IOTD …. Images of the Day …. Special Edition …. “TIME Magazine Cover …. Yep, I’m GAY …. “!!

~~April 28, 2017~~ 

TWENTY YEARS AGO

20th Anniversary of Ellen Degeneres Coming Out

I remember as if it was yesterday.

I watched Ellen’s sitcom religiously.

I followed all her antics and was waiting for that one episode.

I was with you, I’m still with you and will always be with you, Ellen.

Thank you!!

HortyRex©

YEP I’M GAY

Did you expect it to turn into all of this?,” Oprah Winfrey asked Ellen DeGeneres on an episode of her talk show that aired on the afternoon of April 30, 1997.

Two weeks earlier, a Time cover had debuted, featuring DeGeneres and the instantly famous words “Yep, I’m Gay.”

On April 25, DeGeneres spoke to Diane Sawyer on 20/20 and said, “I decided this was not going to be something that I was going to live the rest of my life being ashamed of.”

Hours after the Oprah interview aired, DeGeneres’s charismatic bookstore owner character, Ellen Morgan, followed suit, coming out as gay in a one-hour, two-part episode of her sitcom Ellen. “The Puppy Episode” was watched by an estimated 44 million people, nearly three times the show’s usual ratings.

It’s been 20 years since that April.

DeGeneres has hosted her own daytime talk show, also called Ellen, for nearly 14 years. She’s hosted the Oscars, won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, starred in two blockbuster cartoons, and all the while lived openly as a gay woman.

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Original TIME Magazine Cover April 1997

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We ALL are ONE!!

Ellen DeGeneres and the Obamas …. “her Tribute to them …. “!!

~~January 24, 2017~~ 

REAL SHOW OF FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE

My gosh, it’s only been 4 days!

It feels like an eternity.

It feels surreal.

I haven’t been able to be lighthearted for quite a while.

It’s things like this that lift the fog momentarily.

Let me share it with you.

I hope you enjoy is as much as I do!

HortyRex©

~Ellen DeGeneres thanks Barack Obama for ‘changing my life’~
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Posted on January 19, 2017

In honor of President Barack Obama’s final day in office, Ellen DeGeneres took a moment out of Thursday’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show, January 19, to pay tribute to him and First Lady Michelle Obama.

“I want to personally thank him for changing my life,” said DeGeneres. “I am a legally married woman because of him, and so is my wife.”

She continued: “His courage and compassion created equality for everyone. He moved us forward and made more happen in the past eight years than I ever dreamed possible. I love him. I love Michelle.”

Then, DeGeneres showed a video compilation of her time with the Obamas over the years. The touching send-off featured everything from Barack’s first appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2007 to Barack honoring DeGeneres with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November.

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Ellen DeGeneres thanks Barack Obama for ‘changing my life’

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~~GALLERY~~ 

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THANKS FOR CHANGING MY LIFE!

Ellen

~~Ellen’s Tribute to the Obamas~~

~~Published on Jan 19, 2017~~

To commemorate President Obama’s last day in office, Ellen took a look back at some of her favorite moments with President Obama and the First Lady.

We ALL are ONE!! 

Ellen DeGeneres …. “Presidential Medal of Freedom …. “!!

~~November 18, 2016~~ 

PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM

My kind of person.

We needed many more like her how.

Be kind to one another!

HortyRex©

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is – along with the comparable Congressional Gold Medal – the highest civilian award of the United States.

It recognizes those individuals who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors”.

The award is not limited to U.S. citizens and, while it is a civilian award, it can also be awarded to military personnel and worn on the uniform.

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We ALL are ONE!!