"Yep, I'm Gay:" Ellen DeGeneres explains why she's coming out
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Title
"Yep, I'm Gay:" Ellen DeGeneres explains why she's coming out
Subject
TIME Magazine
Description
This is a digitization of the 1997 TIME Magazine interview in which Ellen DeGeneres announced her sexuality publicly for the first time, shortly before her sitcom character Ellen Morgan (from the show "Ellen") would follow suit. This marked a major moment for DeGeneres, not only being among the first people to play a gay lead character on a television show, but also identifying as a lesbian herself at a time when this was still heavily stigmatized.
Creator
Bruce Handy (original)
Lily Rothman (digitized article)
Publisher
Time Warner/Warner Media, LLC
Date
Original: 14-04-1997
Article: 14-04-2022
Contributor
Ellen DeGeneres (Interviewee)
Firooz Zahedi (Magazine cover creator)
Rights
© TIME USA, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Format
Print magazine
Digital news article
Language
English
Type
Print magazine
Citation
Bruce Handy (original) and Lily Rothman (digitized article), “"Yep, I'm Gay:" Ellen DeGeneres explains why she's coming out,” Omeka, accessed February 7, 2026, https://omeka.ischool.utoronto.ca/items/show/372.