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>> this pressure cooker had been just mounting, and her show really was what blew the lid off of it. >> susan, i'm 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 you're the lead of a sitcom. >> if it wasn't difficult, i would have done it a long time ago and everybody else who's closeted who is in this business would do it. >> it really became a national event. >> that felt so great. and it felt so loud. >> she must have felt this huge rel...

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 i'm gay." is that a correct quote? >> i believe that because the show was so gay, yes. >> the fact that the show didn't continue must have been extremely traumatic and hard on her. >> ellen was driven out of the industry for a while after that episode. so, there was a backlash. >> i think that threatened 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...