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Contents:
- READ THE 'YEP, I'M GAY' ELLEN DEGENER INTERVIEW FROM 1997
- YEP, I’M GAY, AND I’M A CEO—IT DON’T STOP ME FROM RUNNG A GREAT BS
- A HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THROUGH TIME COVERS
- TIME COVERS THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- ‘YEP, I’M GAY’: 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF ELLEN DEGENER G OUT
- GAY PRI
- 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.
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YEP, I’M GAY, AND I’M A CEO—IT DON’T STOP ME FROM RUNNG A GREAT BS
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A HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THROUGH TIME COVERS
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TIME COVERS THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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‘YEP, I’M GAY’: 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF ELLEN DEGENER G OUT
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The first qutn om TIME’s Michael Krantz: “So, for the rerd, are you yourself gay?
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I didn't like that, so I ed the word gay more often. TIME Covers the Gay Rights Movement.
YEP, I'M GAY': HAPPY 20TH OUT ANNIVERSARY, ELLEN DEGENER
Over the last five s, the six ver stori chronicled both the ton and the setbacks for homosexual men and women. Prev3 of 7nextView AllEllen: “Yep, I’m Gay”April 14, 1997TV star Ellen DeGener me out exclively to TIME 16 years ago: “I hate that term ‘ the closet.
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`YEP, I’M GAY’: HAPPY 20TH OUT ANNIVERSARY, ELLEN DEGENER
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