Ellen DeGener did more to fluence Amerins' attus about gay rights than any other public figure, a new poll by Variety found.
Contents:
- 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.
ELLEN DEGENER INFLUENCED GAY RIGHTS VIEWS MORE THAN ANY OTHER CELEBRY (STUDY)
"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. " 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.
"That scene is jt so betiful, bee there's nothg like tellg someone you're gay and then go silent, " Halem says.