Ellen DeGener Influenced Gay Rights Views More Than Any Celebry - Variety

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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

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. As she stggl to adm she is gay to a woman she is attracted to, she accintally leans over an open mike and announc to the whole wag room.

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