Ellen DeGeneres’s Groundbreaking Coming Out: 20 Years Later
Vanity FairHilary Weaver
Ellen DeGeneres’s Groundbreaking Coming Out: 20 Years Later
It’s been two decades since Ellen DeGeneres's influential “coming out.” Vanity Fair takes a look back at the month of April 1997.
Apr 28, 2017
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