It was 10 years ago that Ellen DeGeneres's character on the show "Ellen" came out to the world as a lesbian. The Oxygen network just celebrated this episode's anniversary by airing a six-hour "Ellen" marathon, capped by the above referenced episode.
Now that we can look at where we are 10 years later, have we come that far? Sure..."Will and Grace" has come and gone; "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" is just another show now; we do have some prominent gay characters on TV; "The L Word" is in its fourth season.
But there still are a tremendous number of comedies out there that still try to get chuckles out of characters who fear they might be gay or perceived as gay, only to be relieved when, thank goodness, the heterosexual truth is confirmed. Why is it still socially acceptable to view homosexuality as this "horrible affliction" that one is just so relieved that they don't have?
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