Canadian actrs Ellen Page has e out as gay, sayg she's tired of "lyg by omissn" and that she suffered for years bee she hid her sexualy.
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- ELLEN PAGE ON COMG OUT: 'I FELT AWKWARD AROUND GAY PEOPLE'
- ELLEN PAGE COM OUT AS GAY A BETIFUL SPEECH AT HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATN CONFERENCEPOIGNANTTHE OSR NOMATED STAR OF ‘JUNO’ ME OUT A WONRFUL, HONT, AND HEARTRENDG SPEECH AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATN’S TIME TO THRIVE NFERENCE. WATCH THE SPEECH AND READ THE FULL TEXT OF BELOW. MARLOW STERNUPDATED JUL. 12, 2017 12:43PM EDT / PUBLISHED FEB. 15, 2014 3:10PM EST JEFF BOTTARI/AP,JEFF BOTTARIELLEN PAGE, THE OSR NOMATED STAR OF FILMS LIKE JUNO, INCEPTN, AND THE UPG X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, IS GAY. THE 26-YEAR-OLD CANADIAN-BORN ACTRS ME OUT DURG A STIRRG SPEECH FRIDAY—VALENTE’S DAY—AT THE TIME TO THRIVE NFERENCE. “I AM HERE TODAY BEE I AM GAY,” SHE SAID. “AND BEE MAYBE I N MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO HELP OTHERS HAVE AN EASIER AND MORE HOPEFUL TIME.”TIME TO THRIVE IS AN EVENT HOSTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATN PARTNERSHIP WH THE NATNAL EDUTN ASSOCIATN AND THE AMERIN COUNSELG ASSOCIATN, AND BILLS SELF AS AN “GURAL NATNAL NFERENCE PROMOTG SAFETY, CLN, AND WELL-BEG FOR LGBTQ YOUTH.” THIS YEAR’S EVENT WAS HELD AT THE BALLY’S HOTEL AND CASO LAS VEGAS.“I FEEL A PERSONAL OBLIGATN AND A SOCIAL RPONSIBILY,” SAID PAGE, TEARG UP. “I ALSO DO SELFISHLY, BEE I’M TIRED OF HIDG. AND I’M TIRED OF LYG BY OMISSN. I SUFFERED FOR YEARS BEE I WAS SRED TO BE OUT. MY SPIR SUFFERED, MY MENTAL HEALTH SUFFERED, AND MY RELATNSHIPS SUFFERED. AND I’M STANDG HERE TODAY, WH ALL OF YOU, ON THE OTHER SI OF THAT PA.” MANY MEMBERS OF THE HOLLYWOOD MUNY TWEETED THEIR SUPPORT: WE’D LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SUPPORT AND NGRATULATNS TO MS. PAGE AS WELL.YOU N WATCH THE FULL VIO OF PAGE’S SPEECH AND READ THE FULL TEXT OF BELOW. "THANK YOU, CHAD, FOR THOSE KD WORDS, AND FOR THE EVEN KR WORK THAT YOU AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATN DO EVERY DAY ON BEHALF OF THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENRED YOUNG PEOPLE HERE AND ACROSS AMERI.IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE AT THE GURAL TIME TO THRIVE CONFERENCE. BUT ’S A LTLE WEIRD, TOO. HERE I AM THIS ROOM BEE OF AN ANIZATN WHOSE WORK I EPLY, EPLY ADMIRE, AND I’M SURROUND BY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEIR LIFE’S WORK TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE’S LIV BETTER—PROFOUNDLY BETTER. SOME OF YOU TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE. SOME OF YOU HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO HEAL AND FD THEIR VOICE. SOME OF YOU LISTEN. SOME OF YOU TAKE ACTN. SOME OF YOU ARE YOUNG PEOPLE YOURSELV, WHICH SE ’S EVEN WEIRR FOR A YOUNG PERSON LIKE ME TO BE SPEAKG TO YOU.IT’S WEIRD BEE HERE I AM, AN ACTRS, REPRENTG AT LEAST SOME SENSE AN DTRY THAT PLAC CSHG STANDARDS ON ALL OF —AND NOT JT YOUNG PEOPLE, EVERYONE. STANDARDS OF BETY, OF A GOOD LIFE, OF SUCCS; STANDARDS THAT I HATE TO ADM HAVE AFFECTED ME. YOU HAVE IAS PLANTED YOUR HEAD—THOUGHTS YOU NEVER HAD BEFORE—THAT TELL YOU HOW YOU HAVE TO ACT, HOW YOU HAVE TO DRS, AND WHO YOU HAVE TO BE. AND I’VE BEEN TRYG TO PH