On This Gay Day: Ellen DeGeneres came out on the cover of TIME magazine

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On This Gay Day: Ellen DeGeneres came out on the cover of TIME magazine

On this day in 1997 comedian Ellen DeGeneres came out. The ground-breaking declaration saw Ellen appearing on the cover of TIME magazine with the headline ‘Yep, I’m Gay’. At the same time Ellen Morgan, the character DeGeneres played on her sitcom Ellen, also came out to her friends and colleagues. The episode was critically acclaimed and a cultural phenomenon, but the show was quickly accused of being “too gay” and was cancelled the following y…