Page 6 - Hellen Morgan News Today

>> this pressure cooker had been just mounting, and her show really was what blew the lid off of it. >> susan, im gay. >> it was an incredibly pivotal moment in television when ellen morgan, ellen degeneres character came out. and it coincided with ellen degeneres own coming out, which was a brave thing to do when youre the lead of a sitcom. >> if it wasnt difficult, i would have done it a long time ago and everybody else whos closeted who is in this business would do it. >> it really became a n...

To the idea of a gay person coming out on national television. >> oh, paige, you wild, impetuous fool. >> the abc sitcom "ellen" is being cancelled just one year after the main character came out as a lesbian. >> in "entertainment weekly", you said you were dropped or fired"basically because im gay." is that a correct quote? >> i believe that because the show was so gay, yes. >> the fact that the show didnt continue must have been extremely traumatic and hard on her. >> ellen was driven out of t...

Anne Heche and Ellen DeGeneres: Their relationship and how it was covered.

The stand-up comic-turned-actress was warned not to disclose her sexuality. She did it anyway.

What you can say about Ellen that you can't about most celebrities is that she singlehandedly moved the needle on LGBTQ acceptance, and risked her entire career in doing so. It's only fitting that we put her achievements (to date) into perspective...

"I guess jeans were considered gay?" Ellen said about how she had to downplay her identity early on in the show...

As her talk show ends, DeGeneres opens up about earning her place in LGBTQ+ history and helping queer people gain acceptance throughout her career.

50 Years Ago■About 100 students, most of them black, picketed the Amherst College administration building for 3½ hours yesterday in support of the black student protests at Harvard. The picketers, the majority of whom were from Amherst College, were...

Review of "Stop Kiss" by Pride Films and Plays

>> but ellens show didnt start as a show about a gay woman. >> was that a cute dentist, or was that a cute dentist? >> yeah, he is now my cutest health care provider. >> it was about this goofy, amiable bookstore owner and her friends, and it was becoming a hit for abc. but ellen wanted to tell her truth and have the character also do so. >> ellen, are you coming out or not? >> yeah, ellen. quit jerking us around and come out already. >> come on. >> what is the big deal? ive got a whole hour. >>...