The April 14, 1997, issue of TIME featured a s-down wh the edian, who nfirmed that her s character was gay—and so was she.
Contents:
- AEW WRTLER LEFT IN SHOCK BY REACTN FROM FANS AFTER ANNOUNCG “I’M GAY” DURG POWERFUL MOMENT IN THE RG (VIDEO)
- READ THE 'YEP, I'M GAY' ELLEN DEGENER INTERVIEW FROM 1997
- 19 HILAR AND HEARTWARMG PARENTS’ REACTNS TO “DAD, I THK I’M GAY.”
- ANTHONY BOWENS COMMENTS ON POSIVE REACTN TO HIS “I’M GAY” LE FROM AEW RAMPAGE
AEW WRTLER LEFT IN SHOCK BY REACTN FROM FANS AFTER ANNOUNCG “I’M GAY” DURG POWERFUL MOMENT IN THE RG (VIDEO)
Wrtlg star Anthony Bowens was left overwhelmed by the posive reactn he received when sayg "I'm Gay" durg AEW show * i'm gay reaction *
That’s when the bt moment of the show happened when Bowers ma clear he was not bee he is gay. Bee I don’t know if you n see my gear, lady … I’m gay!! The whole crowd uld be heard chantg, “He’s gay!!
READ THE 'YEP, I'M GAY' ELLEN DEGENER INTERVIEW FROM 1997
* i'm gay reaction *
Adrian Adonis, a straight man, announced he was gay on WWE programmg the late 1980s, but the crowd back then booed him mercilsly while one person yelled, “AIDS is a killer! It was on the April 14, 1997, ver of TIME magaze that Ellen DeGener, then the star of the s Ellen, nfirmed somethg she’d been buildg up to for s: “Yep, ” as the ver put , “I’m gay.
She would be playg the first gay lead character on Amerin work televisn.
Penney, ironilly, as that pany would later hire DeGener for an ad mpaign that would turn draw s own ntroversy — and the natn bated whether the show would “legimize” a facet of life that was still margalized, or if merely proved that homosexualy was already accepted by enough of the populatn that such a plot twist was possible.
19 HILAR AND HEARTWARMG PARENTS’ REACTNS TO “DAD, I THK I’M GAY.”
TIME: So, for the rerd, are you yourself gay?
” I never wanted to be the spokperson for the gay muny. TIME: Is beg gay somethg you stggled wh?
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ANTHONY BOWENS COMMENTS ON POSIVE REACTN TO HIS “I’M GAY” LE FROM AEW RAMPAGE
The former tag champn told Harley Cameron that he was gay after the QTV member claimed that he was terted her, a moment that received a huge ovatn om the live crowd Chigo and even started a “he’s gay” chant.
He wr, “If ya told me years ago, I’d have an arena chantg HE’S GAY at me the most POSITIVE of ways, I’d say you’re crazy. If ya told me years ago, I’d have an arena chantg HE’S GAY at me the most POSITIVE of ways, I’d say you’re crazy.