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LGBT History Month Icon Of The Day: Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres wears many hats. She’s a talk show host, actress, comedian, spokeswoman for various companies including Cover Girl and JCPenney (a story on its own), but for the LGBT community, she is a role model.

LGBT History Month Icon Of The Day: Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres wears many hats. She’s a talk show host, actress, comedian, spokeswoman for various companies including Cover Girl and JCPenney (a story on its own), but for the LGBT community, she is a role model.

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Something To Celebrate: 20 Of The Best LGBT Moments Of The Week May 14 - May 19
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Ellen DeGeneres Honored With 2012 Mark Twain Prize
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Gay on TV: It’s All in the Family
On “Glee” this spring, a transgender character named Unique is competing in a sing-off. On “Grey’s Anatomy,” Arizona and Callie are adjusting to married life, having been pronounced “wife and wife” last year.
On “Modern Family,” the nation’s most popular television show, Cameron and his partner Mitchell are trying to adopt a second child.
What’s missing? The outrage.

Gay on TV: It’s All in the Family

On “Glee” this spring, a transgender character named Unique is competing in a sing-off. On “Grey’s Anatomy,” Arizona and Callie are adjusting to married life, having been pronounced “wife and wife” last year.

On “Modern Family,” the nation’s most popular television show, Cameron and his partner Mitchell are trying to adopt a second child.

What’s missing? The outrage.

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The Power List

How to measure a person’s power? In a world in which we have inexpensive tools to reach billions, it may seem that the globe truly is flat, and we’re all on an even playing field. But a few exemplary individuals manage to influence the way others live — either through their public personas, politics, or wealth — and affect cultural and social attitudes.

The Power List

How to measure a person’s power? In a world in which we have inexpensive tools to reach billions, it may seem that the globe truly is flat, and we’re all on an even playing field. But a few exemplary individuals manage to influence the way others live — either through their public personas, politics, or wealth — and affect cultural and social attitudes.

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"I also think LGBT visibility is important. Having out and proud celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and Neil Patrick Harris in our lives might only be a small step for the community itself. However, in the same way that studies show that watching Friends makes the world hate America a little less, these ambassadors use their soft power to slowly change hearts and minds in our nation’s living rooms every day."

— Nico Lang, ‘Why Anderson Cooper Should Never Come Out, Ever

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The Advocate: Our Hall of Fame Part 1
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Ellen DeGeneres’ JCPenney Partnership Scandal Inspires ‘Gay Day’ Flashmob In New York

That’s Jack Mackenroth (top right) of Project Runway/Gay Games fame

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I can’t believe I’m typing this but- Watch: Bill O’Reilly defends the Ellen Degeneres and JC Penny partnership.

Note: I promise that watching a clip from FOX news will not cause your eyes to burn out of their sockets.   

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Ellen DeGeneres Rips ‘One Million Moms’ For Calling for Her Firing

(Source: towleroad.com)