Some of you sound so ridiculous smh of course a new born won't show signs being gay you idiots 🤦🏿♀️ I've babysat my whole life and I'm here to tell you FACTS early as 4-5 yo and up is when you can tell 💯 now yes it's many other cases why ppl BECOME gay but yes YALL smh in MOST cases you are born gay 🤷🏿♀️
I just found out today that he came out...I didn't even know he wasn't straight!! Lol.. I started watching him a few months ago and love him....I think he looks better the older he gets 😉
I am a straight woman, but man Lemon is an elegant< articulate and thoughtful man. Very handsome too! Courageous. Smart. Smart. love him and admire him. keep going Don!!!!!
I watched CNN's coverage of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy and as a reporter he was awesome. Very respectful, very comforting, handled it like a champion. We need more news reporters like him.
I had no idea he was gay....... God, he is one well put together man to be almost 50. He doesn't look his age, he carries himself with a lot of respect, and he is such a nice looking man. He can literally get anyone he wants. He represents himself in a very fashionable and perfect way and not afraid of the skin he's in.
I think you will find more gay men like him than you would with straight men. I say this not out of hate, but mere fact. We, as gay men are far more aware of the power of appearance and aesthetics than are heteros and as such we put those thoughts and practices in motion so we do look act and are refined and put together all the time. Looking good and carrying oneself well is something that takes time....a LOT of time. I applaud your great commentary whether or not you are gay. If you are straight, I stand while applauding your openness to see and positively comment on a man's appearance and obvious care for how he looks and who he is. Thank you!
***** It don't matter, that's their preference. I find it funny that you being a grown ass man is worried or bothered whom another man is fucking, sounds pretty suspect to me
***** then why you worried about it? LOL...... cause I'm not gonna walk on egg shells and feel uncomfortable, I'm a grown man too and I don't answer to nobody
What difference does it makes if a person is GAY or STRAIGHT? Everyone has their own life to live, if we all would focus on living our own lives and mind our business, the world would be a much better place.
Couldn't agree with you more! Straight man don't get that kind of attention so why all the fuss with gay man on mainstream media? Total non-sense! Good for you if you're gay, but the world really doesn't need to know.
And by the way Don Lemon, no one is born gay including you. You were simply born "straight" into a society that confused and convinced you that being gay is okay, that associating with a certain gender is "who you truly are". You are not the body you occupy, it is only a vessel. There is something eternal and non-physical within you that is independent of gender, of race, of background and of any societal label/association. People need to understand that "being homosexual, bisexual or trans " is a creation of this world, a creation of the very few who's sole intention is to enslave and destroy humanity; it does not and will never exist outside of our planet, which is merely a spec in a multi-verse. We are simply a confused species being fooled into our own destruction, and people like YOU Don Lemon are not helping by being a part of that non-sense!
I can understand how a man can love another man.. I just don't understand why he would like to have sex with him... so.. I guess that makes me straight... hey everybody.. I'm straight... is that okay today? .. no need to congratulate me.... .But I do feel better today for coming out....
I was born gay. I realized it when I turned 16 😂. FOH MANE. I didn’t know what I’d like until I found a playboy magazine under my dad‘s Bathroom sink. Society needs to cut the bullshit man
DON LEMON: I love that you don't act like a girl, talk like a girl and dress like a girl just because you're GAY. THANK YOU for not acting fruity, weak and girly.
Not mankind just certain men that influence other men. I’m glad we still have real men to influence the future. We still stand a chance. It’s not about how many can stand up. It’s about what the ones standing up can do to make this world better. We will over come by the grace of God.
Thank you for putting that out there. We have curses that must be broken from ancestors. Most gay people say someone is judging when they speak of not practicing homosexuality. If one is born gay, that do not mean he is subject to stay gay do to the curse of the flesh. I am the witness and firm believer that man can change. I refused to indulge and be gay. Sin is sin and you must refuse to stay in sin. I fight daily with my flesh and I will never give up on studying & training in the Word.
I'm not really familiar with Don Lemon but saw a video on him this morning which was rather interesting. While he was talking, I was thinking how handsome he is and then something inside me thought "he's probably gay". So out of boredom, I looked it up and low and behold he is.
As a gay man, I sympathize. As a conservative, I feel attacked. To the point of if it will affect his career? I didn't even know he was gay until now. Admittedly, I'm young, but that just shows how much his sexuality doesn't matter. I dislike Lemon because he's wrong.
Don, Stop Lying! You came out because Madame Wendy Williams, the Queen of Hollywood Gossip, found out about your frequenting known Gay Bars, and she broke the Story. In fact, you went on her Show 1st to go public, and you said this was the reason why you decided to come out.
