Everyone fell in love with MSNBC political reporter Steve Kornacki thanks to his coverage of the 2020 presidential election and now fans can’t wait to watch his coverage of the 2024 election.
The 45-year-old journalist will be covering the election results for NBC News and he predicts that the winner will be revealed “significantly quicker” than last time.
People want to know more about Steve and a great place to start is the article he wrote for Salon back in 2011, in which he publicly came out as gay.
Keep reading to find out more…
“I’ve read stories from people who say they always knew they were attracted to the same sex, or that they figured it out at a young age. I’m not one of them. I had practically no idea until one night in my sophomore year of high school,” Steve said while mentioning that he began to wonder why he didn’t find the cheerleaders hot like other guys.
“I just didn’t fit the stereotypes of gay men. I was an ESPN addict as far back as elementary school. I’d also had early crushes on girls. So my epiphany at that basketball game was as sudden as it was incompatible with my self-image. I fought it relentlessly,” he said.
Steve wrote about how he kept his sexuality a secret for years. He used online chat rooms as an outlet, never revealing his true identity to anyone he chatted with on there. He also wrote about the few guys he met up with after meeting on the chat rooms.
When he was 30, Steve met a guy online who was in a similar situation to him and they began a relationship that they kept secret. “I was straight during the day while spending my nights with [him],” Steve wrote.
Steve‘s boyfriend ended up coming out to his loved ones and patiently waited for Steve to do the same, but eventually suggested they take a break after Steve constantly pushed back from being part of his life.
“You may be wondering why I was so afraid. It’s 2011, after all, and I live in Manhattan, surrounded in social and professional settings by gay people. It’s
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