The 34-year-old, whose movie credits include “Inception” and two episodes of the “X-Men” franchise, will appear on the cover of the magazine’s upcoming issue under the headline “I Am Whole Who I Am”.
“What I expected was a lot of support and love and a tremendous amount of hate and transphobia,” said Page. “That’s essentially what happened.”
The actor, who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in 2008’s “Juno,” also discussed his childhood, saying he “felt like a boy” from an early age. He remembered the “feeling of triumph” when he was allowed to cut his hair short at the age of 9.
Page, who previously came out as gay in 2014, also spoke of undergoing top surgery, a move he described as “having completely changed my life.” He then goes on to discuss the struggle for trans equality, the entertainment industry’s “crushing standards” and “pervasive stereotypes about masculinity and femininity.”
“Very influential people spread these myths and harmful rhetoric – every day you see our existence debated,” he said in the interview. “Transgender people are so real.”
Page pictured in Toronto in 2019, more than a year before making his gender identity public. Credit: Rich Polk / Getty Images
“I’ve wanted this and have been working towards this for so many years,” Neill wrote in the caption. “I am so proud of Elliot and so grateful to the trans elders for putting everything on the line to make this moment happen.”