Danny Roberts (media personality)

Roberts graduated from Rockmart High School in 1995. Roberts studied foreign language education while attending the University of Georgia,{{cite news|last1=Krebbs|first1=Emily|title=Cast member of MTV's Real World advocates gay rights|url=http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/cast-member-of-mtv-s-real-world-advocates-gay-rights/article_d9038788-a3b6-5158-a105-ae4bb2e1c2b9.html|access-date=July 26, 2017|work=Collegiate Times|date=March 31, 2004|language=en}} where he graduated from in 1999.

Prior to beginning the show, he had recently begun a relationship with Paul Dill, a US Army captain stationed in Vicenza, Italy. Because of the U.S. Military "Don't ask, don't tell" policy toward homosexuals, Dill's face was obscured on TV and much national attention was brought to the issue.{{citation |title=American Television, Reality Shows |url=http://www.glbtq.com/arts/am_tv_reality,2.html |last=Tipton |first=Nathan G. |periodical=glbtq.com |year=2004 |access-date=October 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114205307/http://www.glbtq.com/arts/am_tv_reality%2C2.html |archive-date=November 14, 2007 }} In early 2004, MTV aired a special where Dill (then out of the military) revealed his face for the first time and the policy and its effects were discussed. In November 2006, Roberts announced in The Advocate magazine that he and Dill had split up.{{cite news|last1=Towle|first1=Andy|title=Real World's Danny Roberts and Military Boyfriend Split - Towleroad|url=https://www.towleroad.com/2006/11/in_the_latest_i/|access-date=July 26, 2017|work=Towleroad|date=November 9, 2006}}{{cite web |url=http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2006/11/real_worlds_danny_roberts_sing.html |title=Out in Hollywood |access-date=February 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706172214/http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2006/11/real_worlds_danny_roberts_sing.html |archive-date=July 6, 2008 }}

Roberts made a few post-Real World appearances on television such as Dawson's Creek, Netflix's DTLA, and hosted the DVD collection of gay-themed short films, Boy's Briefs.{{cite book|last1=Kramer|first1=Gary M.|title=Independent Queer Cinema: Reviews and Interviews|date=2006|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9781560233435|pages=110–112|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tiw7ET-wCWwC&pg=PA110|access-date=July 26, 2017|language=en}}

Roberts spoke at schools across the country on diversity in sexuality, coming out, public policy, and the military's "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy for several years after his first TV appearance in addition to other LGBTQ advocacy work.[http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2009/4/gayrealitytvstars?page=0%2C1 Top 15 Gay REality Stars] After Elton, April 5, 2009

After spending 10 years in New York and Seattle, Roberts returned to Atlanta, where he worked in human resource recruiting for an email software company called MailChimp,{{cite news|last1=Pombo|first1=James|title=Where Are The LGBT 'Real World' Housemates Now?|url=http://www.newnownext.com/the-real-world-gay-lgbt-housemates/03/2016/|access-date=July 26, 2017|work=LOGO News|date=March 17, 2016}} where he worked from 2014 until 2017. He previously worked as a recruiter for Redfin, a residential real estate company.{{cite news|last1=Camacho|first1=Christin|title=The Real World: New Orleans' Danny Roberts: Where Is He Now? Redfin!|url=https://www.redfin.com/blog/2013/09/the-real-world-new-orleans-danny-roberts-where-is-he-now-redfin.html|access-date=July 26, 2017|work=Redfin Real-Time|date=September 19, 2013}} As of 2017-2018, Roberts was a Senior Talent Recruiter at InVision App, the digital design tool, in Boston.{{cite web|title=Danny Roberts|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-roberts1977/|website=linkedin.com|publisher=LinkedIn|access-date=July 26, 2017}}

Roberts currently lives in Grafton, Vermont and is an independent technical startup recruiter as well as consults with an education non-profit called History UnErased, which has developed and distributes the nation's only primary sourced LGBTQ+ history curriculum for K-12. His most recent television work involved a return to his Real World roots as a cast member of The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans, which was released on Paramount+ in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/real-world-homecoming-new-orleans-trailer/|website=People|title=The Real World: New Orleans Cast Reunites 21 Years Later in Trailer for New Homecoming Season|author=Quinn, Dave|date=March 31, 2022|access-date=April 4, 2022}}

Danny was married to a partner of ten years however they divorced in 2018. Together, they are the co-parents of an adopted daughter, Naiya Sage who was born in 2016.{{cite news|last1=Ryan|first1=Adrian|title=Two Men and a Little Lady|url=http://jetspacemagazine.com/two-men-and-a-little-lady/|access-date=July 26, 2017|work=Jetspace Magazine|date=May 5, 2016|archive-date=July 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713004159/http://jetspacemagazine.com/two-men-and-a-little-lady/|url-status=dead}}

In 2018, Roberts revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that he was HIV positive since 2011.{{cite magazine|last1=Goldblatt|first1=Henry|title=Real World star Danny Roberts opens up about living with HIV and the costar he turned to for support|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/real-world-star-danny-roberts-opens-up-about-living-with-hiv-and-the-costar-he-turned-to-for-support/ar-BBPVbdK?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout|access-date=November 21, 2018|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 21, 2018}}

• DTLA (2012)
• Reality TV Secrets Revealed (2004)
• MTV News: Out in the Real World (2003)
• Boys Briefs 2 (2002)
• Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons (2002)
• Dawson's Creek - Episode: Coming Home (2000) French Exchange Student
• The Real World: New Orleans (2000)
• The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans (2022)

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