that he is in a relationship with a man. And just a few weeks ago actress Maria Bello penned a &amp;quot;Modern Love&amp;quot; column for the New York Times (as well as a follow-up to that column) in which she acknowledged that she is in a relationship with her best friend Clare. However, Bello&amp;#039;s column wasn&amp;#039;t about her sexuality. Rather, it was about the complicated relationships within her &amp;quot;modern&amp;quot; family. The age of a big coming out announcement splashed across the covers of tabloids is clearly over. Celebrities no longer need the support of major outlets to get their message out (and twist it) when they have their own platforms online. And how refreshing that when these public figures do choose to make announcements about their sexuality, it&amp;#039;s done nonchalantly, casually, as if it&amp;#039;s no big deal. Because, really, it isn&amp;#039;t. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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