Actor
Elliot
Page,
who
came
out
as
a
transgender
man
in
December
2020,
recently
opened
up
about
his
new
identity.
In
an
interview
with
Time
Magazine,
formerly
known
as
Ellen
Page
said
that
as
a
child,
he
used
to
ask
his
mother
if
he
could
be
a
boy.
Elliot,
who
is
best
known
for
his
performances
in
films
like
Juno
and
Inception,
revealed
that
he
also
struggled
with
depression,
anxiety,
and
panic
attacks
after
garnering
fame
for
his
roles.
He
said,
"I
felt
like
a
boy.
I
wanted
to
be
a
boy.
I
would
ask
my
mom
if
I
could
be
someday,"
Talking
about
his
experience
after
coming
out
as
a
transgender
male,
he
said,
"What
I
was
anticipating
was
a
lot
of
support
and
love
and
a
massive
amount
of
hatred
and
transphobia.
That's
essentially
what
happened."
"I
just
never
recognized
myself.
For
a
long
time,
I
could
not
even
look
at
a
photo
of
myself." He
said
that
the
pandemic
helped
him
come
to
terms
with
his
gender
identity.
"I
had
a
lot
of
time
on
my
own
to
really
focus
on
things
that
I
think,
in
so
many
ways,
unconsciously,
I
was
avoiding.
I
was
finally
able
to
embrace
being
transgender
and
letting
myself
fully
become
who
I
am,"
he
added.
He
also
revealed
that
the
decision
to
get
to
surgery
was
to
make
him
feel
more
comfortable
in
his
own
skin.
(Top
surgery-
is
a
surgical
procedure
to
remove
one's
breast
tissue.)
"It
has
completely
transformed
my
life,"
he
said
and
added
that
not
all
trans
men
have
the
surgery,
which
is
quite
expensive.
Notably,
a
month
after
coming
out
as
trans
and
non-binary
through
an
Instagram
post,
Elliot
filed
for
divorce
from
wife
Emma
Portner.
The
two
had
tied
the
knot
in
2018,
after
Elliot,
formerly
known
as
Ellen,
had
come
out
as
gay
in
2014.