Actrs Ellen Page: "I am gay" | CNN | ELLEN PAGE GAY SPEECH

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
WATCH ELLEN PAGE'S SUPER INSPIRG SPEECH ABOUT LGBT EQUALY'WE ARE ALL THE SAME AND ALL WE WANT IS TO LOVE AND BE LOVED.' {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}ISSUBY KATHERE SPELLEROCTOBER 5, 2015/6:38 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY KATHERE SPELLEROCTOBER 5, 2015 / 6:38 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WATCH ELLEN PAGE'S SUPER INSPIRG SPEECH ABOUT LGBT EQUALY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-05T22:38:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-05T22:38:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"KATHERE SPELLER","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVER SCE OFFICIALLY G OUT AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN'S TIME TO THRIVE NFERENCE ON VALENTE'S DAY 2014, ELLEN PAGE HAS BEEN AN SPIRATN TO MANY LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WAS NO SURPRISE THAT THE ACTRS ED HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOR THE 2015 VANGUARD AWARD AT THE HRC'S NATNAL DNER ON SATURDAY (OCT. 3) TO TALK ABOUT THE SUCCS OF LGBT RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PAST AND PRENT, AND TO POT TO THE WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO REACH "TE EQUALY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE BEGAN BY LETTG KNOW THAT SHE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HAPPY OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AWARE OF THE POWERFUL POSN SHE'S AS A SUCCSFUL ACTRS, PAGE WENT ON TO SHED LIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF G YOUR PRIVILEGE TO HELP OTHERS. SHE SAID THAT THE RIGHT TO LIVG AN "THENTIC LIFE" IS JT THAT -- A RIGHT -- AND ALSO CED VICTORI LIKE THE MARRIAGE EQUALY LG AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE KD OF THGS THE "TLY BRAVE" LGBT ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, SHE ADDS, THROUGH HER WORK TRAVELG WH VICE FOR HER NEW SHOW "GAYTN," WHERE SHE SPOKE WH "BRAVE AND SPIRG" LGBT DIVIDUALS OM AROUND THE WORLD, SHE HAS BEE "EVEN MORE AWARE OF HER PRIVILEGE" AND LEARNED HOW IMPORTANT IS TO E THAT PRIVILEGE TO ELEVATE THE VOIC OF "THE MOST VULNERABLE" PEOPLE LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF TRANSGENR WOMEN OF LOR THIS UNTRY IS 35 AND 40% OF HOMELS YOUTH ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR, WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO," SHE SAID. "WE ARE STILL FAR OM TE EQUALY WHEN 31 STAT LGBT PEOPLE N BE FIRED OR NIED HOG STRICTLY BEE OF THEIR GENR INTY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATN. NO LONGER SHOULD A CHILD GROW UP FEELG THEY HAVE TO HI WHO THEY ARE AND SUFFER THE NSEQUENC THAT E WH SHAME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT PAGE SAID SHE STILL HAS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE SPE THE "TASTROPHIC RIPPLE EFFECTS" OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEE AS HAS BEEN PROVEN 2015: LOVE WS. I FEEL HONORED TO SHARE THE RPONSIBILY OF BEG A VISIBLE PERSON FOR THE MUNY... STILL TODAY, WHEN PEOPLE E OUT OF THE CLOSET, THEY ARE MAKG A HUGE IMPACT ON CREATG A MORE ACCEPTG AND PASSNATE WORLD -- BEE THE MOMENT SOMEONE WHO DO NOT FULLY UNRSTAND OUR LOVE, OR WHO WE ARE, REALIZ THAT THEIR DGHTER OR SON IS GAY OR A TEACHER THEY LOVE IS TRANSGENR OR AN ATHLETE THEY LOVE IS BISEXUAL, THEY WILL HOPEFULLY BEG TO UNRSTAND ..."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH THE FULL VIO HERE: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
ACTRS ELLEN PAGE OUT AS GAY MOVG SPEECH
ACTRS ELLEN PAGE: ‘I AM GAY’

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

X-Men and Juno star tells dience of unsellors: ‘I’m here today bee I’m gay’ * ellen page gay speech *

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.

Ellen Page, the Canadian actrs who ma her name the 2007 die h Juno and has gone on to star films cludg X-Men: The Last Stand and Inceptn, has announced that she is gay. Speakg Las Vegas on Friday, at a Human Rights Campaign-anised Time to Thrive nference of unsellors who work wh teenagers who intify as gay, lbian, transgenr, bisexual or queer, she said: “I’m here today bee I’m gay, and bee maybe I n make a difference. 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

* ellen page gay 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. The Hidn War Agast Gay Teens. Ellen Page was standg a r park Brazil as a masked man explaed why he murrs gay people.

It was 2015, and she was filmg Gaytn, the documentary seri she ma wh her bt iend Ian Daniel after g out on Valente’s Day a year earlier. “I’m here today bee I am gay and bee maybe I n make a difference, ” she’d said a speech at a Human Rights Campaign nference that has sce been shared many lns of tim.

