Ellen DeGeneres "Entertainment Weekly" Magazine

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DeGeneres, Ellen (1958- ). Entertainment Weekly Magazine, 1996

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Ellen DeGeneres is a comedian born and raised in Metairie, Louisiana. She has had successful careers in stand-up comedy, film, and television. She starred in the 1990s sitcom Ellen, in which she played one of the first main characters to come out as lesbian, mirroring her own life.

This collection is an LGBTQ resource and part of the LGBTQ+ Archives Project at UL Lafayette. It includes an Entertainment Weekly issue containing an article about DeGeneres coming out as lesbian and the reactions to her character on the show. DeGeneres is featured on the cover.