Elliot Page & His Gender Identity: His Journey As A Trans Man So Far

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Image Credit: Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock Elliot Page is an actor, renowned for his Oscar-nominated show successful ‘Juno’ and his relation connected ‘The Umbrella Academy.’ Elliot came retired arsenic a trans antheral successful December 2020. He opens up astir his vocation successful his caller memoir ‘Pageboy.’

Elliot Page is opening up astir his sex individuality successful his caller memoir Pageboy, being released connected June 6. The actor, 36, opens up astir however helium experienced sex dysphoria and yet came retired arsenic a trans antheral successful the forthcoming book. Since coming out, he’s been a precise vocal advocator for the LGBTQ+ assemblage and the trans assemblage successful particular.

While the publication is expected to screen galore details astir Elliot’s beingness successful the amusement manufacture arsenic good arsenic his travel arsenic a trans man, he’s already shared antithetic moments from his beingness successful interviews and done societal media. Find retired much astir Elliot’s travel with his sex individuality here.

Elliot smiles connected the reddish carpet astatine the 2022 Academy Awards. (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock)

Elliot Page & His Hollywood Start

Born successful Canada successful 1987, Elliot has been acting since helium was a kid. His archetypal TV relation was successful the movie Pit Pony as Maggie MacLean, and helium aboriginal reprised the relation successful the TV bid for 29 episodes. One of his breakout roles came successful 2005’s Hard Candy, when helium was a teen. He continued to spell connected to different massively fashionable movies, similar 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand, where helium played the superhero Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat. He reprised the relation of Kitty in X-Men: Days of Future Past in 2014.

One of his astir remembered roles came successful 2007 erstwhile helium starred arsenic the rubric quality successful the teen dramedy Junowhich chronicles a teen pregnancy. Elliot’s show arsenic Juno was wide acclaimed and remains a beloved movie from the precocious aughts. Elliot besides received a Best Leading Actress Academy Award information successful 2008. Besides Juno, he besides had a relation successful the critically-acclaimed intelligence thriller Inception in 2010.

One of Elliot’s breakout roles was successful ‘Juno.’ (Fox Searchlight. All rights reserved/courtesy Everett Collection)

Elliot Page’s Former Name

Before Elliot came retired arsenic trans, helium publically presented arsenic a pistillate and his commencement sanction was Ellen. Before speaking retired astir his sex identity, Elliot publically identified arsenic a cheery woman, coming retired successful 2014 astatine Time To Thrive, an LGBTQ+ conference, per The Hollywood Reporter. “Maybe I tin marque a difference, to assistance others person an easier and much hopeful time. Regardless, for me, I consciousness a idiosyncratic work and a societal responsibility,” helium said aft announcing that helium was gay. “I suffered for years due to the fact that I was frightened to beryllium out. My tone suffered, my intelligence wellness suffered and my relationships suffered. And I’m lasting present today, with each of you, connected the different broadside of each that pain.”

Before publically coming out, Elliot accused X-Men: The Last Stand director Brett Ratner of outing him and making homophobic remarks on-set successful a since-deleted 2017 Facebook post, per The GuardianHe said that Brett had told women connected set, “You should f**k her to marque her recognize she’s gay.” In the post, Elliot called him retired for his connection and for outing him against his will. ” knew I was gay, but did not know, truthful to speak. I felt violated erstwhile this happened,” they wrote. “This man, who had formed maine successful the film, started our months of filming astatine a enactment lawsuit with this horrific, unchallenged plea. He ‘outed’ maine with nary respect for my well-being, an enactment we each admit arsenic homophobic.”

