Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey (32 page)

Lagniappe—A Little Something Extra

M
Y “LAGNIAPPE” TO YOU
, dear readers, is an invitation to send in your questions, comments, and letters for possible inclusion in a follow-up book. We still have a long way to go, and I hope I have “miles to go before I sleep.” I would like to continue documenting our progress in this struggle for fairness and equal rights for our gay family members.

Finally, as I say at the end of my Human Rights Campaign speeches: I love you all. Celebrate yourselves. Feel good about yourselves.

About the Author

B
ETTY
D
E
G
ENERES
was a working mom who held a variety of jobs—from employment
counselor to speech pathologist—while her children were growing up. In 1997, after her
daughter’s coming out, Betty was named the national spokesperson for the Human Rights
Campaign’s National Coming Out Project. Now she travels around the country to promote honesty
and openness about being gay, having a gay family member, and supporting equal rights for gay
people. She lives in Los Angeles.

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Credits

Cover design by Richard L. Aquan

Cover background by Beth Middleworth

Cover photograph by Firooz Zahedi

Copyright

Copyright © 1999 by Betty DeGeneres

Excerpt from
Angels in Our Midst
by Mary Fisher. Reprinted courtesy of author.

Amanda Bearse quote reprinted courtesy of
People
magazine.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
DeGeneres, Betty, 1930—
Love, Ellen : a mother/daughter journey / Betty DeGeneres.—1st ed.
p. cm.

ISBN 0-688-17688-7 (alk. paper)
Epub Edition © JUNE 2013 ISBN 9780062276100
1. DeGeneres, Betty. 1930- 2. Parents of gays—United States—Biography. 3. Mothers and daughters—United States—Case studies. 4. DeGeneres, Ellen. 5. Lesbians—United States—biography. 6. Lesbians—United States—Family relationships—Case studies. 7. Women comedians—United States—Biography. 8. Television actors and actresses—United States—Biography. 9- Homosexuality—United States. I. Title.
HQ75.4.D44D44 1999
306.874’3—dc21            98-50367
                                    CIP

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