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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. 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.
YEP, I’M GAY, AND I’M A CEO—IT DON’T STOP ME FROM RUNNG A GREAT BS
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TIME: So, for the rerd, are you yourself gay?
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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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YEP, I'M GAY': HAPPY 20TH OUT ANNIVERSARY, ELLEN DEGENER
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`YEP, I’M GAY’: HAPPY 20TH OUT ANNIVERSARY, ELLEN DEGENER
TIME’s ver story shed light on her cisn, revealg how her character wouldn’t be immediately fortable yet wh her sexualy, ntrast to other loud-and-proud gay characters of the era. The first qutn om TIME’s Michael Krantz: “So, for the rerd, are you yourself gay?