Season 3: Episode 3: Ellen DeGeneres
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive - November 2, 2017
- 25:40
Everybody loves Ellen. But that wasn’t always so. When she came out on screen and in real life the backlash was fierce and her future cast in doubt. In this 2001 interview, hear a beloved icon at a crossroads.Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources.
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Sergeant Perry Watkins played by the rules. The U.S military did not. Drafted in 1968, he was thrown out fifteen years later despite his...
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