TOWS Special: "Coming Out" On The Oprah Show: 25 Years Of Unforgettable Guests

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

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🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Original Air Date: January 25, 2011 Oprah takes a look back at 25 years of gay topics. She updates several guest’s stories and talks about how perceptions of LGBQT+ people have changed over the years. Olympic gold medal winner Greg Louganis talks about his landmark decision to come out. Plus, the world's only openly gay Prince has big news. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons,
0:02.0	seasons 4,561 episodes.
0:06.0	I believe the Oprah Winfrey show
0:08.0	was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.0	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.0	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:20.0	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:23.4	The moments that matter.
0:25.1	The eye-opening life lessons.
0:28.2	Never allow them to take you somewhere else.
0:30.9	I'm bringing them back. It's time to open the vault. I personally
0:36.6	chosen these classic episodes to share with you again. Every single person you
0:41.8	ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.0	They want to know, do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.0	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, The Podcast.
0:56.0	When it comes to controversial subjects, we've always tried to face them head on, we've covered gay issues just about
1:06.2	every which way you can over the past 25 years.
1:10.2	In 1987, 70% of Americans thought homosexuality was a sin.
1:16.7	70%. Isn't that shocking?
1:19.5	Well, the numbers have gone down, but we still have a long way to go. Our intention is and
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