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"&lt;iframe width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/1hlCEIUATzg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ellen Page&lt;/strong&gt; -- who hit Hollywood hard with \"&lt;strong&gt;Juno&lt;/strong&gt;\" -- just came out in pretty spectacular fashion -- declaring she's gay and saying, \"I am tired of hiding and I am tired of lying by omission.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 26-year-old actress formally unveiled her sexuality at the HRC's Time to Thrive event, an LGBT conference designed to help the LGBT youth, saying, \"I am here today because I am gay ... and because maybe I can make a difference.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Page said, \"I suffered for years because I was scared to come out.&amp;#160; My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered and my relationships suffered.&amp;#160; And I'm standing here today, with all of you, on the other side of the pain.\" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her next big film is \"X-Men:&amp;#160; Days of Future Past.\"&amp;#160; Hollywood will embrace Ellen ... it will be interesting to see if studio big wigs will do the same."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.tmz.com/2014/02/14/ellen-page-gay-lesbian-coming-out/>