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"&lt;img alt=\"Anderson Cooper ... The fact is, I am gay.\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/07/02/0702-anderson-cooper-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anderson Cooper&lt;/strong&gt; has revealed ... he's gay and he's proud. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cooper made the announcement in a letter to &lt;strong&gt;Andrew Sullivan&lt;/strong&gt;, who was doing a story for &lt;a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/07/anderson-cooper-the-fact-is-im-gay.html\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TheDailyBeast.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; about the social impact of famous people who come out as gay. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sullivan reached out to Cooper for his thoughts, to which Anderson replied with a letter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"There continue to be far too many incidences of bullying of young people, as well as discrimination and violence against people of all ages, based on their sexual orientation, and I believe there is value in making clear where I stand,\" Cooper wrote. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn&amp;#8217;t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"I have always been very open and honest about this part of my life with my friends, my family, and my colleagues. In a perfect world, I don't think it's anyone else's business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted. I&amp;#8217;m not an activist, but I am a human being and I don't give that up by being a journalist.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://photos.toofab.com/galleries/out_in_hollywood#tab=fab_photos\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0702_out_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/07/02/0702-out-footer-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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