Are you qutng your sexualy? Fd out if you’re gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual. Learn what the terms mean and if they apply to you.
Contents:
- WELE TO GAY FRIENDLY PUEBLO/SOUTHERN COLORADO
- AM I GAY?
- GAYT PLAC IN COLORADO FOR 2020
- ROB {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}TELEVISN BROADSTER ROB ROBERTS ROSE TO PROMENCE THE 1990S AS A HOST OF ESPN'S 'SPORTSCENTER' AND AS A GUT REPORTER ON ABC'S 'GOOD MORNG AMERI.' 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SHE WENT ON TO BEE A SPORTS REPORTER AND ANCHOR FOR A LOL TV STATN MISSISSIPPI. AT AGE 29, ROBERTS BEGAN HOSTG ESPN'S SPORTSCENTER AND, NOT LONG AFTER, APPEARG AS A GUT REPORTER ON GOOD MORNG AMERI. IN 2005, SHE WAS HIRED AS A FULL-TIME -ANCHOR OF THE MORNG NEWS PROGRAM. IN AUGT 2012, ROBERTS TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OM GOOD MORNG AMERI ORR TO UNRGO TREATMENT FOR A RARE BLOOD DISORR THAT SHE NTRACTED AFTER UNRGOG CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST NCER. SHE RETURNED TO THE SHOW ON FEBARY 20, 2013. IN EARLY 2014, ROBERTS OFFICIALLY ME OUT AS A GAY WOMAN.EARLY LIFEROB RENé ROBERTS WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 23, 1960, TKEGEE, ALABAMA AND GREW UP PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI. THE YOUNGT OF FOUR SIBLGS AND THE DGHTER OF A TKEGEE AIRMEN PILOT, ROBERTS SPENT HER CHILDHOOD CULTIVATG ATHLETIC AND AMIC SUCCS, GRADUATG AS HER HIGH SCHOOL'S SALUTATORIAN. HER SISTER, SALLY-ANN ROBERTS, BEME A LOL NEWS ANCHOR, AND ROB FOLLOWED HER FOOTSTEPS, EARNG A JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP AND A GREE MUNITNS OM SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSY.EARLY BROADST CAREERIMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATG OM LLEGE, ROBERTS ED HER UNIQUE BATN OF ATHLETIC TALENT AND JOURNALISTIC SKILL TO BEE A SPORTS REPORTER AND ANCHOR FOR A LOL TV STATN MISSISSIPPI. SHE PROGRSED AND SUCCEED, MOVG EVERY YEAR OR TWO TO A LARGER CY THE SOUTH — OM HATTIBURG TO BILOXI TO NASHVILLE AND THEN ATLANTA — AS HER POPULARY AND EXPERIENCE GREW.ESPN TO 'GOOD MORNG AMERI'AT AGE 29, ROBERTS WAS HIRED BY ESPN, WHERE SHE HOSTED THE WORK'S FLAGSHIP NEWS PROGRAM, SPORTSCENTER. AROUND THIS SAME TIME, SHE BEGAN MAKG APPEARANC AS A GUT REPORTER ON GOOD MORNG AMERI, A SHOW BROADST BY ABC, A SISTER WORK OF ESPN (BOTH WORKS ARE OWNED BY THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY).IN 2005, AFTER YEARS OF NTRIBUTG TO BOTH ESPN AND GOOD MORNG AMERI, ABC HIRED ROBERTS AS A FULL-TIME -ANCHOR OF THE MORNG NEWS PROGRAM. 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SHE WENT ON TO BEE A SPORTS REPORTER AND ANCHOR FOR A LOL TV STATN MISSISSIPPI. AT AGE 29, ROBERTS BEGAN HOSTG ESPN'S SPORTSCENTER AND, NOT LONG AFTER, APPEARG AS A GUT REPORTER ON GOOD MORNG AMERI. IN 2005, SHE WAS HIRED AS A FULL-TIME -ANCHOR OF THE MORNG NEWS PROGRAM. IN AUGT 2012, ROBERTS TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OM GOOD MORNG AMERI ORR TO UNRGO TREATMENT FOR A RARE BLOOD DISORR THAT SHE NTRACTED AFTER UNRGOG CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST NCER. SHE RETURNED TO THE SHOW ON FEBARY 20, 2013. IN EARLY 2014, ROBERTS OFFICIALLY ME OUT AS A GAY WOMAN.EARLY LIFEROB RENé ROBERTS WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 23, 1960, TKEGEE, ALABAMA AND GREW UP PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI. THE YOUNGT OF FOUR SIBLGS AND THE DGHTER OF A TKEGEE AIRMEN PILOT, ROBERTS SPENT HER CHILDHOOD CULTIVATG ATHLETIC AND AMIC SUCCS, GRADUATG AS HER HIGH SCHOOL'S SALUTATORIAN. HER SISTER, SALLY-ANN ROBERTS, BEME A LOL NEWS ANCHOR, AND ROB FOLLOWED HER FOOTSTEPS, EARNG A JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP AND A GREE MUNITNS OM SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSY.EARLY BROADST CAREERIMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATG OM LLEGE, ROBERTS ED HER UNIQUE BATN OF ATHLETIC TALENT AND JOURNALISTIC SKILL TO BEE A SPORTS REPORTER AND ANCHOR FOR A LOL TV STATN MISSISSIPPI. SHE PROGRSED AND SUCCEED, MOVG EVERY YEAR OR TWO TO A LARGER CY THE SOUTH — OM HATTIBURG TO BILOXI TO NASHVILLE AND THEN ATLANTA — AS HER POPULARY AND EXPERIENCE