Actor Elliot Page has sat down to give his first on-screen interview since revealing to the world last December that he is a trans man and uses he/him pronouns.
The Oscar-nominated Page, 34, is interviewed by Oprah Winfrey. Their conversation will stream tomorrow (April 30) on Apple TV+
In a clip shared yesterday online, Winfrey asks Page, “What part of your transition has actually brought you the most joy?”
Page replied, “It’s the little… you know, getting out of the shower and the towel’s around your waist and you’re looking at yourself in the mirror and you’re just like, ‘There I am.’
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“And I’m not having the moment where I’m panicked…. It’s being able to touch my chest and feel comfortable in my body for probably the first time.”
He then gets tearful, but assures Winfrey they’re, “tears of joy.”
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Vanity Fair also shared an exclusive clip. In that, Page talked about why he felt it was important to announce his transition, not only to feel comfortable but for the benefit of other trans people.
“This time we’re in right now, and especially with this horrible backlash we’re seeing towards trans people, particularly trans youth, it really felt imperative to do so.”
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In a separate interview with Vanity Fair writer Thomas Page McBee, Page said he’d known he was a boy since he was a child.
“All trans people are so different, and my story’s absolutely just my story. But yes, when I was a little kid, absolutely, 100%, I was a boy. I knew I was a boy when I was a toddler. 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. I just couldn’t understand when I’d be told, “No, you’re not. No, you can’t be that when you’re older.” You feel it. Now I’m finally getting myself back to feeling like who I am, and it’s so beautiful and extraordinary.”
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He said that he had decided to speak to Winfrey partly because of the current slew of anti-trans legislation coming up in states across the United States.
Page was blunt about the impact of such legislation.
“These bills are going to be responsible for the death of children. It is that simple. So [talking to Oprah] felt like an opportunity to use a wide-reaching platform to speak from my heart about some of my experience and the resources I’ve been able to access—whether therapy or surgery—that have allowed me to be alive, to live my life.
Ronbo
Good for him! Boys do cry.
tallskin4
She is not a boy. She’s a girl who’s had her breasts cut off by profit mongering doctors who should know better.
I watched this interview and she didn’t seem remotely happy. She seemed shell shocked, as if overwhelmed by her mental ill health.
The doctors endorsing this fantasy are going to be made to pay someday. This is a medical scandal waiting to erupt.
Harley
I’m happy for him but looking at his neck scares me about how skinny he is. I certainly hope there is not an eating disorder going on as well.
barkomatic
I think he’s just naturally skinny.
BaltoSteve
@Harley, It may be the hormones. I seem to remember that an increase in Testosterone can help cut fat and aid in weight loss. But High School Health was a lifetime ago, so I could be wrong.
LumpyPillows
I actually thought he looks more masculine now, and he’s always been thin.
jcool
F you. i can’t believe the amount of karens this sight attracts. btw, karen is code for evil c*nt
Kieran
Eat your heart out Justin Bieber.
Troyfight
best comment!
LumpyPillows
Here’s to hoping Elliot has a happy and healthy future.
James26
lol!
LumpyPillows
You may note understand it, and you may not agree with his choices, but it isn’t your life. You can choose to be a better human.
Cam
Page always looked the tiniest bit uncomfortable before. Which actually I think helped his acting in movies like Juno. Playing that outsider that doesn’t quite fit in. I’m looking forward to seeing his acting in the new season of The Umbrella Academy, I have a feeling there will be a new layer of comfort and confidence in his scenes.
A difficult thing to do, especially when you’re in the public eye so congratulations Elliot!
Gourmet Guy
What in the living hell is your problem, Prax07? Given you’re homophobic and transphobic. Good for you. So just shut up. None of us needs to hear your fetid thoughts, not any more.
TMBisAOK
So Queerty, misgendering and transphobic comments are allowed here now! DO YOUR JOB AND REMOVE THIS A-HOLES COMMENT!!!
ciasteczek
why is queerty blocking my comments??
frankcar1965
She will NEVER be a he, this craziness needs to stop, you can’t just declare yourself the opposite sex and bam, that’s it. Unless you go all the way and get the surgery, you are just an narcissist and want attention, hence the interview. Why not just be quiet and live your life?
Good luck with your career ELLIE, no will hire you anymore.
MissTerri
You can call yourself whatever you want but nature always gets the last word.
man5996853
In your case, I hope it is a truly sadistic karma that gets the last word.
MissTerri
I see that if you’re resorting to personal insults, it’s probably because you don’t have a good counter-argument. Again: you can give yourself a new name and tell people to treat you as a different gender but wishful thinking can’t change basic biological facts. It’s called science, you might consider learning about it, dear.
Sanjo
Truly, we all are going to die one day. In the meantime, maybe try supporting your fellow human beings instead of being a know-it-all.
cheks
You’re looking for a counter-argument, but what exactly is your argument that you want someone to counter? Are you “arguing” that Elliot isn’t a trans man?
When you see an article about someone born without legs learning to walk with prosthetics do you say “well, you can try to walk all you want, but nature always gets the last word.” What does that even mean? Just like someone born without legs knows they were born without legs and are different than people born with legs, every trans person knows they are trans and therefore different than a cis person.
And for people who say “a trans man isn’t a man, and ‘cis’ isn’t a real term, there’s normal men and women pretending to be men” you sound like the people who say “I’m not ‘heterosexual’, I’m normal. And ‘homosexual’ isn’t a ‘sexuality’, it’s a perversion” (Like my grandpa would say, “they call it a ‘sexuality’ because they want to make it seem like a valid option that is equal to what is simply normal. People don’t have sexualities, they either have normal, healthy attractions or they have perverse, unhealthy attractions.”)
Just like gay people know they aren’t straight, but still want to get married and have equal rights, and have their relationships recognized as legal, and respected by society. Trans people know they are trans, (or they wouldn’t be transitioning), but they still want to live their lives and have rights and have their sex and gender recognized as legal and respected by society.
I mean, if a hen turns into a rooster, and the other chickens treat it like a rooster, you’d think humans can get their act together and be at least as good as chickens.
James26
Yikes! This is not going to end well.
terminalose
I don’t like this haircut, he needs a real barber
C_Alan
From a bi POV, I was so happy when Ellen said she was bisexual. I was thrilled to have a famous person who reflects part of my life.
Then she said she was lesbian and I was super-disappointed because that just reinforces the idea that being bi is simply transitional.
Now that she transitioned to he I have another shot. Maybe Elliot is bisexual!
Either way I support him and whatever is good for him.
Cam
I think that is where some of the annoyance from the Bi community comes from. A lot of people for some reason will use “Bi” as a step, and then turn around and disbelieve that actual bi folks exist. As someone who has actual bi friends, male and female, I hear that same frustration from them.
corktownboy
Great for Elliot. Congratulations on finding yourself!
tallskin4
I am concerned that the glorification around Elliot Page will make her/him the poster boy for surgical transitioning.
If it worked for her/him – good. But there are tens of thousands of young people speaking out about regretting irreversibly transitioning such as keira bell who was put onto a toxic regime of drugs very young and conveyor belted to mutilating breast removal surgery at age 16.
ScottOnEarth
You seem proud of your ignorance and toxic judgement. Elliot identifies as “he” and your petty comment doesn’t change that. And you are not worried about “tens of thousands of young people.” You are clearly uptight, closed-minded and incapable of seeing the world as a vast collective of differences, rather than it rotating according to your rules. Elliot is a solid role model for the trans community.
James26
I guess we’re supposed to look at that interview and believe that “Elliot” is joyful. It must be transjoy, you know, the opposite of the actual thing.