BACK TO BE THENTIC AND FOLLOW MY HEART, BUT N BE HARD. BUT THAT’S WHY I’M HERE, THIS ROOM. ALL OF YOU, ALL OF , N DO SO MUCH MORE TOGETHER THAN ANY ONE PERSON N DO ALONE. AND I HOPE THAT THAT THOUGHT BOLSTERS YOU AS MUCH AS DO ME. I HOPE THAT THE WORKSHOPS YOU GO TO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS GIVE YOU STRENGTH, BEE I N ONLY IMAGE THAT THERE ARE DAYS WHEN YOU’VE WORKED LONGER HOURS THAN YOUR BOSS REALIZ OR R ABOUT JT TO HELP A KID WHO YOU KNOW N MAKE . DAYS WHERE YOU FEEL PLETELY ALONE, UNRMED, OR HOPELS.AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THIS ROOM WHO GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND GET TREATED LIKE SH FOR NO REASON. OR YOU GO HOME AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU N’T TELL YOUR PARENTS THE WHOLE TTH ABOUT YOURSELF. AND BEYOND PUTTG YOURSELF ONE BOX OR ANOTHER, YOU WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE, ABOUT LLEGE, OR WORK, OR EVEN YOUR PHYSIL SAFETY. AND TRYG TO CREATE THAT MENTAL PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE, OF WHAT ON EARTH IS GOG TO HAPPEN TO YOU, N CSH YOU A LTLE B EVERY DAY. AND IS TOXIC, AND PAFUL, AND EPLY UNFAIR. AND SOMETIM ’S THE LTLE, SIGNIFINT STUFF THAT N TEAR YOU DOWN.NOW, I TRY NOT TO READ GOSSIP AS A LE. BUT THE OTHER DAY, A WEBSE RAN AN ARTICLE WH A PICTURE OF ME WEARG SWEATPANTS ON THE WAY TO THE GYM. AND THE WRER ASKED, “WHY DO THIS PETE BETY SIST ON DRSG LIKE A MASSIVE MAN?” BEE I LIKE TO BE FORTABLE. THERE ARE PERVASIVE STEREOTYP ABOUT MASCULY AND FEMY THAT FE HOW WE’RE ALL SUPPOSED TO ACT, DRS, AND SPEAK, AND THEY SERVE NO ONE. ANYONE WHO FI THE SO-LLED “NORMS” BE WORTHY OF MENT AND SCTY, AND THE LGBT MUNY KNOWS THIS ALL TOO WELL. YET THERE IS URAGE ALL AROUND . THE FOOTBALL HERO MICHAEL SAM; THE ACTRS LAVERNE COX; THE MICIANS TEGAN AND SARA QUN; THE FAY THAT SUPPORTS THEIR DGHTER OR SON WHO HAS E OUT. AND THERE IS URAGE THIS ROOM. ALL OF YOU.AND I’M SPIRED TO BE THIS ROOM BEE EVERY SGLE ONE OF YOU IS HERE FOR THE SAME REASON: YOU’RE HERE BEE YOU’VE ADOPTED, AS A RE MOTIVATN, THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THIS WORLD WOULD E A WHOLE LOT BETTER IF WE JT MA AN EFFORT TO BE LS HORRIBLE TO ONE ANOTHER.IF WE TOOK JT FIVE MUT TO REGNIZE EACH OTHER’S BETY STEAD OF ATTACKG EACH OTHER FOR OUR DIFFERENC—THAT’S NOT HARD, ’S REALLY AN EASIER AND BETTER WAY TO LIVE. AND ULTIMATELY, SAV LIV. THEN AGA, N BE THE HARST THG—BEE LOVG OTHER PEOPLE STARTS WH LOVG OURSELV AND ACCEPTG OURSELV. AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE STGGLED WH THIS, AND I DRY UPON YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR SUPPORT WAYS THAT YOU WILL NEVER KNOW.AND I AM HERE TODAY BEE I AM GAY. AND BEE MAYBE I N MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO HELP OTHERS HAVE AN EASIER AND MORE HOPEFUL TIME. REGARDLS, FOR ME, I FEEL A PERSONAL OBLIGATN AND A SOCIAL RPONSIBILY. I ALSO DO SELFISHLY, BEE I’M TIRED OF HIDG. AND I’M TIRED OF LYG BY OMISSN. I SUFFERED FOR YEARS BEE I WAS SRED TO BE OUT. MY SPIR SUFFERED, MY MENTAL HEALTH SUFFERED, AND MY RELATNSHIPS SUFFERED. AND I’M STANDG HERE TODAY, WH ALL OF YOU, ON THE OTHER SI OF THAT PA. AND I AM YOUNG, Y. BUT WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT LOVE—THE BETY OF , THE JOY OF , AND Y, EVEN THE PA OF —IS THE MOST CREDIBLE GIFT TO GIVE AND TO RECEIVE AS A HUMAN