Best Anti-Homophobic Speech EVER

 Ellen Page, the star of the movie "Juno," announced that she was gay before an audience at a Human Rights Campaign event in Las Vegas. 

The actress made the announcement in a moving and deeply personal speech delivered before several hundred attendees at Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive, a conference to promote the welfare of LGBT youth held at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.

The 26-year-old actress told the crowd "I’m here today because I am gay," adding "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." 
Page spoke of the pressures of a life in the spotlight, and the toll that celebrity can take on one's life. "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," Page said. "Not just young people, but everyone.