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Elliot Page Slams ‘Devastating’ Crackdown on LGBTQ Rights at Juno Awards


'The rights of LGBTQ2+ people are being revoked, restricted and eliminated throughout the world,' Elliot Page said at the Juno Awards.

“We are at a time in history where the rights of LGBTQ2+ people are being revoked, restricted and eliminated throughout the world, and the effects are devastating,” Page, a transgender Halifax native, said in a speech presenting twin singer-songwriters Tegan and Sara with the Junos’ humanitarian award. “Let’s get this party started,” began Furtado after opening the show with a medley of her hits, including her year 2000 breakthrough “I’m Like a Bird” to her recent “Eat Your Man.” The singer has notably returned to the spotlight since she was invited by Drake to perform at his OVO All Canadian North Stars club concert in 2022 and has a new album on the horizon. Other performers included Talk, Josh Ross, Cardin, and a moving tribute to the late Gordon Lightfoot, Robbie Robertson and Karl Tremblay of Quebec’s Les Cowboys Fringants by Alexandra Stréliski, Allison Russell, William Prince, Aysanabee Logan Staats, Shawnee Kish and Julian Taylor.

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