Elliot Page is living his truth. In the new cover story for magazine, the 34-year-old actor opens up for the first time since coming out as a transgender man, and shares the response he's received since his December Instagram post. “What I was anticipating was a lot of support and love and a massive amount of hatred and transphobia,” Page shares. “That’s essentially what happened.” The star talks about his childhood and frequent desire to cut his hair short, saying he struggled with his gender identity for decades. “I felt like a boy,” Page recalls. “I wanted to be a boy.