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<p>Don Lemon is an American journalist and <a href="/biography/don-lemon">television news reporter</a>. He is most famous for hosting his program, CNN Tonight with Don Lemon. Lemon was born on March 1, 1966, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He attended Baker High School in East Baton Rouge Parish. Lemon's mother is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Clark">Katherine Clark</a>, and he has two sisters named Leisa and Yma. His mother and grandmother raised him. In 1976, when Lemon was ten, his mother married his stepfather. In an interview, Lemon revealed that he had been sexually abused when he was young and waited nearly thirty years before telling his mother about it. In his book Transparent, Lemon announced that he is gay and talked about homophobia, colorism, and the sexual abuse he suffered when he was still young. He was inspired to be a television presenter by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Robinson">Max Robinson</a>. Because of his interest in journalism, Lemon majored in Broadcast Journalism at Brooklyn College and then went to Louisiana State University to complete his studies.</p>

<h2>Relationships</h2>

<p>In his book, Transparent, Don discussed how he was treated in his early days due to the homophobia and hopelessness he experienced when he did not set out to confront his mother with his sexual reality. Eventually, he had the psychological courage to come out to his family about his sexuality.</p>

<p>In 2017, the media had presumed that Don Lemon was dating Tim Malone, a business executive, and the pair was seen together holding hands in public. The anchor is now married to his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byrne_(comics)">partner</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byrne_(comics)">John Byrne</a>, who is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byrne_(comics)">choreographer</a>.</p>

<h2>Career</h2>

<p>Don Lemon started his career while attending Brooklyn College, working as a news assistant for WNYW in New York City. Early in his career, he worked for WCAU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor, WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama, as a weekend anchor, and KTVI in St. Louis, Missouri, as an investigative reporter and anchor. He reported for NBC News as a co-anchor for the 5 p.m. newscast at the New York City Operations, and this included being a correspondent on the "Today" show and on the NBC Nightly News.</p>

<p>He has been an <a href="/biography/don-lemon">anchor</a> on the Weekend Today on MSNBC. He is most famous for his news reporting on CNN. He currently works in the CNN newsroom, based in New York City. Lemon has reported on many breaking news stories, including the Orlando shooting at Pulse nightclub (2016), the Charleston church shooting (2015), the shooting of the unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri (2014), the <a href="/biography/george-zimmerman">George Zimmerman</a> trial (2013), the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (2012), and the death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston">Whitney Houston</a>. Don interviewed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a> on the day he accepted the position of Chief of Staff for <a href="/biography/barack-obama">President</a> <a href="/biography/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>.</p>

<p>He serves as a trustee of Brooklyn College as well as an adjunct professor, designing and teaching the curriculum around the news media. Lemon has worked hard to achieve his position at CNN and is serious about his work, and has never been fired from a job he has held.</p>

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<h2>Controversy</h2>

<p>Lemon's career has not gone without controversy as he was named on a list of "worst journalism of 2014" by The Columbia Journalism Review for his remarks on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Lemon hypothesized the plane's disappearance might have been a supernatural event. He was quoted as saying, "Especially today, on a day when we deal with the supernatural. We go to church, the supernatural power of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God">God</a>. People are saying to me, why aren't you talking about the possibility — and I'm just putting it out there — that something odd happened to this plane, something beyond our understanding?"</p>

<p>In 2014, Lemon interviewed journalist and music publicist Joan Tarshis about her allegations against <a href="/biography/bill-cosby">comedian</a> <a href="/biography/bill-cosby">Bill Cosby</a>. Tarshis was one of the many women to accuse <a href="/biography/bill-cosby">Cosby</a> of sexual assault. During her interview, Lemon not only asked why she didn't approach law enforcement sooner but also suggested that she should have bitten Cosby as a way to stop the attack from continuing potentially. Lemon said, "You know, there are ways not to perform oral sex if you didn't want to do it ..." implying the use of teeth. In 2015, over 30,000 people signed a petition to fire Lemon from CNN because of a controversial remark he made regarding aggressive police behavior and the use of excessive force on a teenage black girl. Lemon defended his comments by saying that journalists are supposed to gather all possible information. When he addressed the aftermath of The Washington Post's report about <a href="/biography/donald-trump">President</a> <a href="/biography/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> referring to Haiti, El Salvador, and African places as "shithole countries," Don Lemon opened his show by saying, "The president of the United States is a racist. All of us already knew that. Those comments are frankly disgusting. There's another language I'd like to use, but we are on television. But you know what, they're not shocking, not even shocking because this is who <a href="/biography/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> is—this is what he thinks."</p>

<h2>Achievements and Awards</h2>

<p>In 2006, Don Lemon received an Emmy Award for his report on the real estate market of Chicago. He went on to win three more Emmys for his reporting in Africa, and was also awarded an Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of the capture of the DC Area snipers. Lemon has also received numerous awards for his reporting on the AIDS epidemic in Africa and Hurricane Katrina. In 2009, he was voted one of the most influential <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans">African Americans</a> by Ebony magazine.</p>

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