Exactly 20 years ago, Ellen DeGeneres made history — TV history, LGBTQ history, American history — when she came out as gay on her sitcom Ellen. "My character, Ellen Morgan, came out as a lesbian on national television. And I, Ellen DeGeneres, came out at the same time," she said near the start of Friday's emotional episode of her hugely popular daytime talk show. "It was the hardest thing that I ever had to do in my life, and I wouldn't change one moment of it, because it led me to be...

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