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CNN Host Compares Mitt Romney To Segregationist Governor

Posted 05.14.2012

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CNN's Don Lemon compared Mitt Romney to infamous segregationist governor George Wallace on his Sunday show. Lemon said that Romney's recent comment...

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WATCH: Don Lemon Defends Controversial Stance On 'N-Word'

Posted 04.16.2012

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CNN's Don Lemon had a lively debate with two conservative guests about journalists' use of the "n-word" in their reporting on Saturday night. Lemo...

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WATCH: Whoopi Goldberg, Don Lemon Support Saying Full N-Word

Posted 04.10.2012

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"View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg and CNN anchor Don Lemon argued for journalists to say the full n-word on air while reporting stories. On Saturday,...

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LISTEN: CNN's Don Lemon Opens Up To 'The Six Pack' About Being A 'Black And Gay' Voice In TV News

Ben Harvey | Posted 04.05.2012

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WATCH: CNN Host Reveals Ugly Responses To His Trayvon Martin Coverage

Posted 04.03.2012

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CNN's Don Lemon directed viewers not to send him any more incendiary tweets over his coverage of Trayvon Martin's death on Sunday. Martin was unar...

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LGBT Celebs And Allies Share Their Top Moments Of 2011

Posted 12.28.2011

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From the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" to gay marriage coming to New York, 2011 was an incredible year for the LGBT community. In honor of the ...

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CNN Anchor Admits Typecasting

Posted 12.23.2011

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CNN anchor Don Lemon made a surprising admission about the network that employs him in a cover story for Creative Loafing Atlanta (CLA). The interview...

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Talented People Should Not Fear Coming Out

Laurence Watts | Posted 01.14.2012

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Luke Evans has the talent, not to mention the biceps. Having appeared in Clash of the Titans and the recent Three Musketeers, and with a part in the upcoming Hobbit movies, his Hollywood resume is filling out nicely. So why now hide his sexuality?

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Attention Mainstream Christians: Be Fruitful And Amplify

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.07.2011

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Clearly, the loving and inclusive rhetoric of some mainstream Christians is fruitful. The million-dollar question is how do we get such voices to multiply and amplify?

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Don Lemon: 'I Feel Free'

Posted 10.30.2011

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Don Lemon spoke to NPR last week about his new role and responsibilities as a gay public figure. It's been just three months since the CNN anchor p...

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WATCH: Don Lemon Calls Out Bachmann, Thanks Palin

Posted 10.15.2011

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CNN's Don Lemon channeled his inner Jon Stewart on Sunday when he called out Michele Bachmann for her reliance on the same few phrases during her tour...

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CNN Host's Highly Contentious Clash With Tea Party Senator Over Debt Ceiling

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 09.30.2011

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CNN's Don Lemon had a very testy exchange with Sen. Rand Paul about the debt ceiling drama on Saturday night. As the House and Senate again failed ...

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WATCH: Stephen Colbert Calls Out Don Lemon

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 09.27.2011

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Every once in a while, Stephen Colbert likes to give a shout-out to the people who change our world for the better in a segment called "Difference Mak...

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CNN's Don Lemon: A Lesson in Style, Grace, and Transparency

Malcolm Harris | Posted 08.22.2011

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To spend five minutes with CNN anchor and now author, Don Lemon, is the equivalent to spending invaluable time in the presence of style, elegance and perseverance.

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WATCH: CNN's Don Lemon Asks Rick Santorum If He Has Gay Friends

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 08.14.2011

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CNN's Don Lemon asked Republican presidential candidate if he has any gay friends on Monday. Lemon, who publicly revealed he is gay in May, was spe...

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CNN Anchor: 'I Was Born Gay'

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 07.17.2011

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CNN's Don Lemon capped off what was surely one of the biggest days of his life by sitting down with Joy Behar on Monday night to talk about his public...

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Thank You, Don Lemon

Keith Boykin | Posted 07.16.2011

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By standing up for who he is, Don Lemon will help to placate the fears of other black gay men and lesbians who are waiting to do the same.

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CNN Anchor: I'm Gay

Posted 07.16.2011

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CNN anchor Don Lemon has come out. In a new book, "Transparent," Lemon talks about his life and his sexuality, and he revealed that he is gay in an in...

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Something Is Happening On A Sunday, So Let's Vamp: The Mediagasm

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.02.2011

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Before we got the news Sunday night, America got about a solid hour of ramping and vamping, as newspeople took to the teevee to make wild speculation about what it was that they were all summoned back to work to report.

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CNN Tackles HIV and (GASP!) Just About Succeeds

Kellee Terrell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mr. Cooper: You and your staff did a good job researching the topic, presenting its history and illuminating some of the pertinent barriers that we face today.

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CNN's Don Lemon, A Game Changer

Trish Kinney | Posted 11.17.2011

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Mr. Lemon deserves our support for courageously choosing to reveal his own painful story. How very few role models we have in our society for "telling," especially when it is the abuser who has the power in such relationships.

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CNN Anchor Admits Childhood Sexual Abuse

Posted 05.25.2011

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CNN anchor Don Lemon admitted over the weekend that he was a victim of a pedophile as a child. Lemon made the startling announcement on live TV while...

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On Racism, Death Threats and the Blindness of Those Who Will Not See

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

We're living in a world where the behavior of right-wing lynch mobs clearly is far less about ideology, and far more about partisanship and racial hate.

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Don Lemon & CNN: No to "Real Americans," Yes to Real Journalism!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Can anyone tell me of any wall to wall on-site coverage of peace movement events over the past six years where the corporate press offered extensive air-time to listen to progressive leaders? I don't recall that ever happening. Do you?

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Don Lemon: Critics Of Michael Jackson Coverage Are "Elitist"

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Appearing on CNN's Reliable Sources, CNN anchor Don Lemon emphatically defended the media's extensive coverage of Michael Jackson's death over the las...

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