Excerpted from OTToday: Eight major studies of identical twins in Australia, the U.S., and Scandinavia during the last two decades all arrive at the same conclusion: gays were not born that way. “At best genetics is a minor factor,” says Dr. Neil Whitehead, PhD. Whitehead worked for the New Zealand government as a scientific researcher for 24 years, then spent four years working for the United Nations and International Atomic Energy Agency. Most recently, he serves as a consultant to Japanese universities about the effects of radiation exposure. His PhD is in biochemistry and statistics. Identical twins have the same genes or DNA. They are nurtured in equal prenatal conditions. If homosexuality is caused by genetics or prenatal conditions and one twin is gay, the co-twin should also be gay. “Because they have identical DNA, it ought to be 100%,” Dr. Whitehead notes. But the studies reveal something else. “If an identical twin has same-sex attraction the chances the co-twin has it are only about 11% for men and 14% for women.” Because identical twins are always genetically identical, homosexuality cannot be genetically dictated. “No-one is born gay,” he notes. “The predominant things that create homosexuality in one identical twin and not in the other have to be post-birth factors.” The predominant things that create homosexuality in one identical twin and not in the other have to be post-birth factors. Dr. Whitehead believes same-sex attraction (SSA) is caused by “non-shared factors,” things happening to one twin but not the other, or a personal response to an event by one of the twins and not the other. For example, one twin might have exposure to pornography or sexual abuse, but not the other. One twin may interpret and respond to their family or classroom environment differently than the other. “These individual and idiosyncratic responses to random events and to common environmental factors predominate,” he says. The first very large, reliable study of identical twins was conducted in Australia in 1991, followed by a large U.S. study about 1997. Then Australia and the U.S. conducted more twin studies in 2000, followed by several studies in Scandinavia, according to Dr. Whitehead. “Twin registers are the foundation of modern twin studies. They are now very large, and exist in many countries. A gigantic European twin register with a projected 600,000 members is being organized, but one of the largest in use is in Australia, with more than 25,000 twins on the books.” A significant twin study among adolescents shows an even weaker genetic correlation. In 2002 Bearman and Brueckner studied tens of thousands of adolescent students in the U.S. The same-sex attraction concordance between identical twins was only 7.7% for males and 5.3% for females-lower than the 11% and 14% in the Australian study by Bailey et al conducted in 2000. In the identical twin studies, Dr. Whitehead has been struck by how fluid and changeable sexual identity can be. “Neutral academic surveys show there is substantial change. About half of the homosexual/bisexual population (in a non-therapeutic environment) moves towards heterosexuality over a lifetime. About 3% of the present heterosexual population once firmly believed themselves to be homosexual or bisexual.” “Sexual orientation is not set in concrete,” he notes. Even more remarkable, most of the changes occur without counseling or therapy. “These changes are not therapeutically induced, but happen ‘naturally’ in life, some very quickly,” Dr. Whitehead observes. “Most changes in sexual orientation are towards exclusive heterosexuality.” Numbers of people who have changed towards exclusive heterosexuality are greater than current numbers of bisexuals and homosexuals combined. In other words, ex-gays outnumber actual gays.
I've always admired his skills at being one of the best and most objective reporters in news in the last decade. This announcement changes nothing, except now whenever I happen to see him on CNN, I'll be thinking, "More power to ya, Don!"
@@haydenthomas_LoveYWH You're absolutely right! Sad to see CNN let their folks increasingly express their opinions to counter Faux News -- that's MSNBC's job.
People sure can say mean and stupid things. Don Lemon is a very intelligent and excellent speaker. He is excellent at what he does! What difference does it make if he is gay or not!
Lev. 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them"
I been known he was since he was an anchorman on WMAQ here in Chicago and that was 8 years ago when I was an intern there, but he's a nice guy and I'm still gonna support him. He's a great newscaster.
I believe in hope and love. It doesn’t matter who or what you are, gay, straight, black or white. There are good gay people and there are bad gay people. Likewise there are good straight people and bad straight people. I see the world as a huge garden. When you walk into a garden, you will find all kinds and colours of flowers therein, yellow, pink, blue and purple, only to name a few. Some flowers are fragrant, others are not. A rose is fragile and fragrant and requires lots of care. A cactus is rugged and requires hardly any care, yet they both have the right to live in the same garden and the same sun shines on them both. No man can deny another man his place in the sun, because if you do, then God will deny you your place one day. I believe and know that gay people are born gay. Now you may say “no, this is not true”, but before you say it’s not true. I want you to do me a favour and ask yourself whether you’re gay or not. If you answer “no”, then I want you to consider the following; if you’re not gay yourself, how would you know whether a gay person is born gay or not? Remember that not everybody can be gay, nor can everyone be straight. There has to be a balance. I believe that gay people are here in order to bring balance to our population. We are already overpopulated and the economy is on a downhill slump. A lot of people are living from paycheck to paycheck. Can you imagine that if all the millions of gay people around the world decided to get married to someone of the opposite sex and have three kids of their own, this means that the population will increase at least three fold, scary thought isn’t it? Moreover, remember that every gay person, derived from a straight home. Every gay person has or had a straight mother and a straight father; and this did NOT cause them to turn out straight. Likewise a gay person can raise a child and have no influence on the sexual orientation of that child. If you are straight and still throwing stones, then I want you to think about the following. There are an enormous amount of homeless children in orphanages around the world. Where do these children come from, you may ask?…from straight couples of course. And who do you think are willing to adopt these children? You’ve guessed it, gay people of course. Gay couples love adopting children in order to shower them with love and acceptance. Love and acceptance that they as gay people never experienced themselves while growing up. Therefore I laugh at some of these people in the videos who mention gay and pedophilia in the same context. A pedophile could be a married or single straight man too. Pedophilia is not synonymous with being gay. Therefore I urge you to live in love and tolerance of one-another. Don’t judge others, so that you can avoid being judged. Don’t use your religion as an excuse to treat other people badly. Treat other people the way that you would like to be treated. Don’t crucify others, because of your own insecurities. Remember that everything that you do to another always comes back to you. It might take years to return, but it will surely return at the most inopportune time of your life. Love thy neighbor as thy love thyself. And these three remain; faith, hope and love, of which LOVE is the greatest.
I love you Don Lemon!!!!!! You are the best anchor well you and everybody at CNN. I am glad you are standing up for LGBT Blacks everywhere. Thank you so much.
So many people like myself will gain immense confidence to face homophobia/ ignorance through people like you till humans / youtube exist in this planet . Thank you!