WATCH ELLEN PAGE'S SUPER INSPIRG SPEECH ABOUT LGBT EQUALY'WE ARE ALL THE SAME AND ALL WE WANT IS TO LOVE AND BE LOVED.' {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}ISSUBY KATHERE SPELLEROCTOBER 5, 2015/6:38 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY KATHERE SPELLEROCTOBER 5, 2015 / 6:38 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WATCH ELLEN PAGE'S SUPER INSPIRG SPEECH ABOUT LGBT EQUALY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-05T22:38:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-05T22:38:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"KATHERE SPELLER","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVER SCE OFFICIALLY G OUT AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN'S TIME TO THRIVE NFERENCE ON VALENTE'S DAY 2014, ELLEN PAGE HAS BEEN AN SPIRATN TO MANY LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WAS NO SURPRISE THAT THE ACTRS ED HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOR THE 2015 VANGUARD AWARD AT THE HRC'S NATNAL DNER ON SATURDAY (OCT. 3) TO TALK ABOUT THE SUCCS OF LGBT RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PAST AND PRENT, AND TO POT TO THE WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO REACH "TE EQUALY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE BEGAN BY LETTG KNOW THAT SHE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HAPPY OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AWARE OF THE POWERFUL POSN SHE'S AS A SUCCSFUL ACTRS, PAGE WENT ON TO SHED LIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF G YOUR PRIVILEGE TO HELP OTHERS. SHE SAID THAT THE RIGHT TO LIVG AN "THENTIC LIFE" IS JT THAT -- A RIGHT -- AND ALSO CED VICTORI LIKE THE MARRIAGE EQUALY LG AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE KD OF THGS THE "TLY BRAVE" LGBT ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, SHE ADDS, THROUGH HER WORK TRAVELG WH VICE FOR HER NEW SHOW "GAYTN," WHERE SHE SPOKE WH "BRAVE AND SPIRG" LGBT DIVIDUALS OM AROUND THE WORLD, SHE HAS BEE "EVEN MORE AWARE OF HER PRIVILEGE" AND LEARNED HOW IMPORTANT IS TO E THAT PRIVILEGE TO ELEVATE THE VOIC OF "THE MOST VULNERABLE" PEOPLE LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF TRANSGENR WOMEN OF LOR THIS UNTRY IS 35 AND 40% OF HOMELS YOUTH ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR, WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO," SHE SAID. "WE ARE STILL FAR OM TE EQUALY WHEN 31 STAT LGBT PEOPLE N BE FIRED OR NIED HOG STRICTLY BEE OF THEIR GENR INTY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATN. NO LONGER SHOULD A CHILD GROW UP FEELG THEY HAVE TO HI WHO THEY ARE AND SUFFER THE NSEQUENC THAT E WH SHAME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT PAGE SAID SHE STILL HAS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE SPE THE "TASTROPHIC RIPPLE EFFECTS" OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEE AS HAS BEEN PROVEN 2015: LOVE WS. I FEEL HONORED TO SHARE THE RPONSIBILY OF BEG A VISIBLE PERSON FOR THE MUNY... STILL TODAY, WHEN PEOPLE E OUT OF THE CLOSET, THEY ARE MAKG A HUGE IMPACT ON CREATG A MORE ACCEPTG AND PASSNATE WORLD -- BEE THE MOMENT SOMEONE WHO DO NOT FULLY UNRSTAND OUR LOVE, OR WHO WE ARE, REALIZ THAT THEIR DGHTER OR SON IS GAY OR A TEACHER THEY LOVE IS TRANSGENR OR AN ATHLETE THEY LOVE IS BISEXUAL, THEY WILL HOPEFULLY BEG TO UNRSTAND ..."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH THE FULL VIO HERE: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

At a Las Vegas nference held by the Human Rights Campaign Friday to support L.G.B.T. youth, the Osr-nomated actrs told an dience, "I’m here today bee I am gay" * ellen page gay speech *

Page shields her mouth om the murrer as she asks her producer whether she’ll be safe if she tells him she’s gay. She appeared at Ted Cz’s barbecue wh a microphone and challenged him through a cloud of pork smoke; on Twter she mourned the ath of ne-year-old Jamel Myl who took his own life as a rult of homophobic bullyg; her Gaytn seri, travellg around the world meetg the most margalised LGBTQ muni, was more than jt a travel show.

Mp first found a mastream sort of fame upon posthumoly outg his iend Rock Hudson, and more than 30 years later he matas the moral obligatn he feels to lift the stigma of homo sexualy by beg tthful.

ACTRS ELLEN PAGE OUT AS GAY MOVG SPEECH

Actrs Ellen Page me out as gay a movg speech Friday at a Human Rights Campaign event Las Vegas. * ellen page gay speech *

”Together they embarked on Gaytn, leadg wh their own queerns. ”Interviewg anti-gay men like Brazil’s print Jair Bolsonaro and a Rastafarian lear Jamai, did they feel like they changed any mds? ‘I felt spirg moments of absolute joy’: Ellen Page shoots Gaytn wh Michael has been workg sce she was 10 and, a certa light, she uld still pass for a kid.

It began: “‘You should fuck her to make her realise she’s gay. ” Wrg this, she found her voice: “Ratner’s ment replayed my md many tim over the years as I enuntered homophobia and ped wh feelgs of reluctance and uncertaty about the dtry and my future . Gay marriage is not a bate.

”In Brazil, which has one of the hight murr rat of gay and transgenr people the world, Page g out to the serial killer after enquirg after her safety ed him to pse, unfortable beneath his mask, before he walked out. Ellen Page, the Osr-nomated star of Juno, has e out as gay.