With a long statement, Hollywood celebrity Elliot Page, who made a career as Ellen Page with films like "Juno" and "Hard Candy", came out as transsexual.
Toronto - Many movie fans know him from the movie
"Juno"
, in which
Elliot had
his big acting breakthrough.
Back then, it was
Ellen Page
,
born a woman
, who played the main role.
Now
Elliot announced his coming out
as transgender and revealed that it is not only associated with joy, but also with fears.
Actor Elliot Page comes out publicly and is relieved: "I love being trans"
"I would like to inform you that I am trans and my name is Elliot", the actor begins his emotional and long statement *, which he published on
and Instagram *.
From now on,
Canadian actress Ellen Page,
who was born a woman, wants to
live as Elliot.
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"I feel so happy to write this, to be here, to have reached this point in my life," he told his fans.
He also added that from now on he will also use the masculine pronoun.
“
I love to be trans.
And I love to be queer, ”revealed Elliot, visibly relieved in his statement.
Above all, he wants to thank the “incredible people” who supported him on his trip.
"My joy is real, but it is also fragile": Elliot Page is not only relieved, but also scared
But the road to relief was far from easy.
Page emphasized in his statement that it was a
long process to
come out publicly and to change the name and was only possible with the
support of the LGBTQ community
of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and queers.
Despite all of this, the 33-year-old asks for a little patience: "My joy is real, but it is also fragile."
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“The truth is that although I feel deeply happy at the moment and know how many privileges I have in myself, I am also afraid.”
Fear
of derogatory
jokes or hatred
is particularly great
:
“The statistics are staggering.
Discrimination against transgender people is widespread, insidious and cruel, with dire consequences, ”says Elliot, explaining his concerns.
In fact, transgender people are often
exposed to
abuse and bullying
.
One of the largest LGBTQ organizations in the US, the Human Rights Campaign, writes that in 2020 alone
at least 40 people who
lived beyond traditional gender boundaries
were killed
in the United States
.
A terrifying result, which will hopefully be put into perspective in the future by more solidarity.
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