Elliot Page looked back on his first time attending a gay bar. The 36-year-old The Umbrella Academy actor is preparing to release a memoir titled Pageboy on June 6.
A snippet that was obtained by People contained reflections about how he first immersed himself in LGBTQ+ culture. The story also involved what he described as his first meaningful kiss with a woman named Paula. Keep reading to find out more… Elliot recalled that the bar he visited was called Reflections, and the visit was just before the premiere of his movie Juno. “Dancing, sweat dripping down my back, down my chest.
I watched Paula‘s hair twist and bounce as she moved effortlessly, chaotic but controlled, sensual and strong,” he wrote. “I would catch her looking at me, or was it the other way around?
We wanted to be caught. Deer in the headlights. Startled, but not breaking.” He asked if he could kiss her. “And then I did,” he continued. “In a queer bar.