Ellen Page’s Coming-Out Speech Will Probably Bring You to Tears
"I have been trying to push back, to be authentic, to follow my heart, but it can be hard."
While addressing the Human Rights Campaign’s inaugural conference in Las Vegas for a group of nearly 600 educators and counselors who work with LGBTQ youth, Ellen Page opened her speech by coming out as a gay woman. In an emotional eight minutes, the Juno actress describes the trouble with being yourself in a Hollywood that “places crushing standards on all of us.” She admitted these “standards of beauty. Of a good life. Of success,” have affected her, but now wants to stop “hiding and...lying by omission.” We especially love the part when she answers a fashion critic's question: “Why does [this] petite beauty insist upon dressing like a massive man?” and can’t wait to see what projects out and proud Page picks up next.