Yep, I'm Gay (April 14, 1997) | A History of Gay Rights Through TIME Covers |

Contents:

• READ THE 'YEP, I'M GAY' ELLEN DEGENER INTERVIEW FROM 1997
• ‘YEP, I’M GAY': HAPPY 20TH OUT ANNIVERSARY, ELLEN DEGENER
• ELLEN DEGENER: YEP, I'M STILL GAY
• YEP, I’M STILL GAY
• YEP-STILLGAY
• IPHONE 11 YEP. STILL GAY. HOMOSEXUALS CASE
• DAVID EASON: YEP, I STILL HATE GAY PEOPLE!
• YEP STILL GAY - WHE TEXT POSTER
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• A HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THROUGH TIME COVERS
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

READ THE 'YEP, I'M GAY' ELLEN DEGENER INTERVIEW FROM 1997

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. TIME: So, for the rerd, are you yourself gay?

‘YEP, I’M GAY': HAPPY 20TH OUT ANNIVERSARY, ELLEN DEGENER

” I never wanted to be the spokperson for the gay muny.

TIME: Is beg gay somethg you stggled wh? My first gay experience was lerally someone else’s ia–I was eaked out even by the thought of . NEW YORK (AP) — Wh a headle of “Yep, I’m Gay” on the ver of Time magaze and the same claratn on her s, Ellen DeGener ma history 20 years ago as the first prime-time lead on work TV to e out, pturg the hearts of supporters gay and straight amid a swirl of hate mail, ath threats and, ultimately, dark tim on and off the -named “The Puppy Episo” of “Ellen” that aired April 30, 1997, was more than jt a h.

ELLEN DEGENER: YEP, I'M STILL GAY

The season was bashed by some as unfunny and “too gay, ” as was the out-and-proud DeGener herself as she lived life big wh Heche offscreen. (Both Dern and Wey jo DeGener on Friday on “The Ellen DeGener Show” to mark the anniversary) Garcia San Pedro, California, is a gay, 47-year-old office admistrator for a mental health nonprof.

The gay rights advocy group GLAAD anized watch parti after an ABC affiliate Alabama cled to air “Puppy. ) Numero gay leads followed on TV, yet advot hope for still more diversy and accuracy story and character of that mattered the night of April 30, Marc, creator and host of the podst “Makg Gay History” and thor of a 2002 llectn of oral history of the same name, put this way: “For everyday people, Ellen ma gay OK. Yep, still gay.

YEP, I’M STILL GAY

Sounds gay. Let’s be gay! Noah Schnapp me out as gay on TikTok.

YEP-STILLGAY

Schnapp posted a TikTok vio January that read, "When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg sred the closet for 18 years and all they said was 'we know. Now 's 100% clear that he is gay and he do love Mike. "Page, who is married to dancer Emma Portner, prevly me out as gay durg a 2014 speech at Time to Thrive, a nference to promote the welfare of LGBTQ youth Las Vegas.

IPHONE 11 YEP. STILL GAY. HOMOSEXUALS CASE

" she told the Gay Tim. Jim Parsons has taken rol that amplify and explore the experienc of gay men.

Parsons publicly me out as gay a 2012 New York Tim feature, which explored his role as a young gay activist onstage "The Normal Heart, " a Broadway show that grappl wh AIDS.

If you still have a problem wh gay people, you directly have a problem wh me, '" he recently told Variety. "The actor is set to star a Netflix adaptatn of the drama "The Boys the Band" alongsi fellow gay actors Matt Bomer and Zachary Quto. The story follows group of gay men who fd solace each other, amidst their stggl a close-md society.

DAVID EASON: YEP, I STILL HATE GAY PEOPLE!

Kehlani's "Honey" is a celebrated gay love song.

Billy Porter advot for better rol for gay actors. "He reflected on his evolutn as a gay man theater, his recent succs on Broadway, and FX's "Pose, " and his refal to keep playg stereotyp.

Lus Hedg plays a gay teenager who's been outed "Boy Erased. Not totally straight, but also not gay and not necsarily bisexual. Elton John is one of the most inic openly gay micians of all time.

YEP STILL GAY - WHE TEXT POSTER

The "Rocket Man" sger has habually donated and drawn attentn to LGBTQ , cludg foundg the Elton John AIDS Foundatn 1992, the same year he told Rollg Stone that he felt "que fortable beg gay.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

"I've been very privileged bee I'm a bs that kd of accepts gay people.

A HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THROUGH TIME COVERS

"Remember, bisexualy don't mean halfway between gay or straight. " "This is not somethg that I'm ashamed of, and 's not somethg that anyone should have to be ashamed of, " he followed he ndid vio wh a "Part 2" 2015 and now, as a pop star and actor, Sivan has ntued to openly discs his experienc as a gay man. Kristen Stewart, who intifi as bisexual, famoly joked about beg "so gay" on "Saturday Night Live.

Eichner has played gay characters shows like "Difficult People" and "Parks and Recreatn. As Brent Lang wrote a profile of Eichner for Variety, "On social media, he's bee one of the most vol gay voic of the ristance" and equently urg his fans to get volved polilly.

Acrdg to Variety, this mak Eichner the first openly gay man to wre and star a major stud movie. "I hear people talkg about diversy and cln, but I often see gay people left out of those nversatns. The edy muny, which has always been such a straight man's game, has not been kd to openly gay men, and I still see so much homophobia when to stg.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

Neil Patrick Harris me out as gay 2006. "After a long ternal journey, you now embrace beg gay, regnizg as a wonrful and tegrally important ponent part of the totaly that is you, " he wrote.