Ellen Page calls out hateful rhetoric that leads to violence and bullying against LGBT people

Ellen Page is blaming anti-gay rhetoric for breeding the kind of violence that took place in Orlando over he weekend.

‘The reality is violence towards LGBT people, this is a common thing,’ the Oscar nominated actress said on Chelsea Handler’s Netflix show.

Page, who came out publicly as a lesbian in 2014, was composed but her voice filled with emotion as she discussed the massacre inside of a gay nightclub that left 49 people dead and 53 more injured.

‘Hate crimes towards LGBT people, extremely anti-gay, anti-bi, anti-trans rhetoric – that is constantly creating a poisonous environment which leads towards people hating themselves,’ Page said.

‘It leads to people being violent towards one another, to bullying, to abuse. It really needs to stop because people are really, really struggling.

‘They deserve to live freely and love freely and not be afraid.’