We can't go on shaming, mocking, laughing at, beating and hating people for their natural sexual instincts and life choices that have no impact on our own lives. We can't tell consenting adults who to be in a loving relationship, who to love, how to dress, how to act like a man when they feel like a woman inside. We can't change homosexual instincts in people and they can't change a true heterosexual's instincts in straight people. The only thing we can do is respect gay people and demand they give straight people the same respect.
NOT all gay men feel like a female inside, You have that confused with those who are transgendered....a very real and very natural thing that happens in our world.
You don't "demand" that normal people get respect! LOL They get it 'naturally'. But who gives respect to those that practice what God calls a "vile affection"? (Romans 1:26,27).
I respect all people as to their orientation and how they were BORN. This is the natural part. If you laugh at those being born gay as unnatural then you too will be laughed at for being flat out ignorant. I have found over the course of my life the more educated and knowledgeable a person is about life itself...and this takes work on your part... the more likely they are to open their minds (and their hearts) to all people. The ONLY people I cannot tolerate are those who show distaste and are demoralizing towards those who are born differently than they are. For those of you who are lesser educated and unaware of the human concept that we are all born and live as we were intended to, all I can say is that I feel intensely sad for you for the fact that you cannot accept nature as nature is intended to be accepted and celebrated. And yes, while this might not be normal and natural to you, it is not your world and not your place to judge those who are different than you. Live and let live lest you be the one under judgment for showing hatred and disdain for that which is not exactly like you. You are sub human in your thinking and your moral compass is not operational.
One prime example. I am Native American and I was raised by my traditional Native belief led grandmother. She had an innate understanding of our humanity even though she was not a highly educated college professor or member of MENSA. Her deep understanding of life and acceptance of all people regardless of their life situation showed that in order for you to be one with nature, one must have this understanding and acceptance of all humans WITHOUT judgment. Since her mind was constantly open to all, people sought her out as one of the last traditional and spiritually gifted human beings amongst us. She taught me, along with a few choice grandchildren, to be one with nature and our world and to never question humanity in any form. She lived her life in total harmony with the outside world and the light and love she had within her spirit was a true gift she had inherited from our ancestors, that not too many chosen people receive. I was taught everything that she believed and at first when I was very young I would question her and her ability to never question her place in the grand order of our ethnicity. She was the only person who I have met who was at total peace with life and she valued her connection with the spirit world. She was kind, loving, compassionate and never once during her 83 year existence on this Earth did she ever doubt, question or judge those she came across. For those who were touched with intense spirituality, upon meeting her witnessed how they were able to let go of negativity and hatred immediately just being in her presence. I like to think that she handed her ability to be a pure and non judgemental person down upon me and while I do feel blessed to have this gift, at times in my life I have questioned humanity and the hatred and ugliness that unfortunately has permeated our world. I see that in the next few years, here in the United States, a resurrection of evil and hatred at such an intense level that it is going to throw off the natural balance of harmony and the gift of love and acceptance that allows our earth to continue to survive. We are in the beginning of a time of great change....a change that will be so devastating that only a few will be left unchanged and unaffected by what we are about to face. The horrors of hatred. racism, xenophobia and misogyny will fall into our political world to be passed to all who are not willing or able to accept those in the human world who are different from the norm. People will be marginalized greatly, leading them to feel isolated and misunderstood and that is the true beginning of the end of life as life was meant to be, We, as fellow humans who share this gift of a free life unencumbered from the negativity from the Great Spirit who allows life to continue as it was intended from the beginning of humanity, can withdraw into ourselves to find the strength of the world. It will then be up to us to battle the negative forces that will remain unseen but certainly felt by billions of people around the globe. We, along with our Great Spirit and the will of the Mother Earth will hopefully be able to restore the natural balance of life and equality which allows us all to live in balance and without the hatred that is trying to permeate our lives. We can and will rise up to defeat that which is set upon the attempt to destroy not only our planet, but the minds of those who still believe in love, acceptance, compassion and acceptance of each and every human alive. I sincerely hope the strength of good over evil will prevail and we will be able to overcome the lines of division and disillusionment in our culture and in our world brought down upon us by a force of three of the total of world humanity will have great power to enact change which will ultimately attempt to destroy our world and our humanity. This election was only a test given to gauge the level of negativity and hatred of our fellow human beings. While it appears on the outside to show our world is coming to an end, those of us of great spiritual belief will have the strength to lift up all of humanity to conquer the evil that is attempting to destroy the way of life and our world as we know it. But with love acceptance and understanding we will defeat those of our world who want nothing but to destroy humanity forever. It will get close but in the final hours, good will prevail and we will come out on the other side stronger and more accepting of each other as human beings meant to live into eternity on this earth, Look beyond the hatred and distractions one person has put in our path towards a free and prosperous life and instead look at only the good and strength in people. At the crucial time we of faith and spiritual strenght will lead all others to safety. Just never give up hope there is life past this insanity that we allowed to take root in our Earth. We can do it....we can survive but it takes total commitment to the forces which will erupt within our souls and minds. Be wise and open your hearts and minds to those around you as many are scared and need to be reassured while it will be hard to accomplish, we will persevere.
I wish continued happiness for Don and applaud his brave move to come out. I only wish all people could learn to think independently and with reasonally developed thinking strategies to find the truth before making judgements. Free from religious bias. Will the world ever learn to deal with our differences and prosper before the human race is gone from the many threats of endless mass war?
A former Hamptons bartender says in a new lawsuit that Don Lemon assaulted him after the CNN host disgustingly fondled himself at a local watering hole.
