Happy Valentine’s Day, ELLEN PAGE IS GAY! While speaking at the HRC “Time to Thrive” conference promoting the welfare of LGBT Youth at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, the 26-year-old actress said that she was “tired of hiding, and tired of lying by omission” because THIS:
“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.”
The HRC has wished her congratulations and consequently their website has crashed.
Congratulations, @EllenPage for taking the steps to live openly and come out as lesbian. #comingout #timetoTHRIVE http://t.co/PneoSUunRk
— HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) February 15, 2014
Obviously her queerness isn’t a big surprise to us, but the fact that she has decided to come out is a BIG FUCKING DEAL. Seriously, I just had to get this post up so we could celebrate together as a family, but needless to say there will be much processing to come.
UPDATE: Here’s the video of her speech at the conference. It’s really beautiful and touching, and she really opens right up and lets you see how she has struggled with this revelation, and the expectations placed upon her by her work, and we really get to see her whole heart in a way we don’t get to see in magazine stories about coming out. It’s moving, it’s awesome, and it’s LOVE.
GAH A LONGTIME GIRL CELEBRITY CRUSH WHO ALSO LIKES GIRLS
LITERALLY F5ING WAITING FOR 50 PICTURES OF ELLEN PAGE BECAUSE YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
ALREADY EXISTS, CHRISSIE, ALREADY EXISTS:
See, this is why I love you.
i love the fact that this was a hastily thrown together article that it doesn’t even have a category
Too excited.
you guys i made the default category “pick a category, you strange genius” to stop everybody from forgetting to pick a real category before publishing AND THEN IT HAPPENED TO ME. #ellenpagecameouttodayproblems
it’s fixed now obvs
heeee i figured! the excitement & all. i just thought it was funny & cute ( ︶◡︶) (i hope that’s okay)
yes @caitlin i think it is the absolute cutest that you noticed ABSOLUTE CUTEST
@Riese i’m glad you agree that your excitement is cute (that sounds so creepy of me)
Can we make “Ellen Page Lesbian” a thing now?
I think “Ellen Page Lady Gay” has a slightly better ring to it.
oh god i just now watched the video & holy hell i can’t even articulate how it makes me feel. i was nervous watching how nervous she was, & her voice & what she was still able to say, not just for herself, but for others, & how her voice shook. i don’t even. can’t even.
and to be able to come out & say something like that. she’s braver than i was.
Just called my sister-in-law and cried on the phone with her. Going to her house now to watch every Ellen Page movies she owns. Valentine’s Day was a bust, but Ellen Page Gay is a hit!
Best. Call. Ever. Thanks buddy! :)
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
I was literally just lamenting her lack of coming out yesterday. YOU GO GIRL. YOU GO.
I was literally considering watching Whip It last night. That is now happening as soon as my girlfriend wakes up.
I’M SCREAMING
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
This is my response exactly!
My friend just broke the news on FB. She is AT the conference! Lucky her!!!
Is there video of this moment? I want there to be video!
:D :D Putting Juno on right now in her honor!
I feel like this should be posted under #thingsthatireadthatilove
Comment award ^
Ohh my.. you’re too kind.
Valentine’s Miracle.
And now the movie Whip It! is slightly more accurate.
so can we ‘hug with our legs in friendship’ now plz?
for real, doe, can that SNL ‘ellen page totes not gay but really super gay’ skit come back to the internets now that she can talk about it? that was hilarious.
I posted the link below!!
http://www.ellen-page.net/video/interviews2008/iv-saturdaynightlive1mar2008part7.html
On the one hand I’m so not surprised, but on the other I’m so freaking proud of her! Awesome news! <3
My 3 straight housemates just came back adorably drunk from a V-Day Party and they have no idea I’m grinning like a loon because of Ellen, not them :DDD
All the Ellens <3
Just sent out a mass text in celebration.
BEST VALENTINE’S DAY PRESENT EVER
I’M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS finally
BEST VALENTINE’S DAY. GAY. VALENTINE’S GAY. Now KStew should come out. I don’t know why I’m so excited about this BUT I REALLY AM
Can I just say that in <a href="http://www.autostraddle.com/blogger-says-ellen-page-is-lesbian-103509/" title="this" article about Ellen Page, the two women featured at the end with her are Michelle Rodriguez and Kristen Stewart. So yeah, I think KStew should be next.
I KNOW WHY YOU’RE SO EXCITED ITS BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEST VALENTINE’S DAY SURPRISE PRESENT EVER. THANK YOU FOR TEXTING ME THIS IMPORTANT NEWS
I’M GLAD YOU WERE PROPERLY EXCITED!! NOW WATCH THIS: http://www.joblo.com/videos/movie-hotties/ellenpagesnlskitsmarch08-3
http://www.ellen-page.net/video/interviews2008/iv-saturdaynightlive1mar2008part7.html
ELLEN PAGE LESBIAN
THIS.
