Photo: Elliot Page/Instagram
Elliot Pageis publicly celebrating his first Christmas since coming out as transgender.
The actor, 34,shared a photo of himself on Instagramwhere he commemorated the holiday with his (furry) loved ones.
The post had many kind responses from fellow celebs. “My king 🥺,” wrote13 Reasons WhyactressTommy Dorfman, whoreintroduced herself as a transgender woman earlier this yearin aTimeinterview.The Umbrella Academy’s showrunnerSteve Blackmancommented, “❤️❤️❤️❤️”.
Page came out as transin December 2020 in a heartfelt statement on his Twitter page.
“It’s this interesting dichotomy in a way where on some level it feels just like the most miraculous, amazing thing — and it’s also just the experience of, ‘Oh, there I am,'” Page told Winfrey at the time.
“A part of me was like, ‘Oh my god, why was that so hard? Why?'” theUmbrella Academyactor shared. “Why has society made getting to this place of my life — because that’s the situation we’re facing. And yeah, it was probably driving my friends crazy, sending them profile photos of mepost having top surgeryand how different I felt after that and all this space. "
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In aVanity Fairfeature published that same month, Page said that as a little kid, he “absolutely” knew that he was a boy.
“I was writing fake love letters and signing them ‘Jason.’ Every little aspect of my life, that is who I was, who I am, and who I knew myself to be,” he told the magazine. “I just couldn’t understand when I’d be told, ‘No, you’re not. No, you can’t be that when you’re older.’ "
“Now I’mfinally getting myself back to feeling like who I am,” added Page, “and it’s so beautiful and extraordinary, and there’s a grief to it in a way.”
source: people.com
