As multiple anti-transgender bills are passed in the United States, Canadian actor Elliot Page says he's taking the opportunity to speak from the heart in a sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey. Page, the Oscar-nominated actor from Halifax, told Vanity Fair in an interview released Wednesday that he hopes the discussion with Winfrey will combat the "misinformation and lies" in anti-trans legislation. In a preview clip released by Vanity Fair, Page opens up to Winfrey about the moment he decided to come out publicly. Page told Winfrey that posting the news widely felt imperative to not only counteract the anti-LGBTQ and anti-trans backlash he'd been seeing in the U.S., but for his own well-being. "Any kind of sensation of feeling that again, there was just no way I could do it," Page told Winfrey.

Source: CBC News April 28, 2021 17:21 UTC