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Why Ellen Page coming out both does and doesn't matter On Valentine's Day 2014 Ellen Page, best-actress-oscar-nominated star of 2007's Juno, at the Human Rights Campaign's "Time to Thrive" conference, came out as gay. Subsequently she has been supported and lauded both by her peers and the public at large. Rightly so. Some may dream of a world where inclusion and tolerance are the rule rather than the exception but we ain't living in one yet. So yes, absolutely, it was a brave thing for her to do. But why brave ? Why not just "good" or "rad"? Courage is needed in the face of adversity, to push oneself to do something that might not turn out well or backfire. Why wouldn't coming out publicly turn out perfectly fine? Is it because Page now won't make the top 100 FHM sexiest women lists anymore? Will mean people hiding behind their keyboards in deep dark corners of the internet say nasty things for no reason? Will sh...