Elliot Page says he “struggled” to function before transitioning: “I couldn’t see a future”
Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page has opened up about his struggles before transitioning in a new interview. Back in 2020, the 36-year-old actor came out as trans in a heartfelt post on social media. “Hi friends, 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,” he wrote. Since that day, Page has remained an open book regarding his coming out journey.
In a recent interview on Jay Shetty’s podcast On Purpose, the Academy Award-nominated talent reflected on some of the debilitating moments he experienced before transitioning. “For significant periods of my life, I struggled to function on a pretty basic level, it was hard for me to literally sit down, it was hard for me to be productive, for me to present at all,” he explained. “I couldn’t see the future because I didn’t know how much longer I would last feeling that way.” While Page’s past was full of inner turmoil, his life after transitioning has significantly improved and is full of gender euphoria. “It’s actually hard to describe when it’s literally now every aspect in every moment of my life, you know, like when people go, ‘Oh, what was your last incident of gender euphoria?’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, this morning when I was drinking coffee in silence and just being able to sit and have my coffee,'” he explained. “Doing things in the past that I did enjoy, but a part of me wasn’t there so, it could be going to meet some friends in the park and I’m really able to just be in the park with them.” Lastly, the X-Men star took time to share books and resources for other people who may be transitioning or exploring their gender identity – citing Travis Alabanza’s None Of The Above, Harry Nicholas’ A Trans Man Walks Into A Gay Bar, Janet Mock’s book catalogue as must-reads.
