Make room at the table, kids. Oscar-nominated actress Ellen Page, starring as Kitty Pryde in the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past, has come out.
Speaking at the Time to Thrive conference, which promotes the welfare of LGBTQ youth, Page remarked:
"I’m here today because I am gay. 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.
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.
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."
Brava, Ellen! Geeks OUT applauds your courage and integrity and says welcome to the family!
Shout-outs to Maybe It's Just Me for breaking the story and Just Jared for the video of Page's full speech at the conference. Watch below and be moved by her eloquence and bravery:
