Other celebrities have come out in a high-profile manner:
“I don’t have to be fearful about something damaging my career if it gets out, because now I’m in control of it–sort of.”
–ELLEN DEGENERES
came out in Time magazine in 1997,weeks before her TV character on “Ellen” came out
“I’m finally OK with the idea of who I love, who I want to be with.”
–WNBA STAR SHERYL SWOOPES
[came out in October 2005]“I don’t think America knows what a gay parent looks like. I am the gay parent.”
–ROSIE O’DONNELL
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[came out March 14, 2002, on ABC’s “Primetime”]“The hiding becomes your life, becomes normal. It’s not until you come out of the closet, look back on your life and think about all … the sacrifices that you made, that you know that it was messed up.”
–FORMER NFL PLAYER ESERA TUAOLO
“I didn’t make my sexuality an issue because I didn’t want to make it an issue of, ‘The Gay Diver.’ “
–OLYMPIC GOLD-MEDAL DIVER GREG LOUGANIS
[first publicly acknowledged his sexuality in 1994 at the Gay Games in New York]“The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay.”
–GEORGE TAKEI
[played Sulu in “Star Trek,” came out in October 2005]