They are born gay... I think they would know... People need to stop telling others who they are or who they are not.. Guess what.... They know better than anyone else
Love you Don Lemon for being and saying who you are A great Anchorman on CNN, I watch your show everyday, and I admire your compassion for humanity 💖💕💖💕💖💕💖
Wow. Mr. Lemon is an eloquent gentleman, and he deserves all the credit in the world for taking this wonderful step in revealing himself to the public.
I FULLY agree people are born w/ certain orientation destiny. Events may affect them over the course of a life but destiny usually prevails over trauma, NOT to minimize any kinda real trauma. Being an a-hole is more event shaped than a destiny
he's gay Andersin Cooper is gay; dang CNN, what's really going ? lol I can listen to a gay anchor man who talks and act like a man but the feminine ones throw me off.
I'm gay, and it most definitely wasn't a choice. The only thing I chose to do was to be honest with myself and to stop living a lie. I don't feel that I need to "come out" because I'm not in a closet, lol. Do heterosexual people come out? No, they just live. Do we call them straight people? No, we call them people. I'm a person, and I'm gay. Ima just live my life and do me. One's sexual orientation shouldn't matter, anyway.
CONT- If a female is in highschool and is self-conscious about her looks, the size of her breast and even her vagina (guys can also be really ugly) she will lose interest in the opposite sex as she feels insecure about her physical appearance. Yet if a guy tells her she is pretty and he likes the way she looks, she will gain confidence and will not be so self-conscious. CONT-
The gender is detrimined right at the beginning when the sperm-cell meets the egg-cell. The hormone levels of the mother affect it afterwards. This means that sexual orientation is partially decided after the gender and this is why there are homosexuals and yes in a reproductive sense the sexual organs wont see mutch action.
CONT- If you look up teen suicides in connection with homosexuality, you will find a overwhelming number of them were in fact homosexuals. This is merely a issue of confidence, and parents need to talk to their teens about self-esteem, cause it is very important in determining how a teenager grows to understand themselves and live their lives. I also blame the media and music, having Kate Perry saying "I kissed a girl and liked it" provokes teenagers to try it also as it seems fun or exciting.
Appreciate you clarifying your point. I believe that Native American stands for folks that inhabited this land PRIOR TO the Europeans invasion and Africans that developed this land for FREE. Prior to both cultures placing themselves on North America. The honor of Native Indians/Americans belong to the original inhabitors. Folks from India are East Indian from India.
Although this is not completely irrelevant as its about the same hormones. I was talking about these kinds of hormones during pregnancy which have different effects.
I wonder if Oprah's Network is now going to express interest in him and new talk show... Coming out is going to make him so much more marketable. He is a one of a kind talent...
It is a choice God said it 's wrong he also said it is an abonation you will burn in hell forever ok why would he say that it's wrong and then make you that way he doe's not contradict himself!
For real, Trust me, it is not a choice like many believe. You are born that way. Like some people are born blind, some are born asthmatic. We don't ask for this it just happens.
No one is gay, it is a lifestyle
Not how it works. Plenty of people are gay naturally.
This man is 45 years old. Just let THAT sink in.
wow!
I thought he was late 20s here.
@@VigilanteVeganat least them 30s huh 😅😂🤷🏿♀️
Nobody's born that way. They just hate to admit that they're choosing to do evil, as a result of getting molested.
Thats right, on top of that, i would love for someone to show proof as soon as a baby pops out of the female wound with a rainbow flag..
Huh? I’m sorry, I take it you are gay too then?
Not how it happens. Try being right.
Some of you sound so ridiculous smh of course a new born won't show signs being gay you idiots 🤦🏿♀️ I've babysat my whole life and I'm here to tell you FACTS early as 4-5 yo and up is when you can tell 💯 now yes it's many other cases why ppl BECOME gay but yes YALL smh in MOST cases you are born gay 🤷🏿♀️
You ppl know nothing 🤦🏿♀️and should do research
I just found out today that he came out...I didn't even know he wasn't straight!! Lol.. I started watching him a few months ago and love him....I think he looks better the older he gets 😉
Holy ********* YOU'RE RIGHT😮
I am a straight woman, but man Lemon is an elegant< articulate and thoughtful man. Very handsome too! Courageous.
Smart. Smart. love him and admire him. keep going Don!!!!!
Idiot
Well now he's an unemployed homosexual
Yeah, almost 12 years ago now
Yesterday my fr😊iends company went bankrupt and was joking that at least he doesnt get pounded in The b cabin😅
If Anderson Cooper can be homosexual so can Don lemon 🍋
No one is born gay!!! This foolishness is 🤦
How do you see yourself at 75 with another man as your partner 🤦🤦🤦
Then you’re not born straight either.
This breaks my mother's heart!!
😂😂
I watched CNN's coverage of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy and as a reporter he was awesome. Very respectful, very comforting, handled it like a champion. We need more news reporters like him.
No
Oh please you don't have to lie about being a reporter
i've always suspected him of being gay, but i'm glad he had the courage to come out.
It's his closing sentence that wants me to question his happiness. Wow
I had no idea he was gay....... God, he is one well put together man to be almost 50. He doesn't look his age, he carries himself with a lot of respect, and he is such a nice looking man. He can literally get anyone he wants. He represents himself in a very fashionable and perfect way and not afraid of the skin he's in.
I think you will find more gay men like him than you would with straight men. I say this not out of hate, but mere fact. We, as gay men are far more aware of the power of appearance and aesthetics than are heteros and as such we put those thoughts and practices in motion so we do look act and are refined and put together all the time. Looking good and carrying oneself well is something that takes time....a LOT of time. I applaud your great commentary whether or not you are gay. If you are straight, I stand while applauding your openness to see and positively comment on a man's appearance and obvious care for how he looks and who he is. Thank you!
