Out actress Ellen Page will be honored
for her LGBT rights advocacy during the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC)
19th annual National Dinner in Washington, D.C.
At the Saturday, October 3 event,
seven-time Emmy Award winner Allison Janney will present Page with
the group's National Vanguard Award.
Page, 28, came out gay last year during
a speech at an HRC-sponsored LGBT youth conference. She is currently
promoting the upcoming film Freeheld, in which she stars
opposite Julianne Moore as a lesbian couple fighting for their rights
in New Jersey.
(Related: Julianne
Moore, Ellen Page in Freeheld
premieres Sunday; New clip released.)
Vice President Joe Biden, who has not
said whether he will make a run for the White House in 2016, will
headline the event, while retired NBA player Jason Collins and
Blossom Brown, the 28-year-old transgender woman who believes she was
denied
entry into a nursing program because of her gender identity, are
also scheduled to speak at the gathering.
Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Rodham Clinton will address the group earlier in the day.
(Related: Hillary
Clinton to address LGBT advocate HRC.)