Elliot Page says he hopes sitting down with Oprah Winfrey for a one-on-one interview will help combat the “misinformation and lies” being spread through anti-transgender legislation. In a Vanity Fair interview published Wednesday, the Halifax-raised actor says he feels a responsibility to use his platform to speak out against “devastating” rhetoric coming from anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ activists. Five U.S. states have passed laws or implemented executive orders this year limiting the ability of trans youths to play sports or receive certain medical treatment. At the time, he was in Toronto recovering from “top surgery,” a procedure to remove breast tissue. This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 29, 2021.

Source: thestar April 29, 2021 16:18 UTC