Elo Janis true..... and yeah I'm gay as well
***** It don't matter, that's their preference. I find it funny that you being a grown ass man is worried or bothered whom another man is fucking, sounds pretty suspect to me
***** then why you worried about it? LOL...... cause I'm not gonna walk on egg shells and feel uncomfortable, I'm a grown man too and I don't answer to nobody
+NYCbrownflavor You sound stupid lol
What difference does it makes if a person is GAY or STRAIGHT? Everyone has their own life to live, if we all would focus on living our own lives and mind our business, the world would be a much better place.
Couldn't agree with you more! Straight man don't get that kind of attention so why all the fuss with gay man on mainstream media? Total non-sense! Good for you if you're gay, but the world really doesn't need to know.
And by the way Don Lemon, no one is born gay including you. You were simply born "straight" into a society that confused and convinced you that being gay is okay, that associating with a certain gender is "who you truly are". You are not the body you occupy, it is only a vessel. There is something eternal and non-physical within you that is independent of gender, of race, of background and of any societal label/association. People need to understand that "being homosexual, bisexual or trans " is a creation of this world, a creation of the very few who's sole intention is to enslave and destroy humanity; it does not and will never exist outside of our planet, which is merely a spec in a multi-verse. We are simply a confused species being fooled into our own destruction, and people like YOU Don Lemon are not helping by being a part of that non-sense!
@@GuilhermeSilva-lt6rw but shes right though, NOBODY IS BORN GAY!
I can understand how a man can love another man.. I just don't understand why he would like to have sex with him... so.. I guess that makes me straight... hey everybody.. I'm straight... is that okay today? .. no need to congratulate me.... .But I do feel better today for coming out....
Sunbury just told the world that you're gay
I was born gay. I realized it when I turned 16 😂. FOH MANE. I didn’t know what I’d like until I found a playboy magazine under my dad‘s Bathroom sink. Society needs to cut the bullshit man
Si tu padre era homosexual tambien. Hay maldición generacional. Sodomitas Hasta 4 generaciones dice la biblia
They have doctors that treat your mental disability.
DON LEMON: I love that you don't act like a girl, talk like a girl and dress like a girl just because you're GAY. THANK YOU for not acting fruity, weak and girly.
That's not nice of you to call him gay the proper word is f a g g o t
The fruit was also born racist.
Mankind is so lost. It's really sad.
Not mankind just certain men that influence other men. I’m glad we still have real men to influence the future. We still stand a chance. It’s not about how many can stand up. It’s about what the ones standing up can do to make this world better. We will over come by the grace of God.
Thank you for putting that out there.
We have curses that must be broken from ancestors. Most gay people say someone is judging when they speak of not practicing homosexuality. If one is born gay, that do not mean he is subject to stay gay do to the curse of the flesh. I am the witness and firm believer that man can change. I refused to indulge and be gay. Sin is sin and you must refuse to stay in sin. I fight daily with my flesh and I will never give up on studying & training in the Word.
Racism will never go away until HATE goes away! What ever happened to "do unto others as you'd want them to do unto you"?
Post the clip when he first came out.
I'm not really familiar with Don Lemon but saw a video on him this morning which was rather interesting. While he was talking, I was thinking how handsome he is and then something inside me thought "he's probably gay". So out of boredom, I looked it up and low and behold he is.
As a gay man, I sympathize. As a conservative, I feel attacked. To the point of if it will affect his career? I didn't even know he was gay until now. Admittedly, I'm young, but that just shows how much his sexuality doesn't matter. I dislike Lemon because he's wrong.
I hope and pray that God will deliver him.
I’d worry about yourself Roz!
Richard Jackson as you should too
Maybe, just maybe… “God” doesn’t care!
Don, Stop Lying! You came out because Madame Wendy Williams, the Queen of Hollywood Gossip, found out about your frequenting known Gay Bars, and she broke the Story. In fact, you went on her Show 1st to go public, and you said this was the reason why you decided to come out.
Excerpted from OTToday: Eight major studies of identical twins in Australia, the U.S., and Scandinavia during the last two decades all arrive at the same conclusion: gays were not born that way.
“At best genetics is a minor factor,” says Dr. Neil Whitehead, PhD. Whitehead worked for the New Zealand government as a scientific researcher for 24 years, then spent four years working for the United Nations and International Atomic Energy Agency. Most recently, he serves as a consultant to Japanese universities about the effects of radiation exposure. His PhD is in biochemistry and statistics.
Identical twins have the same genes or DNA. They are nurtured in equal prenatal conditions. If homosexuality is caused by genetics or prenatal conditions and one twin is gay, the co-twin should also be gay.
“Because they have identical DNA, it ought to be 100%,” Dr. Whitehead notes. But the studies reveal something else. “If an identical twin has same-sex attraction the chances the co-twin has it are only about 11% for men and 14% for women.”
Because identical twins are always genetically identical, homosexuality cannot be genetically dictated. “No-one is born gay,” he notes. “The predominant things that create homosexuality in one identical twin and not in the other have to be post-birth factors.”
The predominant things that create homosexuality in one identical twin and not in the other have to be post-birth factors.
Dr. Whitehead believes same-sex attraction (SSA) is caused by “non-shared factors,” things happening to one twin but not the other, or a personal response to an event by one of the twins and not the other.
For example, one twin might have exposure to pornography or sexual abuse, but not the other. One twin may interpret and respond to their family or classroom environment differently than the other. “These individual and idiosyncratic responses to random events and to common environmental factors predominate,” he says.
