TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY
THE ROSIE O'DONNELL SHOW: Ellen DeGeneres - 9/25/1996, Syndicated
Rosie and Ellen have a coy conversation about rumors that Ellen and her sitcom character might come out as gay, thus making Ellen Morgan the first out-and-proud gay main character ever on a U.S. TV series. ABC wasn't letting Ellen discuss any of this publicly yet, so she and Rosie joke about it "in code."
