Elliot Page, ‘Umbrella Academy’ star, comes out as transgender

Elliot Page speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for “X-Men: Days of Future Past”, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
Photo: Gage Skidmore – Wikimedia Commons

Elliot Page, star of the films Juno, X-Men: Days of Future Past and the Netflix series Umbrella Academy has just come out as transgender.

In a tender letter posted to the actor’s Twitter account, Page opened up about his gender identity to fans.

“Hi friends,” Page wrote. “I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot. I feel lucky to be writing this. To be here. To have arrived at this place in my life.”

“I also ask for patience,” he continued. “My joy is real, but it is also fragile. The truth is, despite feeling profoundly happy right now and knowing how much privilege I carry, I am also scared. I’m scared of the invasiveness, the hate, the ‘jokes’ and of violence.”

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