Following the racist and homophobic earlier this week, actor and activist Ellen Page has delivered a fiery message to Vice President Mike Pence and other anti-LGBTIQ+ politicians in the US.
Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Page rendered the studio audience silent as she fought through her emotions to launch a scathing attack on President Donald Trump and his administration.
"I'm a little fired up tonight," Page admitted to the host.
Holding a photograph of , Emma Portner, Page continued: "But it feels impossible not to feel this way right now, with the President and the Vice President, Mike Pence, who wishes I couldn't be married - let's just be clear.
"The Vice President of America wishes that I didn't have love with my wife. He wanted to ban that in Indiana. He believes in conversion therapy. He has hurt LGBTIQ+ people so badly as the governor of Indiana... and I think the thing we need to know - and I hope Gaycation did this - in terms of connecting the dots with what happened the other day to Jussie [Smollett].
She added: "I don't know him personally, I send all of my love. [But] this is what what happens. If you are in a position of power and you hate people and you want to cause suffering to them - you go to the trouble, you go through your career trying to cause suffering - what do you think is going to happen?"
"Kids are going to be abused and they're going to kill themselves," she said through tears.
"People are going to be beaten on the street. I have traveled the world and met the most marginalised people you can meet. I am lucky to have this time and the privilege to say this.
"This needs to f*cking stop."
You can watch Ellen Page's Gaycation series now on SBS On Demand.