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.
Contents:
- ELLEN DEGENER FIR BACK AT CHRISTIAN POST FOR ALLEGG HOLLYWOOD GAY AGENDA (VIO)
- ELLEN DEGENER LD FOR GAY RIGHTS FLUENCE
- ELLEN DEGENER DENI ‘ONE BIG HAPPY’ GAY AGENDA, JOK ‘BRG ME ALL YOUR LBIAN SCRIPTS’
- HOW ELLEN DEGENER HELPED CHANGE THE CONVERSATN ABOUT GAYS
- ELLEN DEGENER HS BACK AGAST "GAY AGENDA" ACCATNS
- ELLEN DEGENER FIR BACK AT CRICS CLAIMG SHE HAS A 'GAY AGENDA'
- WATCH ELLEN DEGENER GIVE THE MOST ELLEN SPEECH EVER ON HOLLYWOOD'S ALLEGED 'GAY AGENDA'
- MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
- WATCH THE AWOME WAY ELLEN DEGENER SHUT DOWN AN ANTI-GAY PASTOR
- WATCH ELLEN DEGENER RPOND TO INSANE, IGNORANT REMARKS FROM AN ANTI-GAY PASTOR
- ELLEN DEGENER RPONDS TO “GAY AGENDA” ACCATNS WH HUMOR
- ELLEN DEGENER BLASTS “GAY AGENDA” CLAIMS OF CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN PASTOR
- THE REAL REASON ELLEN DEGENER DECID TO COME OUT AS GAY ON TV
ELLEN DEGENER FIR BACK AT CHRISTIAN POST FOR ALLEGG HOLLYWOOD GAY AGENDA (VIO)
* ellen degeneres gay agenda *
The article alleg a gay agenda Hollywood, sayg that anizatns like GLAAD and other LGBTQ advocy groups are “targetg nocent and imprsnable children.
ELLEN DEGENER LD FOR GAY RIGHTS FLUENCE
Ellen DeGener is lghg off a pastor who cricized the talk-show host for, his words, "celebratg her lbianism and her 'marriage'" as part of an entertament dtry wh a "gay agenda."DeGener addrsed the remarks durg the monologue of her talk show Wednday. "The only way I'm tryg to fluence people is to be more kd and passnate wh one another; that's the msage I * ellen degeneres gay agenda *
The talk show host was sgled out the article, wrten by Larry Tomczak as part of a list of exampl scribg “how Hollywood is promotg homosexualy right now.
He also ced gay characters on “Glee” and “Morn Fay, ” among other shows, as well as gay people on realy shows and Anrson Cooper.
ELLEN DEGENER DENI ‘ONE BIG HAPPY’ GAY AGENDA, JOK ‘BRG ME ALL YOUR LBIAN SCRIPTS’
In her show on Wednday, Ellen DeGener rpond to pastor Larry Tomczak's accatns that she helpg to promote Hollywood's "gay agenda" by celebratg her "lbianism." Tomczak's ridiculo and offensive remarks were part of a lumn he wrote for The Christian Post tled "Are You Aware of the Avalanche of Gay Programmg Assltg Your Home?" (Si note: What a pletely ridiculo e of the word avalanche. It's an avalanche, people! An avalanche!) DeGener, always smart and classy and lovely, rpond the openg monologue of her show. Watch the full clip below: Tomczak mentned Glee, Morn Fay, Sndal, The Good Wife, and other shows the rt of the world lov his rant. His specifilly had this to say about DeGener: "Ellen DeGener" celebrat her lbianism and "marriage" between appearanc of guts like Taylor Swift to attract young girls. Meanwhile, DeGener' rponse to Tomczak's accatn was spot-on. "Larry, the only way I'm tryg to fluence people is to be more kd and passnate wh one another, that is the msage that I'm sendg out. I don't have an agenda," she said. Then, jokgly holdg up a hypnotizer, she ntued, "I'm not here to brawash anyone, but, listen to the sound * ellen degeneres gay agenda *
She then celebrated her lbianism wh a party popper and quipped that “Larry is watchg a lot of gay TV. Media ptn, Barack Obama awards the Printial Medal of Freedom to Ellen DeGenerComedian Ellen DeGener was praised by the US print for her fluence on the gay rights movement as she received the untry's hight civilian honour. Celebri cludg Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro and Michael Jordan were also among the 21 recipients of the Printial Medal of Obama said was easy to fet the risk Ellen DeGener took to e out as gay said her bravery helped "ph our untry the directn of jtice".