Go Ellen!
I have such terrible gaydar. I really thought she was straight.
same! I just thought she was a cool straight girl. But its better than that!
WELL HOT DAMN. Must rewatch Whip It now.
I love that my Dad was the one to tell me about this…and that he wasn’t surprised.
HAPPY FLAIL!!!
lol cute
Not even the slightest bit shocked because I think we all pretty much knew but holy crap I was starting to think she would never come out and even think maybe she was a mis-blip on the radar. But no. I love seeing more openly gay mainstream actresses, seems to be more of a trend of gay mainstream actors coming out lately than actresses.
IS THIS REAL LIFE BECAUSE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I just opened a beer to toast in her honour, I’ve been a fan for a long time and I’m very happy and proud
LESBIAN ANGELS IN HEAVEN ARE WEEPING WITH JOY
HAS ANYONE EVER TOLD YOU YOU LOOK LIKE HER BECAUSE YOU DO YOU REALLY DO AT LEAST IN YOUR PROFILE PIC YOU LOOK LIKE ELLEN PAGE CONGRATULATIONS
I GET THAT ALL THE TIME ACTUALLY YES THANK YOU
I always used to tell people it’s a sign that she’s just as gay as I am and LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE NOW. DREAMS DO COME TRUE.
Ahhhhhh!!!!!!
Yay yay yay yay yay!!!
I was literally waiting for this post after I saw the HRC’s update so that I could celebrate properly. :)
#yay #fuckyeah
I really appreciate how she acknowledges all the systems and social forces that have influenced her not to come out and feel free to be authentic until now. It is a nice reminder not to forget that. Yet also, now she is free to be free! Babely queer Canadian. CONGRATULATIONS ELLEN. I just tweeted her and am thrilled that she might actually read it.
I love the term “babely queer Canadian” :D
I’M SO GLAD
ALSO YOU CAN READ HER WHOLE SPEECH HERE
http://www.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/Ellen-Page-Remarks.pdf
…Do we have to process? I mean, I’m so happy for her- and I feel much less guilty about crushing on her. :)
“AAAAH AAAAH AAAAAAAAH!!!!” – my literal reaction to this, to the confusion of my flatmates.
I was talking with my mother when I came across this and interrupted our conversation to shout, “FUCKING FINALLY!”
Pretty much the same for me. I was talking to my brother and sister-in-law and suddenly start clapping and doing a happy dance in my seat. AAAHHH!! SO happy for her and for my major crush on her being validated.
I announced this at the dinner table and my dad (who has never heard of her) asked if I meant Elaine Page.
YAY!!! This is so exciting!!!
CELEBRATIONS ACROSS THE LAND. Oh man I’m gonna watch Hard Candy ASAP.
dear ellen.
does this mean DINAH???
-the management
furthermore… does this mean A-CAMP????
please proposition her to come to A-Camp!! That would be the most amazing thing
I think my heart just stopped.
This is the absolute best.
OMG YAY
I think we all need to re-watch her lesbian SNL skit: http://www.joblo.com/videos/movie-hotties/ellenpagesnlskitsmarch08-3
“content unavailable” :(
I can see her in number 1 of “girls who like girls” this year!
Yayayayayya :D
Happy day after Valentine’s Day for us Aussies!
It’s not like we all didn’t know but I am SOOOO proud of her for finally coming out. It is very brave of her.
Ok, it’s Kstew’s turn now… ;)
I’m re-watching all of her appearances on Trailer Park Boys as a celebration.
“You have ideas planted in your head”
I see what you did there. BRRRRRRRMMMMMMMM.
We have to go dee
oh god oh wait oh no i’m sorry i wasn’t even thingking ahhgh flies into the sun
LMAO ALSO THIS ONE.
Sorry, I’m just trolling tumblr gifs of Ellen Page in my excitement.
Guess it’s time to go watch Whip it for the billionth time.
I feel like this is the best time to troll Ellen Page gifs. Here’s another:
I also found this?
oh the video. now I’m crying.
i know right
I burst into tears. It was not pretty.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one!
We can finally rebrand Valentine’s Day! Happy Ellen Page Is Gay Day everyone!!!
I am all for that!
That was my first thought too! :D
I just got home.
Check my local social networking sites.
See that “Ellen Page” is trending.
“Did she finally come out? Ah, yes. Good for her!” – me.
We are on a roll! Recently we got Rodriguez and now we got Page.
Latifah and Moennig, you’re up!
Ok, now that I got that out of the way: FUCK YEAH ELLEN PAGE LESBIAN!
