Question: Rich Ross is Group President of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel and Velocity, when Ross was named Chairman of Walt Disney Studios in which year, he became the first openly gay studio chief?

Context articles: Eric Anderson (sociologist)
Walt Disney Studios (division)
My-King Johnson
Rich Ross
Bob Brown
Mick Kaczorowski
Maite Oronoz Rodríguez
Atlantic Productions
Bob Smith (comedian)
Stephen Lachs

Eric Anderson (born January 18, 1968) is an American sociologist and sexologist specializing in adolescent men's gender and sexualities.
 He holds the position of Professor of Masculinities, Sexualities and Sport at the University of Winchester, in England.
 His research has been recognized for excellence by the British Academy of Social Sciences and he is an elected Fellow of the International Academy of Sex Research.
 Anderson is an advocate for the inclusion of gay men in sport and is America's first openly gay high-school coach coming out at Huntington Beach High School, the same high-school that produced the nation's first openly gay, actively playing, professional team sport athlete, Robbie Rogers who currently plays for LA Galaxy.
The Walt Disney Studios is an American film studio, one of the four major businesses of The Walt Disney Company and the main component of its Studio Entertainment segment.
 The studio, best known for its multi-faceted film division, which is one of Hollywood's major film studios, is based at the eponymous Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
My-King Johnson (born June 7, 2004) is an American college football defensive end for the Arizona Wildcats of the University of Arizona.
 He is openly gay, and he and Scott Frantz are two of the first openly gay players in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.
 However, in 2017 Johnson redshirted while Frantz became the first openly gay college football player to play in a game for a NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision school.
Rich Ross is Group President of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel and Velocity (TV network).
 He has been with Discovery since January 5, 2015.
 Earlier, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Shine America, responsible for commercial strategy of the Shine Group in the United States.
 He had previously been the president of entertainment at Disney Channel, and chairman of Walt Disney Studios.
 When Ross was named Chairman of Walt Disney Studios in 2009, he became the first openly gay studio chief.
Robert James "Bob" Brown (born 27 December 1944) is an Australian former politician, medical doctor, and environmentalist who is a former Senator, and former Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens.
 Brown was elected to the Australian Senate on the Tasmanian Greens ticket, joining with sitting Greens Western Australia senator Dee Margetts to form the first group of Australian Greens senators following the 1996 federal election.
 He was re-elected in 2001 and in 2007.
 He was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia, and the first openly gay leader of an Australian political party.
Michael "Mick" Kaczorowski (born January 4, 1960) is the Creative Director and Producer of Bangkok Swagger is a nine time nominated and three time Emmy Award winning Producer and Executive Producer.
 As Executive Producer, he is responsible for some of Animal Planet and Discovery’s biggest and most iconic hits including , Raising the Mammoth, and Walking with Prehistoric Beasts.
 Kaczorowski is also responsible for many of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet long running hit series including Meerkat Manor, North Woods Law, River Monsters, Alaskan Bush Family, Wild West Alaska, Buggin with Rude, and American Stuffers.
 Kaczorowski has worked in Washington D.C. for Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and the National Geographic Society.
 Kaczorowski began his filmmaking career in 1982 working in feature films for Director Robert Altman on Streamers, O.C. and Stiggs and Secret Honor.
 In 1985 Kaczorowski helped launch before it became National Geographic Television, and was a film editor for over 10 years editing over 40 films, earning two Emmy nominations for best editing for Dancing with Stingrays and Ocean Kayakers.
 He edited Discovery Channel’s first original production Ivory Wars.
 Kaczorowski joined Discovery Communications in 1994 holding many positions and titles across different Discovery networks.
 Over the next 20 years, he developed, supervised and managed everything from documentary specials and long running series, IMAX movies “”, Discovery’s first feature film “”, Animal Planet’s first feature film “” and Animal Planet’s first scripted drama “The Whale”.
 His production company Bangkok Swagger casts, develops and creates programing around the world for the web, social media and traditional television & cable networks.
Maite Oronoz Rodríguez (born 1976) is a Puerto Rican jurist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
 Oronoz Rodríguez is the fifth woman to serve on Puerto Rico's highest court.
 She is also Puerto Rico's first openly gay chief justice and, as such, the first openly gay chief justice in U.S. history.
 She is also the third woman to preside the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and the youngest person to do so.
is a television production company creating programmes for broadcasters in the UK, United States and European Union, both commissions and co-productions.
 Customers include BBC, Channel 4, Five, PBS, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, A&E Network, History, Science Channel, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Investigation Discovery, La7, France 5 and NDR.
Bob Smith (born December 24, 1960) is an American comedian and author.
 Smith, born in Buffalo, New York, was the first openly gay comedian to appear on "The Tonight Show" and the first openly gay comedian to have his own HBO half-hour comedy special.
 Smith, along with fellow comedians Jaffe Cohen and Danny McWilliams, formed the comedy troupe Funny Gay Males in 1988.
Stephen M. Lachs (born September 1939) served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 1979 to 1999.
 He was the first openly gay judge appointed in the United States and is thought to be the first openly gay judge appointed anywhere in the world.