BEG. AND WE SERVE TO EXPERIENCE LOVE FULLY, EQUALLY, WHOUT SHAME, AND WHOUT PROMISE. THERE ARE TOO MANY KIDS OUT THERE SUFFERG OM BULLYG, REJECTN, OR SIMPLY BEG MISTREATED BEE OF WHO THEY ARE. TOO MANY DROPOUTS. TOO MUCH ABE. TOO MANY HOMELS. TOO MANY SUICIS. YOU N CHANGE THAT, AND YOU ARE CHANGG . BUT YOU NEVER NEED ME TO TELL YOU THAT, AND THAT’S WHY THIS WAS A LTLE B WEIRD.THE ONLY THG THAT I N REALLY SAY IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN BUILDG UP TO FOR THE PAST FIVE MUT: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SPIRG ME. THANK YOU FOR GIVG ME HOPE. AND PLEASE KEEP CHANGG THE WORLD FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. HAPPY VALENTE’S DAY, I LOVE YOU ALL." MARLOW STERN
- ELLEN PAGE COM OUT AS GAY WH INSPIRG SPEECH
- ELLEN PAGE OUT AS GAY: 'I'M TIRED OF HIDG'
ELLEN PAGE ON COMG OUT: 'I FELT AWKWARD AROUND GAY PEOPLE'
Page scrib how very nervo she was to e out Page arriv to the 2014 Vany Fair Osr Party, March 2, 2014 Wt Hollywood, Sanchez-Gonzalez/AFP/Getty ImagApril 30, 2014 — -- Ellen Page me out as gay on Valente's Day at the Human Rights Campaign Foundatn’s gural Time to Thrive nference. More than two months later, Page is openg up about that big night where she said “I am here today bee I’m gay.
”The 27-year-old "X-Men" star add that her g out had been eight years the makg, havg told her parents when she was jt Ellen Page Giv Emotnal ‘Comg Out’ Speech Front of Hundreds"You thk you’re a place where you’re all I’m thrilled to be gay, I have no issu about beg gay anymore, I don’t feel shame about beg gay, but you actually do, " she add. I felt awkward around gay people; I felt guilty for not beg myself.
ELLEN PAGE COM OUT AS GAY A BETIFUL SPEECH AT HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATN CONFERENCEPOIGNANTTHE OSR NOMATED STAR OF ‘JUNO’ ME OUT A WONRFUL, HONT, AND HEARTRENDG SPEECH AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATN’S TIME TO THRIVE NFERENCE. WATCH THE SPEECH AND READ THE FULL TEXT OF BELOW. MARLOW STERNUPDATED JUL. 12, 2017 12:43PM EDT / PUBLISHED FEB. 15, 2014 3:10PM EST JEFF BOTTARI/AP,JEFF BOTTARIELLEN PAGE, THE OSR NOMATED STAR OF FILMS LIKE JUNO, INCEPTN, AND THE UPG X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, IS GAY. THE 26-YEAR-OLD CANADIAN-BORN ACTRS ME OUT DURG A STIRRG SPEECH FRIDAY—VALENTE’S DAY—AT THE TIME TO THRIVE NFERENCE. “I AM HERE TODAY BEE I AM GAY,” SHE SAID. “AND BEE MAYBE I N MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO HELP OTHERS HAVE AN EASIER AND MORE HOPEFUL TIME.”TIME TO THRIVE IS AN EVENT HOSTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATN PARTNERSHIP WH THE NATNAL EDUTN ASSOCIATN AND THE AMERIN COUNSELG ASSOCIATN, AND BILLS SELF AS AN “GURAL NATNAL NFERENCE PROMOTG SAFETY, CLN, AND WELL-BEG FOR LGBTQ YOUTH.” THIS YEAR’S EVENT WAS HELD AT THE BALLY’S HOTEL AND CASO LAS VEGAS.