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Ellen Page is gay
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http://gawker.com/ellen-page-comes-o...ium=socialflow Actress Ellen Page publicly came out as gay Friday evening, while giving a speech at Time to THRIVE, a national LGBTQ youth conference held in Las Vegas. "I'm here today because I am gay," Page told the assembled crowd, which responded with a standing ovation and a long chorus of cheers. "Whoo!" said Page, before continuing: Quote:
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Has she said publicly? Most recent I remember she elided big time last awards season.
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More when was the last time you saw a national buzz about an impassioned 'I'm proud to be tall' or 'I'm proud to love D&D' speech? Outside Tony Radliff [and Chris Hardwick, I guess, though he's good looking and loquacious enough to pass], when was the last 'out and proud nerd' you saw celebrated in the culture sheerly for their nerdiness? We had a kid commit suicide in MY HS purely over his nerdiness. He had crushes on girls, and a drive to be more athletic and cool, but was just a nice, pudgy, awkward kid. Totally out of the blue. He wasn't even really picked on, not that I saw. He just had higher aspirations than his makeup allowed. Kind of like if that bland dude a couple cubicles over killed himself one day because he never took over and owned the company. Worst part, his mom was a teacher and we saw daily the pain of losing him took on her.
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This is getting really ridiculous. Their "bullying" comes in the form of their being outraged that their school says it's okay to be gay. It's no different than getting "bullied" in biology class when the teacher explains what evolution is. They're not being marginalized in the same way that thousands of kids are bullied each day for whatever reason. Let's get that straight right now (pun not intended) |
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I'm kind of in a weird place, chronologically, with her. To the best of my recollection, my first exposure to her was watching Silence of the Lambs in the theater and Taxi Driver in my dorm within 6mos to a year of each other [not much movies/TV in my primary education years]. Then there was her in Maverick with Mel [and their subsequent enduring friendship] and Ellen DeGeneres' 'I gotta snag a man' comedy coming out [NPI] around the same time.
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I'm a tad 'in my cups' but wasn't there a Kids in the Hall sketch? Kind of of a mashup of Scotty's queeniest characters and 'The Warriors?'
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What's the difference between disapproving of homosexuality, and disapproving of a racial minority.
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I would imagine the fact that homosexual abnormality transcends race.
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Well, perhaps you need better glasses.
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And the stupidity level of the thread goes through the roof.
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