The first very large, reliable study of identical twins was conducted in Australia in 1991, followed by a large U.S. study about 1997. Then Australia and the U.S. conducted more twin studies in 2000, followed by several studies in Scandinavia, according to Dr. Whitehead.
“Twin registers are the foundation of modern twin studies. They are now very large, and exist in many countries. A gigantic European twin register with a projected 600,000 members is being organized, but one of the largest in use is in Australia, with more than 25,000 twins on the books.”
A significant twin study among adolescents shows an even weaker genetic correlation. In 2002 Bearman and Brueckner studied tens of thousands of adolescent students in the U.S. The same-sex attraction concordance between identical twins was only 7.7% for males and 5.3% for females-lower than the 11% and 14% in the Australian study by Bailey et al conducted in 2000.
In the identical twin studies, Dr. Whitehead has been struck by how fluid and changeable sexual identity can be.
“Neutral academic surveys show there is substantial change. About half of the homosexual/bisexual population (in a non-therapeutic environment) moves towards heterosexuality over a lifetime. About 3% of the present heterosexual population once firmly believed themselves to be homosexual or bisexual.”
“Sexual orientation is not set in concrete,” he notes.
Even more remarkable, most of the changes occur without counseling or therapy. “These changes are not therapeutically induced, but happen ‘naturally’ in life, some very quickly,” Dr. Whitehead observes. “Most changes in sexual orientation are towards exclusive heterosexuality.”
Numbers of people who have changed towards exclusive heterosexuality are greater than current numbers of bisexuals and homosexuals combined. In other words, ex-gays outnumber actual gays.
I've always admired his skills at being one of the best and most objective reporters in news in the last decade. This announcement changes nothing, except now whenever I happen to see him on CNN, I'll be thinking, "More power to ya, Don!"
This didn’t age well
@@haydenthomas_LoveYWH You're absolutely right! Sad to see CNN let their folks increasingly express their opinions to counter Faux News -- that's MSNBC's job.
People sure can say mean and stupid things. Don Lemon is a very intelligent and excellent speaker. He is excellent at what he does! What difference does it make if he is gay or not!
Lev. 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them"
Todos pecamos de alguna manera u otra, pero hay pecados por los cuales adiós se ha expresado específicamente como el pecado contranatura
I been known he was since he was an anchorman on WMAQ here in Chicago and that was 8 years ago when I was an intern there, but he's a nice guy and I'm still gonna support him. He's a great newscaster.
That is his business and don't mean anything. In or out he has to answer to God.
Don thank you for being you. ..you inspire me as a black man who's heterosexual .
Wow, I had know idea. Just found out two seconds ago.
I'm not surprised to hear this. I'm only shocked when he calls himself an African American.
That's quite the "gag" mother nature pulled on good old Donnie boy.
At birth he discovered his lemon by his hands and was so pleased with its fruits and sought others like the lemon and CNN was that place.
brave man--especially for the fact that he is a black man, which may cause him alot of disrespect from others, I just respect him more. good on him!
I believe in hope and love. It doesn’t matter who or what you are, gay, straight, black or white.
There are good gay people and there are bad gay people. Likewise there are good straight people and bad straight people.
I see the world as a huge garden. When you walk into a garden, you will find all kinds and colours of flowers therein, yellow, pink, blue and purple, only to name a few. Some flowers are fragrant, others are not. A rose is fragile and fragrant and requires lots of care. A cactus is rugged and requires hardly any care, yet they both have the right to live in the same garden and the same sun shines on them both.
No man can deny another man his place in the sun, because if you do, then God will deny you your place one day.
I believe and know that gay people are born gay. Now you may say “no, this is not true”, but before you say it’s not true. I want you to do me a favour and ask yourself whether you’re gay or not. If you answer “no”, then I want you to consider the following; if you’re not gay yourself, how would you know whether a gay person is born gay or not?
Remember that not everybody can be gay, nor can everyone be straight. There has to be a balance.
I believe that gay people are here in order to bring balance to our population. We are already overpopulated and the economy is on a downhill slump. A lot of people are living from paycheck to paycheck. Can you imagine that if all the millions of gay people around the world decided to get married to someone of the opposite sex and have three kids of their own, this means that the population will increase at least three fold, scary thought isn’t it?
Moreover, remember that every gay person, derived from a straight home. Every gay person has or had a straight mother and a straight father; and this did NOT cause them to turn out straight.
Likewise a gay person can raise a child and have no influence on the sexual orientation of that child.
If you are straight and still throwing stones, then I want you to think about the following. There are an enormous amount of homeless children in orphanages around the world. Where do these children come from, you may ask?…from straight couples of course. And who do you think are willing to adopt these children? You’ve guessed it, gay people of course. Gay couples love adopting children in order to shower them with love and acceptance. Love and acceptance that they as gay people never experienced themselves while growing up.
Therefore I laugh at some of these people in the videos who mention gay and pedophilia in the same context. A pedophile could be a married or single straight man too. Pedophilia is not synonymous with being gay. Therefore I urge you to live in love and tolerance of one-another. Don’t judge others, so that you can avoid being judged. Don’t use your religion as an excuse to treat other people badly. Treat other people the way that you would like to be treated. Don’t crucify others, because of your own insecurities. Remember that everything that you do to another always comes back to you. It might take years to return, but it will surely return at the most inopportune time of your life. Love thy neighbor as thy love thyself. And these three remain; faith, hope and love, of which LOVE is the greatest.
I love you Don Lemon!!!!!! You are the best anchor well you and everybody at CNN. I am glad you are standing up for LGBT Blacks everywhere. Thank you so much.
Don was the last one to know he was gay.