“I FEEL A PERSONAL OBLIGATN AND A SOCIAL RPONSIBILY,” SAID PAGE, TEARG UP. “I ALSO DO SELFISHLY, BEE I’M TIRED OF HIDG. AND I’M TIRED OF LYG BY OMISSN. I SUFFERED FOR YEARS BEE I WAS SRED TO BE OUT. MY SPIR SUFFERED, MY MENTAL HEALTH SUFFERED, AND MY RELATNSHIPS SUFFERED. AND I’M STANDG HERE TODAY, WH ALL OF YOU, ON THE OTHER SI OF THAT PA.” MANY MEMBERS OF THE HOLLYWOOD MUNY TWEETED THEIR SUPPORT: WE’D LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SUPPORT AND NGRATULATNS TO MS. PAGE AS WELL.YOU N WATCH THE FULL VIO OF PAGE’S SPEECH AND READ THE FULL TEXT OF BELOW. "THANK YOU, CHAD, FOR THOSE KD WORDS, AND FOR THE EVEN KR WORK THAT YOU AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATN DO EVERY DAY ON BEHALF OF THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENRED YOUNG PEOPLE HERE AND ACROSS AMERI.IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE AT THE GURAL TIME TO THRIVE CONFERENCE. BUT ’S A LTLE WEIRD, TOO. HERE I AM THIS ROOM BEE OF AN ANIZATN WHOSE WORK I EPLY, EPLY ADMIRE, AND I’M SURROUND BY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEIR LIFE’S WORK TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE’S LIV BETTER—PROFOUNDLY BETTER. SOME OF YOU TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE. SOME OF YOU HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO HEAL AND FD THEIR VOICE. SOME OF YOU LISTEN. SOME OF YOU TAKE ACTN. SOME OF YOU ARE YOUNG PEOPLE YOURSELV, WHICH SE ’S EVEN WEIRR FOR A YOUNG PERSON LIKE ME TO BE SPEAKG TO YOU.IT’S WEIRD BEE HERE I AM, AN ACTRS, REPRENTG AT LEAST SOME SENSE AN DTRY THAT PLAC CSHG STANDARDS ON ALL OF —AND NOT JT YOUNG PEOPLE, EVERYONE. STANDARDS OF BETY, OF A GOOD LIFE, OF SUCCS; STANDARDS THAT I HATE TO ADM HAVE AFFECTED ME. YOU HAVE IAS PLANTED YOUR HEAD—THOUGHTS YOU NEVER HAD BEFORE—THAT TELL YOU HOW YOU HAVE TO ACT, HOW YOU HAVE TO DRS, AND WHO YOU HAVE TO BE. AND I’VE BEEN TRYG TO PH BACK TO BE THENTIC AND FOLLOW MY HEART, BUT N BE HARD. BUT THAT’S WHY I’M HERE, THIS ROOM. ALL OF YOU, ALL OF , N DO SO MUCH MORE TOGETHER THAN ANY ONE PERSON N DO ALONE. AND I HOPE THAT THAT THOUGHT BOLSTERS YOU AS MUCH AS DO ME. I HOPE THAT THE WORKSHOPS YOU GO TO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS GIVE YOU STRENGTH, BEE I N ONLY IMAGE THAT THERE ARE DAYS WHEN YOU’VE WORKED LONGER HOURS THAN YOUR BOSS REALIZ OR R ABOUT JT TO HELP A KID WHO YOU KNOW N MAKE . DAYS WHERE YOU FEEL PLETELY ALONE, UNRMED, OR HOPELS.AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THIS ROOM WHO GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND GET TREATED LIKE SH FOR NO REASON. OR YOU GO HOME AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU N’T TELL YOUR PARENTS THE WHOLE TTH ABOUT YOURSELF. AND BEYOND PUTTG YOURSELF ONE BOX OR ANOTHER, YOU WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE, ABOUT LLEGE, OR WORK, OR EVEN YOUR PHYSIL SAFETY. AND TRYG TO CREATE THAT MENTAL PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE, OF WHAT ON EARTH IS GOG TO HAPPEN TO YOU, N CSH YOU A LTLE B EVERY DAY. AND IS TOXIC, AND PAFUL, AND EPLY UNFAIR. AND SOMETIM ’S THE LTLE, SIGNIFINT STUFF THAT N TEAR YOU DOWN.NOW, I TRY NOT TO READ GOSSIP AS A LE. BUT THE OTHER DAY, A WEBSE RAN AN ARTICLE WH A PICTURE OF ME WEARG SWEATPANTS ON THE WAY TO THE GYM. AND THE WRER ASKED, “WHY DO THIS PETE BETY SIST ON DRSG LIKE A MASSIVE MAN?” BEE I LIKE TO BE FORTABLE. THERE ARE PERVASIVE STEREOTYP ABOUT MASCULY AND FEMY THAT FE HOW WE’RE ALL SUPPOSED TO ACT, DRS, AND SPEAK, AND THEY SERVE NO ONE. ANYONE WHO FI THE SO-LLED “NORMS” BE WORTHY OF MENT AND SCTY, AND THE LGBT MUNY KNOWS THIS ALL TOO WELL. YET THERE IS URAGE ALL AROUND . THE FOOTBALL HERO MICHAEL SAM; THE ACTRS LAVERNE COX; THE MICIANS TEGAN AND SARA QUN; THE FAY THAT SUPPORTS THEIR DGHTER OR SON WHO HAS E OUT. AND THERE IS URAGE THIS ROOM. ALL OF