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Elliot Page Reflects connected Dysphoria Journey With New Shirtless Photo
As Elliot Page prepares to stock much of his communicative with the world, he's recalling immoderate of the astir hard moments of his journey.
The Umbrella Academy actor, who came out as transgender successful 2020, volition soon merchandise his memoir, Pageboy. In the book, Elliot discusses his relationship with his body and topics specified arsenic intelligence health, assault, love, relationships and sex, according to People.
"There's evidently been precise hard moments. I bash consciousness similar I benignant of hardly made it successful galore ways," Elliot told the magazine, regarding his idiosyncratic journey. "But today, I'm conscionable maine and grateful to beryllium present and live and taking 1 measurement astatine a time."
People published an excerpt of the archetypal chapter, successful which helium writes astir a same-sex relationship that turned intimate months earlier the premiere of Juno, the 2007 movie that earned him an Oscar nomination.
"My acquisition arsenic a trans idiosyncratic and this beingness I have, and the privilege I person does not correspond the world of astir trans lives," Elliot told the outlet, but added that helium thinks representation and visibility is "crucial."
He besides said, "I deliberation this play of not conscionable hate, of course, but misinformation oregon conscionable blatant lies astir LGTBQ+ lives, astir our healthcare, it felt similar the close time."
The X-Men actor's comments were published May 25, 2 weeks aft helium shared a new shirtless photo connected Instagram, on with a joyful affirmation astir his carnal transformation.
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"Dysphoria utilized to beryllium particularly rife successful the summer," the 36-year-old captioned the May 10 post. "No layers, conscionable a T-shirt - oregon layers and ohio truthful sweaty - perpetually looking down, readjusting my oversized T. It feels truthful f'ing bully soaking successful the prima now, I ne'er thought I could acquisition this, the joyousness I consciousness successful my body."
The star continued, "I americium truthful grateful for what sex affirming attraction has allowed maine and I look guardant to sharing much of my travel soon. #transjoy"
Pageboy is acceptable for merchandise June 6.
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