Charitable Work
Cohen was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis shortly after joining Channel 4 News. In 2010, he joined the board of trustees of the Nobel Peace Prize winning global disability charity, Handicap International. He is also a trustee of the LGBT arts charity, Wise Thoughts. and joined a ”it gets better” campaign.
In May 2012, Cohen founded the Out4Marriage campaign for marriage equality in the United Kingdom which features politicians, religious leaders and celebrities explaining on YouTube videos why they support changing the law to allow gay couples to marry.
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