I was embarrassed and shy being Gay
You need deliverance
So many people like myself will gain immense confidence to face homophobia/ ignorance through people like you till humans / youtube exist in this planet . Thank you!
We can't go on shaming, mocking, laughing at, beating and hating people for their natural sexual instincts and life choices that have no impact on our own lives. We can't tell consenting adults who to be in a loving relationship, who to love, how to dress, how to act like a man when they feel like a woman inside. We can't change homosexual instincts in people and they can't change a true heterosexual's instincts in straight people. The only thing we can do is respect gay people and demand they give straight people the same respect.
NOT all gay men feel like a female inside, You have that confused with those who are transgendered....a very real and very natural thing that happens in our world.
You don't "demand" that normal people get respect! LOL They get it 'naturally'. But who gives respect to those that practice what God calls a "vile affection"? (Romans 1:26,27).
Natural? LOLOLOLOL
I respect all people as to their orientation and how they were BORN. This is the natural part. If you laugh at those being born gay as unnatural then you too will be laughed at for being flat out ignorant. I have found over the course of my life the more educated and knowledgeable a person is about life itself...and this takes work on your part... the more likely they are to open their minds (and their hearts) to all people. The ONLY people I cannot tolerate are those who show distaste and are demoralizing towards those who are born differently than they are. For those of you who are lesser educated and unaware of the human concept that we are all born and live as we were intended to, all I can say is that I feel intensely sad for you for the fact that you cannot accept nature as nature is intended to be accepted and celebrated. And yes, while this might not be normal and natural to you, it is not your world and not your place to judge those who are different than you. Live and let live lest you be the one under judgment for showing hatred and disdain for that which is not exactly like you. You are sub human in your thinking and your moral compass is not operational.
One prime example. I am Native American and I was raised by my traditional Native belief led grandmother. She had an innate understanding of our humanity even though she was not a highly educated college professor or member of MENSA.
Her deep understanding of life and acceptance of all people regardless of their life situation showed that in order for you to be one with nature, one must have this understanding and acceptance of all humans WITHOUT judgment.
Since her mind was constantly open to all, people sought her out as one of the last traditional and spiritually gifted human beings amongst us. She taught me, along with a few choice grandchildren, to be one with nature and our world and to never question humanity in any form.
She lived her life in total harmony with the outside world and the light and love she had within her spirit was a true gift she had inherited from our ancestors, that not too many chosen people receive. I was taught everything that she believed and at first when I was very young I would question her and her ability to never question her place in the grand order of our ethnicity. She was the only person who I have met who was at total peace with life and she valued her connection with the spirit world.
She was kind, loving, compassionate and never once during her 83 year existence on this Earth did she ever doubt, question or judge those she came across. For those who were touched with intense spirituality, upon meeting her witnessed how they were able to let go of negativity and hatred immediately just being in her presence.
I like to think that she handed her ability to be a pure and non judgemental person down upon me and while I do feel blessed to have this gift, at times in my life I have questioned humanity and the hatred and ugliness that unfortunately has permeated our world.
I see that in the next few years, here in the United States, a resurrection of evil and hatred at such an intense level that it is going to throw off the natural balance of harmony and the gift of love and acceptance that allows our earth to continue to survive.
We are in the beginning of a time of great change....a change that will be so devastating that only a few will be left unchanged and unaffected by what we are about to face.
The horrors of hatred. racism, xenophobia and misogyny will fall into our political world to be passed to all who are not willing or able to accept those in the human world who are different from the norm. People will be marginalized greatly, leading them to feel isolated and misunderstood and that is the true beginning of the end of life as life was meant to be,
We, as fellow humans who share this gift of a free life unencumbered from the negativity from the Great Spirit who allows life to continue as it was intended from the beginning of humanity, can withdraw into ourselves to find the strength of the world. It will then be up to us to battle the negative forces that will remain unseen but certainly felt by billions of people around the globe.
We, along with our Great Spirit and the will of the Mother Earth will hopefully be able to restore the natural balance of life and equality which allows us all to live in balance and without the hatred that is trying to permeate our lives.
We can and will rise up to defeat that which is set upon the attempt to destroy not only our planet, but the minds of those who still believe in love, acceptance, compassion and acceptance of each and every human alive.
I sincerely hope the strength of good over evil will prevail and we will be able to overcome the lines of division and disillusionment in our culture and in our world brought down upon us by a force of three of the total of world humanity will have great power to enact change which will ultimately attempt to destroy our world and our humanity.
This election was only a test given to gauge the level of negativity and hatred of our fellow human beings.
While it appears on the outside to show our world is coming to an end, those of us of great spiritual belief will have the strength to lift up all of humanity to conquer the evil that is attempting to destroy the way of life and our world as we know it. But with love acceptance and understanding we will defeat those of our world who want nothing but to destroy humanity forever. It will get close but in the final hours, good will prevail and we will come out on the other side stronger and more accepting of each other as human beings meant to live into eternity on this earth,
Look beyond the hatred and distractions one person has put in our path towards a free and prosperous life and instead look at only the good and strength in people. At the crucial time we of faith and spiritual strenght will lead all others to safety. Just never give up hope there is life past this insanity that we allowed to take root in our Earth.
We can do it....we can survive but it takes total commitment to the forces which will erupt within our souls and minds. Be wise and open your hearts and minds to those around you as many are scared and need to be reassured while it will be hard to accomplish, we will persevere.
I wish continued happiness for Don and applaud his brave move to come out. I only wish all people could learn to think independently and with reasonally developed thinking strategies to find the truth before making judgements. Free from religious bias.
Will the world ever learn to deal with our differences and prosper before the human race is gone from the many threats of endless mass war?
