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#TBT WATCH: Ellen Page Wants to 'Hug a Woman With Her Legs' On Saturday Night Live
Since Ellen Page came out on Valentine's Day of this year we have been thinking about this gem of a sketch she did on Saturday Night Live back in 2008, and we finally found an embeddable version. Lesbian rumors about Ellen were around back when she was nominated for an Oscar for Juno, and in the sketch below she has a whole lot of fun with the gay rumors. She plays a young woman transformed after attending a Melissa Etheridge who ponders, "Why can't I just hug a woman with my legs in friendship?"
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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
