Elliot Page Decries 'Rights of LGBTQ2+ People Being Revoked'
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Elliot Page, formerly actress Ellen Page, has charged that the “rights of LGBTQ2+ people are being revoked” throughout the world.
Page made the claim about the alleged revocation of LGBTQ2+ rights during an appearance at the Juno Awards (Canada's version of the Grammy Awards) on Sunday night while citing the work by the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which aims to “support and build social change for trans and queer youth at the Junos” in Page's hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
“We are at a time in history where the rights of LGBTQ2+ people are being revoked, restricted and eliminated throughout the world, and the effects are devastating,” Page said.
Elliot Page attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 27, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Sara Quin of the pop duo Tegan and Sara, told the Juno audience, “If the world was not so hostile to LGBTQ2+ people, we would see ourselves purely as musicians.”
Sara criticized the province of Alberta for “recently proposing to restrict health care for transgender youth, including halting access to hormone therapy for children aged 15 and under,” according to The Hollywood Reporter (THR)
“Advocating for our community’s rights is a great privilege and we are dedicated to confronting any form of discrimination that threatens the well-being of our community,” Sara Quin added.
Page, who came out as transgender in 2020, recently made headlines by claiming that LGBTQ2-themed films should not be considered “niche” due to the fact that “30 percent” of youth allegedly identify as such.
Ellen Page, the star of "Juno," "Inception," and the "X-Men" movies, is officially no more. She announced she is transgender and is now going by the name Elliot Page. https://t.co/4cYeO70Aq5
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“Speaking from the stage at BFI Flare, London’s gay film festival, Page insisted that gay films can’t be 'niche' because a recent survey claimed that 30 percent of American youth identify a LGBTQQIAAP2S+,” Breitbart News reported.
“If such a large number of kids claim to be LGBTQQIAAP2S+, then, Page said of gay-themed films, 'I’m sorry, but this is not niche,' Variety reported. She also recounted the story of how she came out as 'trans' to the showrunner of her Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, applauding Steve Blackman for how accommodating he was in rewriting her character,” it added.
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