Elliot Web page and Extra Transgender Stars Who’ve Shared Their Journeys

After years of quietly fighting gender dysphoria, the Juno alum got here out as transgender in December 2020. “My pleasure is actual, however it’s also fragile,” he wrote in a social media assertion on the time. “The reality is, regardless of feeling profoundly pleased proper now and realizing how a lot privilege I carry, I’m additionally scared. I am afraid of the invasiveness, the hate, the ‘jokes’ and of violence.”

He added, “To all trans individuals who cope with harassment, self-loathing, abuse and the specter of violence daily: I see you, I like you and I’ll do every part I can to alter this world for the higher.”

True to his phrase, Elliot has since continued to be open about his journey, together with his restoration from prime surgical procedure. “Dysphoria was particularly rife in the summertime,” he captioned a shirtless selfie in Might. “No layers, only a T-shirt – or layers and oh so sweaty – always trying down, readjusting my outsized T. It feels so f’ing good soaking within the solar now, I by no means thought I might expertise this, the enjoyment I really feel in my physique.”

The Umbrella Academy star additionally detailed his transition in his 2023 memoir, Pageboy.


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