Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Though Robin Roberts family, friends and coworkers have long known about her sexuality, the 53-year-old broadcaster came out publicly in a Facebook post thanking her doctors, nurses, family, God and Good Morning America fans for supporting her through breast cancer, myelodysplastic syndrome diagnosis and subsequent bone marrow transplant.
She also thanked "long time girlfriend, Amber," later identified as Amber Laign, a San Francisco massage therapist Roberts has dated for 10 years.