Come on Jennifer Lawrence…
https://24.media.tumblr.com/005c9d7a14219d61cb999f5f8a2d2079/tumblr_mn73wehYmW1srqr8so1_500.gif
(I tried to embed this a second ago but it didn’t work- I’ll post a link and try to use HTML again but if a friendly mod helped then that would be lovely also)
What is this from?
I actually have no idea- it was just on Tumblr!
To Rome With Love
its actually not that good
Clea DuVall must have the worst yard sales, wall-to-wall toaster ovens
BAHAHAHA. YES. THIS.
LOL
I literally just finished watching Inception. Ellen Page can be the architect of my dreams any day she likes…
And the award for best Ellen Page pickup line goes to…
Good for her. Coming out is always courageous regardless of wheat people “already know”.
*puts in diana Ross wig and vouges to I’m coning out*
*what* of all the changes on this website and I still can’t edit my comment.
But yes I hate the “we already knew” attitude. I’m cool with the “I had suspicions because of the stereotypical aesthetic you’ve got going on” but the “lol and water is wet” attitude makes me stabby.
Awesome.
I really love and appreciate the “We won a thing” tag at the bottom. Best.
Aaaand now I’ve watched the video and I’m crying. This is so great.
I don’t know what to say that won’t sound stupid, but I’m in the thick of a very dark time indeed, and that speech was like a little firefly. I’m so happy for her.
That was a lovely comment and the opposite of stupid. Fireflies <3
Super great news and a super awesome speech. ‘Scuse me y’all, I’ve got something in my eye.
I left work when this post was NEW and now it has this many comments!!!! GAH!! I love how excited we all are!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m pouring one out for Ellen Page ♥♥♥♥♥
OMGOMGOMG Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Happy Valentines indeed!
….aaand that video made me cry.
“I suffered for years because I was scared to be out. My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered and my relationships suffered.” THIS A THOUSAND TIMES
She’s so amazing! One of my personal heroes :). Keep on rocking girl <3
http://skyethelimit.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/ellen-page-blkwht-jacket.jpg
OH HAPPY HAPPY DAYS!!!!!
“This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.” This. SO MUCH THIS.
I just saw the video and I must admit,I teared up a bit
Thank you Ellen Page for hugging my heart with your legs in friendship.
Oh my god this is just perfect. I was already having an amazing valentines day vacation with friends, drinking beer and listening to live music and this is just the best. Can’t wait to get back to the hotel and watch the video. And I’m so grateful to have this community to bring me super relevant breaking news and celebrate together. <3
Y’ALL. My horoscope earlier this week said I would have a “meaningful dream” and on my way to work (teaching), I was telling my girlfriend that actually I didn’t have a “meaningful dream” because my whole dream was Ellen Page coming into my classes and being like “I’m the teacher now! Sit down, you’re a student” to me, BUT it turns out that it was a meaningful dream because Ellen Page is gaaaay and horoscopes are reeeeal!!!!
let us know if you ever have a dream about kstew bossing you around so we can prepare
autostraddle will be the first to know all future lesbian clairvoyant news.
[please gaia let me have a dream in which kstew bosses me around]
This whole convo deserves a comment award!
Can I be on the mailing list?
Yup yup YUP yes YES YUP! *Whip It* Yup YUP! Roller Derby! YES. Kitty Pride. YES.
Everything. *Faints*
Happy is so small a word. LOVE.
OH MY GOD ELLEN PAGE IN ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Oh the video, you can tell she was so nervous, it’s so sweet. She’s so brave- I could barely get the words to come out when I was talking to one of my siblings, I can’t even imagine coming out in front of a room full of listeners.
i watched the full video and got teary cause she was so nervous and seemed so very human in the most authentic ways.
THANK YOU ELLEN PAGE FOR ALL THE FEELS
I am crying right now! All the feels! I took my own tentative coming out steps with my mum this week so I’m feeling really darn proud :D
So proud of her strength. Hoping a little will rub off on me.
!!!
this makes us so happy.
beautiful words and feelings.
Facebook exchange:
person a That sound you just heard was 23,453 lesbians swooning to the floor at once.
23 minutes ago · Like · 2
person b LOL true dat; she is a LOOKER.
23 minutes ago · Like · 1
Robin 23,453 lesbians *and bisexual and queer women!* don’t forget us. Also swooning. *fans face*
about a minute ago · Like · 1
OFFICIALLY LOSING MY SHIT OVER THIS
Yeah, I’m pretty sure I saw this trending on Facebook and immediately clicked over to Autostraddle in a frenzy just to experience the purity of this moment with all y’all. !!!
same here.
Yup!
” ONE OF US. ONE OF US. “
Haha. Totally chanted that earlier.
Me too!
you rock!!!
Wonderful! I’m gonna go have sex with my girlfriend in her honor.
Yeah, me too.
