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Elliot Page credits 1999 film But I'm a Cheerleader in his journey
Elliot Page has credited the 1999 film But I'm a Cheerleader for inspiring him at a young age, explaining that movies celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community helped him accept his identity.Page, 34, a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, appeared virtually Sunday in Los Angeles to collect the Achievement Award in wrapping up the Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, Variety reported.Page, in his acceptance speech from location in Toronto, credited the dramatic comedy, which starred Natasha Lyonne at Megan Bloomfield, a high schooler who's sent to a gay conversion program when her parents suspected her of being gay (she subsequently falls for another teen girl named Graham, portrayed by Clea DuVall.) The latest:Elliot Page, 34, credited the 1999