Ellen DeGener took the opportuny to addrs recent accatns agast her durg the Televisn Crics Associatn prs tour panel Pasana, California, nyg that she has a gay agenda.
DeGener’ remarks me jt days after Christian Post wrer Larry Tomczak wrote an article accg DeGener of phg a homosexual agenda on young girls.
HOW ELLEN DEGENER HELPED CHANGE THE CONVERSATN ABOUT GAYS
Ellen DeGener rpond to a nservative pastor's remarks that she her show to ph a "gay agenda" * ellen degeneres gay agenda *
DeGener did, however, acknowledge the growg number of gay televisn characters and jokgly suggted that there might be more on the way for “One Big Happy. 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. "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. "But for her to say, 'I'm gay' and 's a lgh le, and you know lets lgh, lets release some of the anxiety.
ELLEN DEGENER HS BACK AGAST "GAY AGENDA" ACCATNS
Ellen DeGener faced one of her crics on natnal televisn, takg on a Christian pastor who claimed she was phg a "gay agenda" * ellen degeneres gay agenda *
Ellen DeGener has fired back at her haters wh a dose of her tramark Wednday, "The Ellen DeGener Show" host ed her monologue to addrs a lumn published by the Christian Post that cricized Hollywood for phg a gay agenda. In the article, "Are You Aware of the Avalanche of Gay Programmg Assltg Your Home?
ELLEN DEGENER FIR BACK AT CRICS CLAIMG SHE HAS A 'GAY AGENDA'
"I'm gay! When she featured two bt iends on her show -- one gay, the other straight -- who attend prom together.
WATCH ELLEN DEGENER GIVE THE MOST ELLEN SPEECH EVER ON HOLLYWOOD'S ALLEGED 'GAY AGENDA'
When she spoke out agast hate and advoted for tolerance after the murr of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay man who was btally killed Wyomg. Two s ago, she ma history by beg the first openly gay actrs to play an openly gay character on televisn -- sparkg a natnal nversatn by puttg LGBTQ issu ont and center. Ellen DeGener is takg a stand agast recent allegatns that she's phg a gay agenda on her young viewers.
-- amongst other TV shows and films -- for phg a gay agenda. "The doctratn and propaganda g om those advotg a gay liftyle our untry, classrooms and culture are creasg, " pastor and thor Larry Tomczak wrote an article tled "Are You Aware of theAvalanche of Gay Programmg Assltg Your Home?. "Ellen famoly me out on the ver of Time magaze 1997, posg wh the headle "Yep, I'm gay.
Ellen Degener took a moment durg her daily talk show to rpond to a recent op-ed wrten for The Christian Post that outled a “gay agenda” promoted by Hollywood. In the post, Christian thor Larry Tomczak c DeGener as an example of Hollywood “promotg homosexualy. At the time of her Makg Gay History terview 2001, there was no guarantee that Ellen’s star would rise aga—and far higher than had the 1990s—and that the honors showered on her would clu the Printial Medal of learn more about Ellen and to view an excerpt of the famo 1997 g out episo of her show, have a look at the lks DeGener at a tapg of “The Ellen Degener Show, ” 2008.
MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
Stunts om the Universy of Nebraska’s Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Rource Center watchg the g out episo of “Ellen” Lln, Nebraska, Wednday, April 30, 1997. A 2013 AV/TV Club roundtable discsed the signifince of Ellen’s g-out episo and s her Makg Gay History terview, Ellen DeGener talks about her memori ncerng Matthew Shepard, who was murred 1998.
Watch her monologue n fd Ellen DeGener’s 2001 oral history Eric Marc’s book Makg Gay years after the g out episo, Lra Dern (a gut star who played Ellen Man’s love tert) was quoted on the impact the episo had on her reer the 20th anniversary of the g out episo of “Ellen” April 2017, Ellen DeGener shared her thoughts about the experience wh her daytime talk show dience. ”For further readg on the topic of gay and lbian people on televisn om the 1950s through the 1990s, we remend The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lbians on TV by Stephen Tropiano.
———Episo TranscriptEric Marc Narratn: I’m Eric Marc and this is Makg Gay History!
WATCH THE AWOME WAY ELLEN DEGENER SHUT DOWN AN ANTI-GAY PASTOR
There were no lead gay characters on televisn until Ellen Man me out.
Take my word for , Ellen DeGener on the ver wh the headle, “Yep, I’m Gay” was a huge al. The other one’s more like So I’m gog to jump right When did you first learn about gay people? ED: When did I learn about gay When were you aware of them?
ED: Umm, I really didn’t get volved at all any kd of polics or any any awarens of gay stggl, gay movement, anythg at all until I me out. But everybody knew that I was gay.
WATCH ELLEN DEGENER RPOND TO INSANE, IGNORANT REMARKS FROM AN ANTI-GAY PASTOR
Until you fd out about the teenagers and the stggl that most kids go through high schools and the statistics and the gay… the bashg. ED: They didn’t know… I didn’t know I was gay. And I knew that that was gog to be an uphill battle if they thought I was gay.
I mean… I didn’t see anyone else that was openly gay.
ELLEN DEGENER RPONDS TO “GAY AGENDA” ACCATNS WH HUMOR
And they’re gog to see that gay people are not what they… You know, everybody has a certa thg they clg onto and ci that’s what everybody is. ” Until we found out what was, which is, you know, “Oh, she’s gay.
Especially om a gay woman.
” And they knew that I was gay. I’m gay. And you uldn’t… So for me on the show to be able to say “I’m gay” was, like… I mean, I cried every take we did.
ELLEN DEGENER BLASTS “GAY AGENDA” CLAIMS OF CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN PASTOR
He was jt gay.
Realizg they were gay bee of me. Like, pecially the gay muny. Even though I’d fotten that for a while to say, “I’m gay and I’m gog to say and I don’t re what anybody thks, I don’t re if I lose everythg.
”Ultimately, when down to … Okay, y, now I’m gay and I’m ee.
THE REAL REASON ELLEN DEGENER DECID TO COME OUT AS GAY ON TV
And, “Oh God, I n’t talk about that bee then they’ll know I’m gay. ———Makg Gay History is a team effort.
A special thank-you to Ellen’s mother, Betty DeGener, an LGBTQ civil rights activist her own right, who troduced me to Ellen back Makg Gay History podst is a -productn of Peapple Street Media, wh assistance om the New York Public Library’s Mancripts and Archiv Divisn and ONE Archiv at the USC three of this podst is ma possible wh fundg om the Ford Foundatn, which is on the ont l of social change long! Ellen DeGener is lghg off a pastor who cricized the talk-show host for, his words, "celebratg her lbianism and her 'marriage'" as part of an entertament dtry wh a "gay agenda. "Ellen DeGener rpond to an anti-gay pastor's remarks durg the monologue of her talk show Jan.
-based Christian Post, pastor Larry Tomczak railed agast the entertament dtry, gay-rights anizatns and others for supportg a "gay agenda" and the LGBTQ muny. "The doctratn and propaganda g om those advotg a gay liftyle our untry, classrooms and culture are creasg, " he wrote.