On March 1, 1966, Don Lemon was born to his mother Katherine Clark and father Wilmon Richardson. Most of the former CNN This Morning host's upbringing was centered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

CNN's Don Lemon Says a Breakup Helped Him Come Out to His Mom 15 Years Before Going Public "She asked me what kind of relationship we had, and I told her — that's when I started crying," the ...

Lemon, who came out publicly in his 2011 memoir, Transparent, was being honored at the inaugural 2016 Native Son Awards, a ceremony celebrating the visibility and achievements of African-American ...

That I was inspired by Don Lemon to tell her something that I had been holding on to for years. I shared that I was proudly gay and was silent for so long because I feared she would reject me.