George Zimmerman says the shooting-death trial of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin has left him homeless, jobless, and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. In interviews this week with CNN and the Spanish-language channel Univision, the 30-year-old said he has lived in a state of constant fear since his acquittal of second-degree murder in July, and that he owes more than $2.5 million in legal fees. “I have a lot of people saying that, you know, they guarantee that they’re going to kill me and I’ll never be a free man,” he told CNN. He said he wishes he could be “treated like any American citizen,” instead of having his speeding tickets and disputes with his girlfriend and estranged wife becoming news. But he doesn’t regret shooting Martin. “I know that if I did not act the way I acted, I would not be here,” he said.
Actress Ellen Page came out as gay during an emotional Valentine’s Day speech at an LGBT conference in Las Vegas, telling the audience she was “tired of hiding” her sexuality. “I suffered for years because I was scared to be out,” said Page, who has had major roles in Juno, X-Men, and Inception. “My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered, and my relationships suffered.” Holding back tears, the 26-year-old Canadian native said she’d buckled under Hollywood’s “crushing standards,” but that she now felt a responsibility to come out. “I’ve been trying to push back to be authentic and follow my heart,” she said. “But it can be hard.”
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