A former Hamptons bartender says in a new lawsuit that Don Lemon assaulted him after the CNN host disgustingly fondled himself at a local watering hole.
I just wanna cry. he's so so cute,had the biggest crush on him
juliet kimani it is truth. My heart is broken cuz of that.
He's so cute. And I knew he was gay! My gaydar is never wrong! Lol
Religion needs to be abolished. It's time humankind progresses forward.
Find Jesus Don.
No one is born gay. My favorite color is blue I was not born with this favorite color it brought a pon me based on my environment.
I didn’t know he was gay. He seems like a nice guy and he’s clean.
He can't be clean n playing in shit
Hopefully, his integrity will help his television news career soar rather than falter.
So Handsome Educated 😍 💜 Black ⚫️ man Don Lemon 🍋 is Gay 🇺🇸 congratulations Don Lemon Gay people are omnipresent congratulations
I wish just once the haters knew how gay people felt. Or maybe they had some gay experience and it freaked them out? I don't know it's weird.
They are born gay... I think they would know... People need to stop telling others who they are or who they are not.. Guess what.... They know better than anyone else
Your an idiot
So honest and Handsome Don Lemon 🍋 homosexual incredible congratulations 🎊
I was embarrassed 😳 being gay
God put that shame in your heart for a reason,repent!
where is andersons book??
He's still hot either way!
I just found out Don is gay!
WTH. Living under a rock😨
Thats a crock of shit, I am gay and was never molested, My dad is a Baptist preacher and I was born gay, My identical twin brother is str8.
Love you Don Lemon for being and saying who you are A great Anchorman on CNN, I watch your show everyday, and I admire your compassion for humanity 💖💕💖💕💖💕💖
I knew he was a boooty bandit
he a cornball brother
I like poopsicles.with nuts.mmm
Wow. Mr. Lemon is an eloquent gentleman, and he deserves all the credit in the world for taking this wonderful step in revealing himself to the public.
Don Lemon: I am not effeminate.
LOL
I miss this show! Joy is who she is! Tell me why the likes and dislikes are so spit?
This is so fake. They make don dance don’t they ?
I'm happy for him. Thats not an easy thing to do!
I'm happy for him & accept him. Not homophobic.
type in I was born gay by craftnation, apparently he thinks nobody was born gay : /
I FULLY agree people are born w/ certain orientation destiny. Events may affect them over the course of a life but destiny usually prevails over trauma, NOT to minimize any kinda real trauma. Being an a-hole is more event shaped than a destiny
You are Very Brave Don Lemon and Very beautiful you are so right about the Black Community and being a Gay Black Man.
he's gay Andersin Cooper is gay; dang CNN, what's really going ? lol I can listen to a gay anchor man who talks and act like a man but the feminine ones throw me off.
and he is like 44 years old, damn!! i want this guy (grab~~).
I'm gay, and it most definitely wasn't a choice. The only thing I chose to do was to be honest with myself and to stop living a lie. I don't feel that I need to "come out" because I'm not in a closet, lol. Do heterosexual people come out? No, they just live. Do we call them straight people? No, we call them people. I'm a person, and I'm gay. Ima just live my life and do me. One's sexual orientation shouldn't matter, anyway.
Honesty about self is hard but its💚💚💚💚💚💚refreshing
He is so handsome
Hush. Speak peace signs, not bullets.
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If a female is in highschool and is self-conscious about her looks, the size of her breast and even her vagina (guys can also be really ugly) she will lose interest in the opposite sex as she feels insecure about her physical appearance. Yet if a guy tells her she is pretty and he likes the way she looks, she will gain confidence and will not be so self-conscious. CONT-
SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND.
Satan @work!!!
God - however defined - made You perfectly.
people are born gay. it's something you can't control.
The gender is detrimined right at the beginning when the sperm-cell meets the egg-cell. The hormone levels of the mother affect it afterwards. This means that sexual orientation is partially decided after the gender and this is why there are homosexuals and yes in a reproductive sense the sexual organs wont see mutch action.
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If you look up teen suicides in connection with homosexuality, you will find a overwhelming number of them were in fact homosexuals. This is merely a issue of confidence, and parents need to talk to their teens about self-esteem, cause it is very important in determining how a teenager grows to understand themselves and live their lives. I also blame the media and music, having Kate Perry saying "I kissed a girl and liked it" provokes teenagers to try it also as it seems fun or exciting.
I'm here to tell you it's hard coming out no matter your race!
Sad :/
Appreciate you clarifying your point. I believe that Native American stands for folks that inhabited this land PRIOR TO the Europeans invasion and Africans that developed this land for FREE. Prior to both cultures placing themselves on North America. The honor of Native Indians/Americans belong to the original inhabitors. Folks from India are East Indian from India.
He should totally start dating Anderson Cooper.
I knew it!!!!!
DON LEMON 🍋 IS HANDSOME
Willie Daniels HE SURE IS!!! 😊
he's so cute!
Although this is not completely irrelevant as its about the same hormones. I was talking about these kinds of hormones during pregnancy which have different effects.
Is he still dating Anderson Cooper?
I wonder if Oprah's Network is now going to express interest in him and new talk show... Coming out is going to make him so much more marketable. He is a one of a kind talent...
He's really cute.
It is a choice God said it 's wrong he also said it is an abonation you will burn in hell forever ok why would he say that it's wrong and then make you that way he doe's not contradict himself!
For real, Trust me, it is not a choice like many believe. You are born that way. Like some people are born blind, some are born asthmatic. We don't ask for this it just happens.
OK seeing you for the first time you sweeps me off my feet live your life love your self and love others
i thought he was dating chilli from tLC