Actress Ellen Page publicly came out as gay Friday evening, while giving a speech at Time to THRIVE, a national LGBTQ youth conference held in Las Vegas.
"I'm here today because I am gay," Page told the assembled crowd, which responded with a standing ovation and a long chorus of cheers.
"Whoo!" said Page, before continuing:
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"And because maybe I can make a difference. To help others have an easier and more hopeful time. Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility.
I also do it selfishly because I'm tired of hiding and I'm tired of lying by omission. I suffered for years because I was scared to be out. My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered, and my relationships suffered. And I'm standing here today with all of you on the other side of that pain."
Page is most famous for becoming pregnant by her awkward classmate Michael Cera, and for invading the dreams of a stranger alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, neither of which happened in real life, because she is an actress.
After her speech, the Human Rights Campaign, which organized the conference, congratulated Page on the front page of its website for "her brave decision to live openly and authentically." [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
No one disputes that, and I don't see why that is problematic. It's an unchangeable part of someone's personhood, and involves individuals who are able and willing to give consent.
Why would reinforcing the idea not to judge other kids when their choices don't harm or infringe on others be a bad thing?
Originally Posted by Donger:
Just checked. Yep, not ashamed and pride are two different words.
I'm actually talking about your apparent belief that an accomplishment is required for "proud" to be an appropriate word to use. It isn't. Her statement was fine even if we're sticklers. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
No one disputes that, and I don't see why that is problematic. It's an unchangeable part of someone's personhood, and involves individuals who are able and willing to give consent.
Why would reinforcing the idea not to judge other kids when their choices don't harm or infringe on others be a bad thing?
Are the kids who don't approve of homosexuality the targets of scorn and disrepute? [Reply]
Originally Posted by patteeu:
I'm actually talking about your apparent belief that an accomplishment is required for "proud" to be an appropriate word to use. It isn't. Her statement was fine even if we're sticklers.
Do you agree that not all things that are accomplished are positive? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
I don't find Parson's swishy in the sense of PL or CNR. I've had several friends more 'gaydar' than Parsons who were definitively hetero. My manager in fast food in HS was the reincarnation of John Waters, but his wife was a manager there and I saw them work together for years. If anything NPH is more of a no brainer due to his Broadway persona.
And half of the posts in this very thread are, 'duh, who didn't know this years ago,' so.
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
Nothing keeps up with the gay count anymore than CP!
You don't internet much, do you.
Like I posted earlier, Buzzfeed had nine [9!] separate articles on the top half of it's front page this morning about Ellen Page alone, about 75% of it's prime internet real estate [Reply]
It's a shorthand, the poster was remarking that Parsons has an obvious gay posture and affect, comparing him to Charles Nelson Reilly and Charles Lind. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Donger:
Are the kids who don't approve of homosexuality the targets of scorn and disrepute?
Their lack of approval is not innate behavior. It is learned. It's not different than racism or anti-Semitism. The behavior is hateful and destructive, and not according to an abstruse theological justification. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Their lack of approval is not innate behavior. It is learned. It's not different than racism or anti-Semitism. The behavior is hateful and destructive, and not according to an abstruse theological justification.
I don't think that you can say that with certainty, Hamas. You are dealing with perhaps the most primal instinct of humanity here... [Reply]