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

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

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. * yep i m gay time magazine *

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.

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TIME: So, for the rerd, are you yourself gay? ” I never wanted to be the spokperson for the gay muny.

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