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March 25, 2013
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts invites lesbian cousin to attend Prop. 8 hearing

Jean Podrasky is from San Francisco and wants to marry her partner

Among the invited guests of Chief Justice John Roberts at Tuesday’s Supreme Court hearing on Proposition 8 will be his lesbian cousin Jean Podrasky.

The San Francisco resident wants to marry her partner so she has a lot riding on whether or not a majority of the justices uphold an appellate court ruling which declared California’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional.

December 27, 2012
Good Morning America's Sam Champion to marry husband again this weekend

Miami ceremony to be performed by MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts

Sam Champion, weather anchor of ABC's Good Morning America, officially married Rubem Robierb in New York City last Friday (21 December) but that was only the first step in the wedding march for the couple.

They have headed down to Miami, Florida, where they will have a New Year's Eve ceremony with a more festive, party atmosphere.

Miami is Robierb's hometown and it was at a New Year's Eve party that the couple first met.

The ceremony will be conducted by MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts, a fellow newlywed.

October 17, 2012
Real World alum Danny Roberts returns to television in scripted series DTLA

Tells Gay Star News: ‘I’m all grown up now’

Danny Roberts has not been in the spotlight much since he was featured as part of the New Orleans cast on MTV's The Real World in 2000.

But he's never been forgotten.

In his 2008 interview with Out magazine, Neil Patrick Harris said Roberts was a role model for him at that time because 'before him I'd never seen anyone wear [homosexuality] so comfortably.'

October 5, 2012
Thomas Roberts and new husband talk about the road to their NYC wedding

The MSNBC news anchor and Patrick Abner have been together for 12 years

A profile in The New York Times on MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts and his new husband, Patrick Abner, was initially overshadowed by a paragraph deep in the story where Good Morning America weather anchor Sam Champion not only comes out publicly, but announces that he is getting married.

October 1, 2012
MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts weds longtime partner Patrick Abner

California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom performs ceremony in NYC

The setting was the rooftop of Manhattan's Gansevoort Hotel on Park Ave. as MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts married his longtime partner, Patrick Abner, in New York City over the weekend.

The couple exchanged their vows in a ceremony Saturday (29 September) performed by Gavin Newsom, the Lieutenant Governor of California and former San Francisco mayor who in 2004 authorized same-sex marriages in that city which were later annulled.

'The BEST night ever with Patrick Abner,' Roberts tweeted after the ceremony. 'Thanks to the most amazing friends and family.'

August 8, 2012
Out and proud MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts is planning his wedding

'I am not objective when it comes to equality'

In September, Thomas Roberts will become the first openly gay cable news anchor to get married beating the likes of Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow and Don Lemon to the alter.

Roberts, who anchors a morning newscast weekdays on MSNBC, will be marrying longtime partner Patrick Abner of Merck Pharmaceuticals’ HIV/AIDS division in Manhattan.

April 18, 2012
Ian Roberts talks about being out personally and professionally

'You hear all those horrible stories about high-profile people who had been living these closeted lives. There's no excuse for it anymore'

Wearing a tight-fitting Buzz Lightyear costume on a Los Angeles movie set, Ian Roberts is a long ways away from his days as a professional rugby player in Australia.

He calmly does take after take of a scene taking place at a Halloween party for the romantic comedy Saltwater where, ironically, it is his love interest (played by the film's writer, Ronnie Kerr) who is dressed as a rugby player.