YOU.AND I’M SPIRED TO BE THIS ROOM BEE EVERY SGLE ONE OF YOU IS HERE FOR THE SAME REASON: YOU’RE HERE BEE YOU’VE ADOPTED, AS A RE MOTIVATN, THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THIS WORLD WOULD E A WHOLE LOT BETTER IF WE JT MA AN EFFORT TO BE LS HORRIBLE TO ONE ANOTHER.IF WE TOOK JT FIVE MUT TO REGNIZE EACH OTHER’S BETY STEAD OF ATTACKG EACH OTHER FOR OUR DIFFERENC—THAT’S NOT HARD, ’S REALLY AN EASIER AND BETTER WAY TO LIVE. AND ULTIMATELY, SAV LIV. THEN AGA, N BE THE HARST THG—BEE LOVG OTHER PEOPLE STARTS WH LOVG OURSELV AND ACCEPTG OURSELV. AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE STGGLED WH THIS, AND I DRY UPON YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR SUPPORT WAYS THAT YOU WILL NEVER KNOW.AND I AM HERE TODAY BEE I AM GAY. AND BEE MAYBE I N MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO HELP OTHERS HAVE AN EASIER AND MORE HOPEFUL TIME. REGARDLS, FOR ME, I FEEL A PERSONAL OBLIGATN AND A SOCIAL RPONSIBILY. I ALSO DO SELFISHLY, BEE I’M TIRED OF HIDG. AND I’M TIRED OF LYG BY OMISSN. I SUFFERED FOR YEARS BEE I WAS SRED TO BE OUT. MY SPIR SUFFERED, MY MENTAL HEALTH SUFFERED, AND MY RELATNSHIPS SUFFERED. AND I’M STANDG HERE TODAY, WH ALL OF YOU, ON THE OTHER SI OF THAT PA. AND I AM YOUNG, Y. BUT WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT LOVE—THE BETY OF , THE JOY OF , AND Y, EVEN THE PA OF —IS THE MOST CREDIBLE GIFT TO GIVE AND TO RECEIVE AS A HUMAN BEG. AND WE SERVE TO EXPERIENCE LOVE FULLY, EQUALLY, WHOUT SHAME, AND WHOUT PROMISE. THERE ARE TOO MANY KIDS OUT THERE SUFFERG OM BULLYG, REJECTN, OR SIMPLY BEG MISTREATED BEE OF WHO THEY ARE. TOO MANY DROPOUTS. TOO MUCH ABE. TOO MANY HOMELS. TOO MANY SUICIS. YOU N CHANGE THAT, AND YOU ARE CHANGG . BUT YOU NEVER NEED ME TO TELL YOU THAT, AND THAT’S WHY THIS WAS A LTLE B WEIRD.THE ONLY THG THAT I N REALLY SAY IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN BUILDG UP TO FOR THE PAST FIVE MUT: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SPIRG ME. THANK YOU FOR GIVG ME HOPE. AND PLEASE KEEP CHANGG THE WORLD FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. HAPPY VALENTE’S DAY, I LOVE YOU ALL." MARLOW STERN
Ellen Page, the Osr nomated star of films like Juno, Inceptn, and the upg X-Men: Days of Future Past, is gay. “I am here today bee I am gay, ” she said.
"Thank you, Chad, for those kd words, and for the even kr work that you and the Human Rights Campaign Foundatn do every day on behalf of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenred young people here and across is such an honor to be here at the gural Time To THRIVE Conference. And I know many of you have stggled wh this, and I dry upon your strength and your support ways that you will never I am here today bee I am gay.
Actrs Ellen Page me out as gay on Friday night durg a powerful speech livered at the Human Rights Campaign’s Time to Thrive nference Las Vegas, the Los Angel Tim reports.
ELLEN PAGE COM OUT AS GAY WH INSPIRG SPEECH
“I’m here today bee I am gay, ” Page told the dience at Bally’s Hotel and Caso durg the nference dited to promotg safety and cln for LGBTQ youth.
ELLEN PAGE OUT AS GAY: 'I'M TIRED OF HIDG'
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EntertamentCanadian actrs Ellen Page has e out as gay, sayg she's tired of "lyg by omissn" and that she suffered for years bee she hid her sexualy.