ELLEN DeGENERES
April 1997
Ellen DeGeneres reveals she's a lesbian in a Time magazine cover story called ''Yep, I'm Gay'' just two weeks before the character she plays on the ABC series Ellen comes out as well. When the show is canceled a year later, Entertainment Weekly runs a cover interview headlined ''Yep, She's Too Gay.''
Ellen DeGeneres reveals she's a lesbian in a Time magazine cover story called ''Yep, I'm Gay'' just two weeks before the character she plays on the ABC series Ellen comes out as well. When the show is canceled a year later, Entertainment Weekly runs a cover interview headlined ''Yep, She's Too Gay.''
Coming Out in Showbiz: A Timeline
Entertainment Weekly looks at new art of coming out in Hollywood; trace the evolution since Ellen DeGeneres' ''Yep'' in 1997
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