I really wasn’t expecting her to come out this year even though I’m totally not shocked at the news. Congrats to her! And I should totally feel bad for want to gloat in the faces of all the straight people who didn’t believe me when I said Ellen was one of us but I don’t. IN YOUR FUCKING FACE!!!!
I LEAVE THE INTERNET FOR ELEVEN HOURS AND ELLEN PAGE COMES OUT.
I’m so proud of her for feeling like the time was right and coming out. Who didn’t want to give her a hug during her fantastic speech, she looked so nervous at times. Can we just have loads of group hugs right now?
I wanted to give her ALL THE HUGS
high school me can’t even deal right now. i want to go back in time and just tell my little struggling gayby self that i was right and she is gay and everything is going to be ok.
I was more moved by this than I anticipated, because the video adds this whole other layer of emotion; her nervousness is so palpable and familiar. You can practically hear her heart threatening to beat out of her chest when she’s building up to finally say the words, it was a very visceral reminder of the first time I ever came out to someone.
crying.
I knew it! I feel so vindicated after the FB flame-war I had over Ellen Page & Alexander Skarsgard!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/ellen-page-and-alexander-skarsgard-are-dating
In all seriousness though y’all, I just burst into tears listening to her speech because she said everything I still want to tell my parents after years (and some of what I did say when I came out to them last year). I know I been joking for years about her being gay, as have others, but her comments really resonate with me in a way that I both appreciate and hate. It took me seven years to come out to my parents, and I hid so much from them and other folks during that time. I’m happy she came out for her sake, but it also makes my heart ping to hear my own thoughts and feelings come from an awesome mainstream actress whose work I love. In the large scheme of things, her coming out is just a step, but it’s a step along side so many other amazing folks coming out as their full selves in the public eye. And that makes it easier for other people, young and old. So really, I’m happy about this in more than just a “yay, we were right!” and a “my crush!” way.
…ok, done now.
Yeah, she pretty much articulated all the reasons I stayed closeted for so long and also the damage that being closeted does to a person. I was second-hand nervous all through the video, her words hit so close to home it could have been me up there.
I cannot believe this. I cannot believe this.
Me watching the speech.
Roommate comes home drunk, I start screaming.
Roommate: Ahh!…stop I’m going to bed…
Me: ELLEN PAGE JUST CAME OUT
Roommate: OMG I love her!….night.
Yaaaaaaay! I have actually never been this excited to hear about a celebrity coming out. Go Ellen!
I’m so glad that she felt confident and loved enough to come out, and such moving words too.
Yay! I’m so happy for her! The speech was really moving and amazing.
My sister and I, who are currently living on separate continents, picked up our phones to text each other about this at the exact same moment. Love <3
Happy Valentines, everybody!
Her speech hit me right in the tear ducts. Good for her.
That was really spectacular!! I never saw Juno though, now I really feel like I need to go back and see it.
One other thing it brings up in my mind though: X-2 was actually one of the things that played a role in gradually encouraging me to come out as trans and have the courage to transition and not be afraid of openly being who I really am. It honestly helped me to understand that if someone saw me as a freak, it didn’t mean there was something wrong with me, it meant there was something fucked up in their minds.
That having been said, X-3 (where I think they first introduced Kitty Pryde?) was a huge let-down for me… now that I see Ellen has come out, I just really, really hope they bring Bryan Singer back to direct the future movies again and get the series back to where it started, when it wasn’t just throwing comic book characters at a movie, but it actually told a story and had a message that went with that.
Sorry, I realize I’m going on a slight tangent with that, and I don’t want to take away from the awesomeness(!) of the moment… but it would REALLY be awesome if she was part of a blockbuster movie that had that kind of politics… anyways… feelings…
Okay, so it turns out that this whole next film has been in development and yes with Bryan Singer as director for like well over a year now and I just had no idea.
In a related development, it turns out I don’t do a very good job of following pop culture.
It’s scheduled to be released in May and the best part is that we’ll get the honor of seeing it here in Japan about three months after everyone else :)
trailer, with, like two secs of our friend Lady Page:
The sound I made when I saw this was inhuman. It is three in the morning and that speech was awesome and moving enough to make me comment on a website I never comment on because I’ve kind of been waiting for this forever and rarely do I have celebrity crushes but dude she is at the top of the freaking list and oh my god I’m so excited I don’t know what even
Same r.e. The sound. My gf came running through to see if I was injured!
I’m happy she came out. Some people have been pulling her out from the closet for years and that didn’t seem right. People shouldn’t do that. I’m happy she came out in her own terms and her own time.
So I heard about this while I was at the bar, and now I’m home and reading this and eating a quesedilla, so like best valentine’s day?
ok, but i just watched the video and holy fuck this is a beautiful situation.
i know, right? it’s all fun & games until you’re buried under the pile of feelings & aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa