A news anchor has come out as gay on live TV, saying he wanted to show viewers his “authentic self”. Jason Hackett, who presents Sunrise on news station KARE 11, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, came out after he was asked to be on the cover of LGBTQ+ magazine Lavender. “I’ve been living in a glass closet for the most part,” Hackett said, using the term to reveal that he was out to friends and family, but not publicly. “I wanted to let you out there…