Elliot Page is reflecting on a difficult chapter in his life story.
The Freedom to Exist with Elliot Page: A Soul of a Nation PresentationRecalling how his body started to change during puberty, the 36-year-old said that was the period during which he also began "feeling a degree of discomfort that was very erosive and damaging."
"I don't think I, even at that point, had probably even heard the word 'transgender,'" Page shared. "If it did come up, it would be briefly in health class with then the sound of laughter." To make matters worse, the actor said he was heavily bullied at school during that time, adding to the internal "shame" and the feelings of "self-disgust.""I think with gender dysphoria, it's being assigned a gender at birth based on your genitalia," he continued, "and that being the reality of not who you are—and the incongruence and disconnect with that—just continues to chip away at you.
Page said his internal turmoil over gender identity "especially became complicated" when he found fame in Hollywood. Whilealum remembered how "people would just go, 'You're an actor. Just put on the f--king clothes.'"In the past, Page has been open about his journey, including his
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