Betty DeGeneres est une militante américaine dédiée aux droits LGBT. En tant que mère d'Ellen et Vance DeGeneres, elle est devenue la première porte-parole non gay du National Coming Out Project de la Human Rights Campaign. Son militantisme inclut également une adhésion active à PFLAG. Elle a acquis une notoriété considérable suite au coming out très médiatisé de sa fille Ellen en 1997.
The mother of lesbian actress/comedian Ellen DeGeneres offers her own compassionate support and advice for gay men and lesbians and their family members in this account of her own struggle to accept her daughter
"Mom, I'm gay." With three little words, gay sons and daughters can change their parents' lives forever. Twenty years ago, during a walk on a Mississippi beach, Ellen DeGeneres spoke those simple, powerful words to her mother. That emotional moment eventually brought mother and daughter closer than ever, but it was not without a struggle. In Love, Ellen, Betty DeGeneres tells her story: the complicated path to acceptance and the deepening of her friendship with her daughter, the media's scrutiny of their family life, and the painful and often inspiring stories she's heard on the road as the first nongay spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming Out Project. Insightful, universally touching, and uncommonly wise, Love, Ellen is a story of friendship between mother and daughter and a lesson in understanding for all parents and their children.