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Actress Ellen Page: "I am gay"[W:1222]

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Hollywood actress Ellen Page, known for her role in the movie "Juno," announced she is gay, in a very public way.Page broke the news during an emotional speech Friday in a crowded conference hall in Las Vegas, her publicist confirmed to CNN.

"I am tired of hiding and I am tired of lying by omission," Page told the crowd. "I suffered for years, because I was scared to be out."

Seriously, watch the speech, it will bring tears to your eyes. So happy and proud of her. You can tell she was very nervous and this meant a lot to her.

Actress Ellen Page: "I am gay" - CNN.com
 
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Well.

There goes my possibility of a second marriage...
 
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of all the things wrong in the world, it's good that public opinion on this one issue is moving in the right direction more quickly than i expected. i can only imagine how hard it would have been to be gay in the 50s, or even in the 70s.
 
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of all the things wrong in the world, it's good that public opinion on this one issue is moving in the right direction more quickly than i expected. i can only imagine how hard it would have been to be gay in the 50s, or even in the 70s.

Ah yes, the good old days!
 
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or even in the 70s.

Having said that if you look at Home Decor and clothing trends from the 70's you would have thought everyone was a straight as a protractor.
 
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Ah yes, the good old days!

really? the top tax rate from 1954 to 1963 was 91 percent.

some of the cars were cooler, but that's about it.
 
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Seriously, watch the speech, it will bring tears to your eyes. So happy and proud of her. You can tell she was very nervous and this meant a lot to her.

Actress Ellen Page: "I am gay" - CNN.com
This thing is growing and growing all the time, and sooner or later the world is going to have to sit up and take notice and accept it. :shrug:
 
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of all the things wrong in the world, it's good that public opinion on this one issue is moving in the right direction more quickly than i expected. i can only imagine how hard it would have been to be gay in the 50s, or even in the 70s.

Hell, just ten years ago was practically a different world. I'm watching The Shield now, a cop show that came out in 2003 or 2004. In the first season the hero has blackmailed a fellow cop from reporting him to internal affairs for stealing drugs during a major bust. The rookie was gay and very much still in the closet, but the show's hero found out and threatened to expose him for being gay and destroy his career if he didn't retract his story. This is the show's hero, mind you.

And for a real eye opener, check out Eddie Murphy's standup material from the 80s.
 
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Having said that if you look at Home Decor and clothing trends from the 70's you would have thought everyone was a straight as a protractor.

i have a Sears catalogue from 1973 that i use as a coffee table book.

 
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really? the top tax rate from 1954 to 1963 was 91 percent.

some of the cars were cooler, but that's about it.

During that era good cars and gays were seldom seen, thus the term, "Good old days."
 
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The Breaking News section of DP has apparently become the place to go to find out what people like to do with their genitals.
 
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Isn't the "hero" in the shield similar to the "hero" in breaking bad or the sopranos...ie a villain who happens to be the main focus.
 
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Hell, just ten years ago was practically a different world. I'm watching The Shield now, a cop show that came out in 2003 or 2004. In the first season the hero has blackmailed a fellow cop from reporting him to internal affairs for stealing drugs during a major bust. The rookie was gay and very much still in the closet, but the show's hero found out and threatened to expose him for being gay and destroy his career if he didn't retract his story. This is the show's hero, mind you.

yep. if you would have told me in 2004 that we would progress this far on the issue in 10 years, i wouldn't have believed you.
 
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Seriously, watch the speech, it will bring tears to your eyes. So happy and proud of her. You can tell she was very nervous and this meant a lot to her.

Actress Ellen Page: "I am gay" - CNN.com

Funny how she hasn't been in much lately and she suddenly decided to call a big press conference and come out.
 
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The Break News section of DP has apparently become the place to go to find out what people like to do with their genitals.

well, feel free to weigh in. enquiring minds, and all.
 
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Isn't the "hero" in the shield similar to the "hero" in breaking bad or the sopranos...ie a villain who happens to be the main focus.

Eh, not really, though keep in mind I'm only on season 1, so maybe that'll change. So far Vick's character, at worst, can be described as an anti-hero. He's a dirty cop and smacks around people as a first resort, but otherwise his motives are pure, really does want to clean the streets of crime and has the backs of his fellow cops who trust him wholly. Well, except for that poor bastard he blackmailed, of course. And even then they're spinning Vick's character to somehow be sympathetic.
 
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Is it somehow noteworthy that someone in Hollywood has strolled out of the closet? I think that sort of thing actually enhances your stature nowadays.
 
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Real progress will be when people saying they are gay gets a shoulder shrug instead of being posted in breaking news.

I'd say we're not altogether far from that.
 
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During that era good cars and gays were seldom seen, thus the term, "Good old days."

misunderstanding of homosexuality was at a peak, but the cars kicked ass.

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luckily, both situations are currently improving.
 
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This might move her up to be drafted in the 2nd round.
 
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Seriously, watch the speech, it will bring tears to your eyes. So happy and proud of her. You can tell she was very nervous and this meant a lot to her.

Actress Ellen Page: "I am gay" - CNN.com

Thats sad, I used to think she was cute. Glad I never seen anything of hers but X-Men, so I didn't waste my money and won't have to burn her dvds.

It sure would be nice if someone could find a cure for that disease.
 
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This is all I have to say about all these "news".
 
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Real progress will be when people saying they are gay gets a shoulder shrug instead of being posted in breaking news.

Let's hope that time arrives soon. Maybe with Michael Sam coming out, there will be more college and pro-athletes to follow. If he doesn't pay a price for it. Professional sports following the lead of the rest of the country, would be a huge step forward and makes it more likely that coming out will stop being breaking news.

Good for Ellen! What relief she must feel.
 
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Good for her. She's got 39 movie credits, only one of which I've ever seen, so why the hell would I care that she's gay? All it does is ensure I won't be seeing the new X - Men movie this summer.
 
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