For three and a half years, Anne Heche and Ellen DeGeneres were the most famous same-sex couple in the world, and their relationship permanently changed public perceptions of queer life.
Actor Anne Heche dies after suffering significant burns and a severe brain injury last week when she crashed her car into a Mar Vista home.
DeGeneres and Heche attended the VH1 Honors together without incident just a few days after DeGeneres appeared on the cover of Time next to the headline “Yep, I’m Gay,” but when Heche’s agents and publicity team discovered she intended to bring DeGeneres to the premiere of “Volcano,” they tried to dissuade her. Heche later wrote that she was forbidden from attending the party after the premiere because of fears that her new romance could hurt the box office.
During the initial media blitz, the country split along familiar lines. The religious right, following Jerry Falwell’s lead, seized on the couple as yet another sign of moral decline. Meanwhile, LGBTQ organizations celebrated the occasion: GLAAD arranged “Come Out With Ellen” parties across the country on the night the episode aired. Heche didn’t quite fit into either camp’s narrative. During her Oprah interview, DeGeneres pushed back at a homophobic guest, telling him, “It’s who I am.
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