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...Days/7 Nights, fired Endeavor, the agency that got her that job, as well as roles in movies (Volcano and Donnie Brasco) that made her this week's actress to moon over. Reason? Endeavor was opposed to her announcing in PEOPLE that she is gay and having a relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, who only recently stepped out of the armoire herself. Heche has signed with more like-minded agents at CAA (which also represents DeGeneres) and has a new manager, who also happens to be DeGeneres'. Hey, the couple that has representation together...
...sure America is ready for her, but I can only cast my vote in favor of Ellen DeGeneres for having the courage to be honest." KRISTINA BURKE Highlands Ranch, Colorado...
Hooray for Ellen DeGeneres! It is hard being gay, and it is especially hard to admit publicly that you are [TELEVISION, April 14]. Ellen's coming out will help everyone else see that gays are not freaks but are normal and sometimes even famous. No one chooses to be gay; we are born that way. But even in today's world, there are folks who are still closed-minded. A lot of us work hard to hide our sexuality for fear of being outcast, harassed or fired. Ellen has helped us take a step in the right direction. NAME WITHHELD...
This is one of the critical points that Noah Oppenheim fails to address in his piece on April 25, "Coming out to Applause." Oppenheim argues that the network's decision to have Ellen DeGeneres openly state her homosexuality in an upcoming episode of "Ellen" is not a significant marker in the struggle for public acceptance of homosexuality. Oppenheim claims that television does not influence society; instead he insists that "to the extent that television has any significance whatsoever, the idea that television reflects society is far more convincing...
Finally, Oppenheim complains that the Ellen case is foolishness because "Americans probably don't even care. They do not need nor wish to have issues of sexuality constantly thrust in their faces...The fact that Ellen likes women is no more important to my life than whether Jerry Seinfeld enjoys receiving fellatio...