Much of the world, both gay and straight, showed their support for actress Ellen Page on Friday, when very publicly came out during her speech as Human Rights Campaign’s Time to Thrive convention in Las Vegas.
People flooded to Facebook and Twitter to praise the actress, and the mainstream press wrote positive headlines welcoming her brave decision. The Guardian’s Jane Czyzselska was so excited by the news, that she accidentally outed famed British actor Sir Patrick Stewart in her piece, citing him as an example of a gay actor who welcomed her public disclosure.
Stewart, a long-time supporter of LGBT rights, was amused by the whole affair, tweeting that it was a nice change from being outed as dead on social media – a strangely regular occurrence :