GREW.ESPN TO 'GOOD MORNG AMERI'AT AGE 29, ROBERTS WAS HIRED BY ESPN, WHERE SHE HOSTED THE WORK'S FLAGSHIP NEWS PROGRAM, SPORTSCENTER. AROUND THIS SAME TIME, SHE BEGAN MAKG APPEARANC AS A GUT REPORTER ON GOOD MORNG AMERI, A SHOW BROADST BY ABC, A SISTER WORK OF ESPN (BOTH WORKS ARE OWNED BY THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY).IN 2005, AFTER YEARS OF NTRIBUTG TO BOTH ESPN AND GOOD MORNG AMERI, ABC HIRED ROBERTS AS A FULL-TIME -ANCHOR OF THE MORNG NEWS PROGRAM. WHEN DIANE SAWYER, THEN AN ANCHOR ON GOOD MORNG AMERI, WAS NAMED ANCHOR OF ABC WORLD NEWS, THE WORK'S NIGHTTIME NEWS PROGRAM, ROBERTS AND {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}GEE STEPHANOPOULOS SERVED AS -ANCHORS. TOGETHER, THE TWO HELPED LEAD THE SHOW TO THE TOP OF THE PETIVE MORNG SHOW RATGS, BEATG NBC'S TODAY SHOW, WHICH HAD HELD THE NO. 1 SPOT FOR MORE THAN A .CANCER AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTIN AUGT 2012, ROBERTS TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OM GOOD MORNG AMERI ORR TO UNRGO TREATMENT FOR A RARE BLOOD DISORR THAT SHE NTRACTED AS A PLITN OF THE CHEMOTHERAPY SHE RECEIVED FOR BREAST NCER 2007. ROBERTS HAD A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT SEPTEMBER. {--DATA-EMBED-DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;CLEAR:BOTH;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}} A SPAN{RIGHT:1REM;} IMG{WIDTH:TO;HEIGHT:85VH;} A{DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;POSN:VAR(--POSN, RELATIVE);} IMG:NOT(.EWCW41W1){DISPLAY:BLOCK;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:FLEX-START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;}{WIDTH:100%;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}{WIDTH:0;M-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-TOP:0.625REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;MARG-BOTTOM:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.4;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTERITALIC,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}ROB {PADDG-LEFT:0REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;}PHOTO: MICHAEL LOCCISANO/GETTY IMAG FOR THE STEVE HARVEY FOUNDATN//GETTY IMAGON THE DAY SHE ANNOUNCED ON-AIR THAT SHE WAS SICK WH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME, THE WEBSE FOR BE THE MATCH, A NONPROF ANIZATN THAT KEEPS A NATNAL BONE MARROW DONATN REGISTRY, EXPERIENCED AN 1,800 PERCENT SPIKE DONORS. ROBERTS HERSELF DID NOT RELY ON THE REGISTRY, BUT RATHER ON HER SISTER, SALLY-ANN, WHO DOCTORS EMED AN EXCELLENT MATCH. NOHELS, ROBERTS ADVOTED FOR BONE MARROW DONATN VIA BE THE MATCH AND ENURAGED VIEWERS TO REGISTER.RETURN TO 'GMA'ON FEBARY 20, 2013, ROBERTS MA HER FIRST APPEARANCE ON GOOD MORNG AMERI SCE SHE HAD BEGUN TREATMENT. THE WORLD WNSED HER EMOTNAL RETURN AND HAPPY RNN WH THE GOOD MORNG AMERI STAFF. ROBERTS HELPED GOOD MORNG AMERI W S BT RATGS NUMBERS SCE THE MORNG AFTER THE PRINTIAL ELECTN NOVEMBER 2012, AS 6.1 LN VIEWERS TUNED TO SEE HER RETURN TO THE AIR. "I HAVE BEEN WAG 174 DAYS TO SAY THIS: GOOD MORNG, AMERI!" SHE SAID DURG THE SEGMENT.ROBERTS REMAS A POPULAR -HOST ON THE SHOW, ALONGSI STEPHANOPOULOS AND FORMER FOOTBALL STAR MICHAEL STRAHAN.BOOKS, AWARDS AND PERSONALTHE NEWS ANCHOR HAS THORED MULTIPLE BOOKS, CLUDG FROM THE HEART: 7 RUL TO LIVE BY AND EVERYBODY’S GOT SOMETHG.FOLLOWG HER REVERY, ROBERTS WAS HONORED AT THE 2013 ESPYS WH THE PRTIG ARTHUR ASHE COURAGE AWARD, WHICH WAS PRENTED BY BASKETBALL STAR LEBRON JAM. ADDNALLY, SHE RECEIVED THE WALTER CRONKE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE JOURNALISM 2014 AND WAS DUCTED TO THE SPORTS BROADSTG HALL OF FAME 2016.IN EARLY JANUARY 2014, ROBERTS OFFICIALLY ME OUT AS A GAY WOMAN ON GOOD MORNG AMERI. SHE HADN'T PUBLICLY DISCSED HER SEXUAL ORIENTATN PRR TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. THE PUBLIC ALSO GOT TO SEE A PHOTO OF ROBERTS'S GIRLIEND, AMBER LAIGN, ON THE SHOW, FOLLOWG THE NEWS ANCHOR'S {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
Gay - While this adjective has historilly scribed men who are attracted to other men, the term now is ed to refer to anyone who experienc romantic, emotnal, or physil attractn to people of the same genr.