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    Image of SeaBassTian SeaBassTian
    08/10/09

    In reply to Fired Gay Anchor: Martyr or Mess?
    "When given the choice between my soul and my career, I chose my soul." While I have always been partial to the charms of Mr. Perez, it must be noted that being a network news anchorman may be viewed as an exercise in soul-selling depravity already. I am willing to cut the drama queen slack, but let's not pretend that we're not filling up air time between pharmaceutical commercials.
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    08/10/09

    In reply to Fired Gay Anchor: Martyr or Mess?
    When I heard Charles Perez got fired I figured that sex tape he made with former Florida representative Mark Foley had finally surfaced.
    Either that or the sex tape he made with Florida Governor Charlie Christ.
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    08/10/09

    @Big Poppa: Or with Norm from the Real World.
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    08/10/09

    @Colander: Which is even less appealing than a tape with Foley or Christ (Crist?)
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    Image of elinorwhyme elinorwhyme
    08/10/09

    In reply to Fired Gay Anchor: Martyr or Mess?
    My friend worked on his trashy talk show back in the mid-90s. I think he was still in the closet then.
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    Image of MissPeacock MissPeacock
    08/10/09

    @elinorwhyme: Nope. He dated Norm on the first season of the Real World, which was in 1992, I believe. Totally out at that point.
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    Image of eleusiswalks eleusiswalks
    08/10/09

    @MissPeacock: I was under the impression that he rather stridently denied it and claimed the Real World had edited things improperly.
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    08/10/09

    @elinorwhyme: Well someone took a metaphorical blow torch to those closet hinges because Charles has been out since 1992. Despite his protestations to the contrary. Really, I know him from Real World and Norman saying, "It's Charles!" more than anything especially his DOA 1994 talk show.
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    Image of Colander Colander
    08/10/09

    @eleusiswalks: Yeah, pretty sure he was married.
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    08/10/09

    @eleusiswalks: He had been out professionally (tv producer) and personally right up until he realized he could maybe just maybe become an on-air talent. At that point he changed his last name from Dabney to Perez and went from gay to hair-flippingly hetero, nationally broadcast video evidence to the contrary.
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    Image of NowMyButtHurts NowMyButtHurts
    08/09/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    the intro to his talk show was hair-tastic.

    also, he's got it goin' on
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    Image of SeaBassTian SeaBassTian
    08/07/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    "As a gay man myself, I can safely say the Station does not discriminate against gay people." I hate when people use this tactic as a defense. Some of the least gay friendly persons I have met have been suffering from internalized homophobia. But I'm not saying that is necessarily the case. On-air talent is usually held to a different standard than the behind-the-scenes crew. I know Florida isn't the most progressive place on the planet, but I believe that Charles Perez has been out of the closet since he was "caught on tape" sitting in Norm's lap at Gay Pride March on the original season of the Real World. Sad!
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    08/07/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    Oh, Charles. I briefly dated him in the 90s, and he had some good stories about bedding certain closeted superstars. I mean, good in the sense of memorable, not good in the sense of my feeling OK about dating such a gossip girl.
    Also, his actual last name is Dabney, which I always found hilarious.
    - Solomon Ling-Lopez
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    08/07/09

    @Solomon Grundy: Um...not to be mean or anything, but how is your relation of this anecdote any different than his stories about bedding closeted superstars?
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    08/10/09

    @Hydroceph: Uh, cuz we're on a gossip site, not a date?
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    08/07/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    If I remember the first season of Real World, am I an olde? Thanks to MTV, the world has known Charles Perez is gay since 1992. How can this possibly be an issue now?
    What's next? Warner's cancels Ellen because some exec didn't know she was gay until yesterday?
    On a side note, wasn't Perez's talk show the one where Michael Alig & the Club Kids appeared? John Stamos played the talk show host in the movie Party Monster, which certainly points to a resemblance in type, at least.
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    Image of mexiback mexiback
    08/07/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    Wow, the Charles Perez Show! He was my and my best friend's dawg! He was sassy and 'oh no you di-en`t' like all the other female talk show hosts, but he was a guy. And we loved him for it. I was like 14 when the show was on air, so I reeeaally didn't figure out he was a homo. I thought that I was straight, so HA!
    He looks so different now, his nineties hair was very soap operaish.
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    08/07/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    A surprise coming from the one local channel in all of America that has the most bumpin' electronica-gay dance beat theme.. they were way ahead of their time in 1994 with this raver-esque ditty.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    08/07/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    Am I mistaken or didn't he have some sort of Rikki Lake/Jenny Jones "Uh-uh, girl" talkshow in the late 90's early 2000s? I'm not mistaking it for the Tempest Bledsoe talkshow, (hilarious) or the Gayle King show (sad) that embarrassed Oprah no doubt endlessly. There's no reason for me to know this other than it served as entertainment before deciding to blow off college Physics, and eat Cheetos with my roommate and scoff at all the paternity testing and makeovers!
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    08/07/09

    @Spirit Fingers:
    Perez was the guest host of the Rolanda show here in NYC a few times back in the early nineties. Rolanda also usd to be a news anchor. I know this because Perez guest hosted on an episode entitled "My Secret Crush" that I attended in the Winter of 1994.
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    Image of mfnher mfnher
    08/07/09

    @Spirit Fingers: I think it was on after Richard Bay.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    08/07/09

    @mfnher: Oh my God, I loved Richard Bey. Wow, that's some good nostalgia.
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    Image of mexiback mexiback
    08/07/09

    @Her Madgesty: OMG Sassy Rolonda!
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    08/07/09

    @mexiback: Rolanda told me I have a beautiful smile when I went backstage afterward to get her autograph. It was the happiest day of my life.
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    Image of illuminaughti illuminaughti
    08/07/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    I'm confused. A private email concerning "gender identity issues" would mean that Perez wanted to be a woman.
    When will everyone get that gender and sex are not the same thing?!
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    08/07/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    I wasn't aware that being gay constitutes a 'gender identity issue'.
    I'm thinking more like flashing your vagis on YouTube.
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    Image of yourfriendandneighbor yourfriendandneighbor
    08/07/09

    @Nic Fit: Maybe he just meant that he was struggling with what it means to be a man or something.
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    Image of lacieca01 lacieca01
    08/07/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    I'm just weeping bitter tears right now to think that someone on The Real World would be in his mid-40s now. God, am I old!
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    08/07/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    Gender identity issues? We can call him Chaz too.
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    Image of Trulymadlyme Trulymadlyme
    08/07/09

    In reply to Gay News Anchor Canned For Being Gay News Anchor?
    Perez is going to get PAID! Work that gender issue angle to the BANK!
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    Image of lionboy lionboy
    08/07/09

    @Trulymadlyme: Sexual orientation is still not a protected class under current federal discrimination laws. I'm sure Florida doesn't have any statutes protecting gays. His most effective recourse might be organizing a boycott of Ugly Better and Dancing With The Stars.
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    08/07/09

    @lionboy: Gender is a protected class. Hence the "gender issues" and the spate of successful discrimination law suits brought by transgendered or gender deviant individuals. (read: people who are considered to be feminine gays or masculine lesbians)
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    Image of lionboy lionboy
    08/07/09

    @Trulymadlyme: If he can make that fly, more power to him.
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    Image of Trulymadlyme Trulymadlyme
    08/07/09

    @lionboy: It's worked plenty of times before--hence the Get Paid conclusion.
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