Ellen DeGener did more to fluence Amerins' attus about gay rights than any other public figure, a new poll by Variety found.
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- HOW ELLEN DEGENER HELPED CHANGE THE CONVERSATN ABOUT GAYS
- ELLEN DEGENER INFLUENCED GAY RIGHTS VIEWS MORE THAN ANY OTHER CELEBRY (STUDY)
HOW ELLEN DEGENER HELPED CHANGE THE CONVERSATN ABOUT GAYS
In 1997, DeGener chose a very public fom — her televisn s — to announce, "I'm gay." The entertaer's reer has tracked the seismic shift public opn on gays and same-sex marriage. * ellen degeneres on gay marriage *
The AIDS epimic was at s height, and while there was already a burgeong gay-rights movement, a lot of homosexuals were not ready to e out of the closet. "What's wonrful about her, as a cultural figure, is that worked so wonrfully alongsi polil activism, " says Jsi Halem, a edian and gay-rights activist.
ELLEN DEGENER INFLUENCED GAY RIGHTS VIEWS MORE THAN ANY OTHER CELEBRY (STUDY)
" Halem says is no accint that was a edian who took the nversatn about homosexualy to a new level.