Oscar-Nominated ‘Umbrella Academy’ Star Elliot Page Announces He Is Transgender
Elliot Page, the Academy Award nominee formerly known as Ellen, has announced he identifies as transgender and nonbinary
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Oscar-Nominated ‘Umbrella Academy’ Star Elliot Page Announces He Is Transgender
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This was visibly a very long journey and it must be very challenging to have grown up on camera and come to terms with their identity this way. Really happy for him.
Good for him! Happy that western society is finally getting to stage where we are more accepting of trans people. I was alerted recently that some pacific islands have been more accepting for a long time, so it is good we are catching up.
Must be a hell of a relief to feel the comfort to proudly announce this. Happy for him!
More awards to come, I'm sure. He's a wonderful actor.
More awards to come, I'm sure. He's a wonderful actor.
I think they are saying that they accept both he/him, and they/them? But maybe I am mistaken.
This explanation doesn't really help? He identifies as being male and plural (like multiple personalities)?
I'm sure someone who is actually trans or nonbinary can speak to this more credibly than I can but my understanding has always been that it's just the identifier people choose if they don't feel strictly on one side of the spectrum or other. If you don't feel totally male or totally female, then he and she don't capture who you are.
^it's not about multiple personalities, or that they think they are many people in one body or something like that.
That's awesome. Congrats to him.
But I'm genuinely curious about the pronouns: "he" and "they" aren't really interchangeable right, so which one do you use? Or does it not matter?
Edit: the article address him as "he" so I guess it's just up to the person addressing him?
But I'm genuinely curious about the pronouns: "he" and "they" aren't really interchangeable right, so which one do you use? Or does it not matter?
Edit: the article address him as "he" so I guess it's just up to the person addressing him?
bc that's a pronoun they identify as.
Anyway, good for him. I was really into Elliot as my first celeb crush and it helped me better understand my queerness. I hope everything goes well for them.
I kind of always figured this would be coming so I'm glad he felt in a good enough place to finally announce it!
"They" isn't necessarily plural. People use "they" in a singular form all the time.
Congrats to him!
It's not plural, if a single person helped you pick up some boxes you could say "they helped me", for example, regardless of their gender identity.
It's just one of the more easily accessible and already established non-binary pronouns (some folks use alternatives like xe/xer but most of the world is only just starting to accept gender identity being fluid so we're some ways off those sorts of pronouns being commonplace).
It's not plural, if a single person helped you pick up some boxes you could say "they helped me", for example, regardless of their gender identity.
It's just one of the more easily accessible and already established non-binary pronouns (some folks use alternatives like xe/xer but most of the world is only just starting to accept gender identity being fluid so we're some ways off those sorts of pronouns being commonplace).
Wow I just saw this on social media. I'm a fan and it's great to see him be able to be open with himself and publicly. Happy for him.
I've often wondered this but don't want to put my foot in it. Grammatically those words don't work the same. 'He is over there' is singular, but 'they are over there' is plural. I need to look into this. Happy to use people's pronouns, but in my speech I am strict with my grammar so I need to understand this further.
Happy for him and I did feel that this was a strong possibility of happening. I'm glad he feels comfortable enough to publicly talk about it. I hope it helps others.
That's fucking awesome. I can't imagine what it was like to figure everything out with so much public visibility. To go from straight, lesbian and now finally trans is hopefully very encouraging to those still struggling to figure out and define where they stand within the vast and beautiful LGBTQ+ spectrum. That things are more fluid and possibly subject to change as you grow and better understand yourself on various levels.
Elliot is a great person and I hope their story, visibility and transparency about everything helps a lot of younger people who are struggling and trying to figure who they really are at the end of the day.
Elliot is a great person and I hope their story, visibility and transparency about everything helps a lot of younger people who are struggling and trying to figure who they really are at the end of the day.
