Juno star Ellen Page, 26, comes out at gay at a conference in Las Vegas for LGBT teens.
Friday at THRIVE, a conference for LGBT youth, the Hollywood actress came out to the audience. She tells them that she is “tired of hiding.” She ultimately wants to make a difference and “help others have an easier and more hopeful time.”
During her impactful speech she says,
“It’s weird because here I am, an actress, representing – at least in some sense – an industry that places crushing standards on all of us. Not just young people, but everyone. Standards of beauty. Of a good life. Of success. Standards that, I hate to admit, have affected me.”
She went on to say,
“You have ideas planted in your head, thoughts you never had before, that tell you how you have to act, how you have to dress and who you have to be. I have been trying to push back, to be authentic, to follow my heart, but it can be hard.”
Congratulation Ellen!
Source: [People]
