essay for the ACLU in response to a controversial joke on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.“One thing that I’ve learned from being in quarantine is that people — this is like being in jail, is what it is,” Ellen told viewers in a video recorded at her cushy Beverly Hills mansion. “It’s mostly because I’ve been wearing the same clothes for 10 days and everyone in here is gay.”Morgan, who is currently the Executive Director of Omaha-based Black and Pink, an LGBTQ-focused prison abolitionist organization, responded with vehement indignation at the comparison, saying that Ellen’s joke minimized the horrors that too many LGBTQ people experience in prison, and the added horrors they are experiencing as a result of the pandemic.Nah @TheEllenShow I can.