Comments on: Sitcoms Saved Suicidal Gay http://www.queerty.com/sitcoms-saved-suicidal-gay-20071017/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:08:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mr. B http://www.queerty.com/sitcoms-saved-suicidal-gay-20071017/#comment-21849 Mr. B Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:05:04 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/news/sitcoms-saved-suicidal-gay-20071017/#comment-21849 I know it sounds silly and flaky, but I came out a week before Ellen did, and I don't know that I would have had the courage otherwise. I'm pretty young (I was in high school at the time), but I remember thinking, "My parents love Ellen and they know she's going to come out. So they can't hate my being gay THAT much." Plus, the whole media/pop-culture angle of it made me feel empowered by what I'd previously been agonizing over. I think what I'm trying to say is that the whole Ellen-coming-out (and making it a story arc in her show) taught me how to feel pride in who and what I was. I know it sounds silly and flaky, but I came out a week before Ellen did, and I don’t know that I would have had the courage otherwise. I’m pretty young (I was in high school at the time), but I remember thinking, “My parents love Ellen and they know she’s going to come out. So they can’t hate my being gay THAT much.”

Plus, the whole media/pop-culture angle of it made me feel empowered by what I’d previously been agonizing over. I think what I’m trying to say is that the whole Ellen-coming-out (and making it a story arc in her show) taught me how to feel pride in who and what I was.

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