Besides the X-Men director outing him, the Umbrella Academy actor besides recalled a run-in with an unnamed co-star making homophobic remarks to him, soon aft coming retired arsenic gay, successful his memoir. While Elliot said helium was an acquaintance, helium said the unnamed A-list prima had told him, “You aren’t gay. That doesn’t exist. You are conscionable acrophobic of men” astatine a party. He besides said the histrion said, “I’m going to f**k you to marque you recognize you aren’t gay.” He said that helium ran into the histrion a fewer days aft the run-in astatine the gym, and helium said helium didn’t “have a occupation with cheery people,” per People

Elliot Page’s Relationships

After archetypal coming retired arsenic gay, Elliot has lone had 1 nationalist relationship. He began dating dancer Emma Portner, 28, successful 2017. The brace got joined successful 2018, and they each made announcements connected their Instagram pages. “Can’t judge I get to telephone this bonzer pistillate my wife,” Elliot wrote successful the since-deleted post, per PeopleUnfortunately, the narration ended 3 years later, erstwhile they filed for divorcement successful January 2021, per Entertainment Tonight. “After overmuch thought and cautious consideration, we person made the hard determination to divorcement pursuing our separation past summer,” they said successful a associated statement. “We person the utmost respect for each different and stay adjacent friends.”

Elliot walks the reddish carpet astatine the ‘There’s Something In The Water’ premiere successful 2019. (Michael Hurcomb/Shutterstock)

Shortly aft coming out, Elliot revealed that helium had a concealed relationship with Kate Mara around the clip she was dating Max Minghella. He opens up astir the narration successful the memoir, and helium revealed that Kate had work the publication successful the interrogation with People. He said that the 2 inactive person “love” and “care for each other,” adjacent though their narration didn’t enactment out. “I deliberation my relationship, oregon immoderate you privation to telephone it with Kate, precise overmuch encapsulates a definite dynamic that I consistently recovered myself in, which was falling for radical that — I deliberation a batch of america bash this — who aren’t afloat available. And the benignant of information successful that and the highs and the lows and the serotonin bump, and past it goes away,” helium said.

Besides his narration with Kate Mara, Elliot besides revealed that helium secretly dated different histrion who was successful the closet. While helium doesn’t place her successful the book, helium said the narration made it wide to him that helium didn’t privation to bash that again. He said it was “painful” to fell their relationship. “Some of my closest friends didn’t adjacent cognize I was successful a relationship. And I was successful a narration wherever we were successful a narration for a decent magnitude of time,” helium told People.

Elliot Page’s Transition

Elliot came retired arsenic a trans man successful a lengthy connection connected his Instagram and Twitter accounts. “Hi friends, I privation to stock with you that I americium trans, my pronouns are he/they and my sanction is Elliot,” helium wrote. “I emotion that I americium trans. And I emotion that I americium queer. And the much I clasp myself adjacent and afloat clasp who I am, the much I dream, the much my bosom grows and the much I thrive. To each the trans radical who woody with harassment, self-loathing, abuse, and the menace of unit each day: I spot you, I emotion you, and I volition bash everything I tin to alteration this satellite for the better.”

Months aft Elliot announced that helium was trans, helium revealed that he’d undergone apical surgery successful an interrogation with Time in March 2021.”It has wholly transformed my life,” helium said. “No substance the challenges and hard moments of this, thing amounts to getting to consciousness however I consciousness now.”

When Elliot came retired arsenic trans, helium was starring successful the fashionable Netflix series The Umbrella Academy. After helium came out, it was announced that his character, who was known arsenic Vanya, would besides travel retired arsenic trans and instrumentality connected the sanction Viktor successful Season 3. He announced the breathtaking quality successful a March 2022 tweet.

Since coming retired arsenic trans, Elliot has spoken astir however blessed helium is to beryllium surviving arsenic his authentic self. He besides has utilized his level to combat for trans rights. “To person my shoulders back. I conscionable was ever benignant of unopen off, anxious. I utilized to ne'er consciousness similar my tegument was my own,” helium told People in a June 2, 2023 interview. “The world is trans radical disproportionately are unemployed, disproportionately acquisition homelessness. Trans women of colour are being murdered. People are losing their healthcare.”

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