Throughout Heche's three-year relatnship wh DeGener, she endured media attacks. But she was always proud to stand up for gay rights
Contents:
- ANNE HECHE SAYS HER OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP WH ELLEN DEGENER COST HER MILLNS
- CELEBRI WHO HAVE LEFT A GAY LIFTYLE
- ANNE HECHE GAY: IS ANNE HECHE LGBT?
ANNE HECHE SAYS HER OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP WH ELLEN DEGENER COST HER MILLNS
And later that night, recently elimated Dancg Wh The Stars nttant Anne Heche remd what a sry place Hollywood was to be openly gay jt 20 years ago, rellg the giant h to her reer and personal digni she suffered when she began publicly datg Ellen DeGener 1997. ”Heche says that DeGener was worried about her reer throughout, knowg the risks associated wh beg openly gay (or a gay relatnship) the entertament dtry at the time. The media vilified her and Hollywood shunned her, but the actrs was as much a pneer for gay rights as her then-girliend Ellen DeGener.
Today when stars e out as gay, they’re as likely to be embraced the mastream as they are vilified. At the time of the Volno premiere, however, gay marriage was still more than a om beg dified the Constutn, and when celebri’ sexuali were discsed, was more mors and whispers than open nversatn.
CELEBRI WHO HAVE LEFT A GAY LIFTYLE
When Heche — who died Friday at age 53 after a r crash that left her a a — me out 25 years ago, she was a part of one of the first high-profile gay upl pop culture had ever seen. But by gog to events, attendg parti, appearg on Oprah Wey’s show alongsi DeGener (although Heche later soured on both women), and generally beg highly visible a gay uple, Heche helped pave the way for LGBTQ stars Hollywood.
ANNE HECHE GAY: IS ANNE HECHE LGBT?
“Problem for Hollywood: DeGener’s Compann” read the New York Tim headle on an April 1997 article that etted over whether film executiv uld accept gay actors beg st heterosexual movie rol. And at that time, movie stars who were gay were expected to keep quiet, no exceptns. One New York Post article pegged to the public kerfuffle ced a study suggtg gay women ma more money then their hetero unterparts.
” Though at the time, was nearly impossible to be a famo gay uple whout drawg a sh-ton of attentn. Even fellow members of the LGBTQ muny qutned DeGener and Heche’s motivatns beg so publicly gay.