And the more I hold myself close and fully embrace who I am, the more I dream, the more my heart grows and the more I thrive." Page wanted to start acting at an early age and attended the Neptune Theater School. "You unleash a fury of vile and demeaning rage that lands on the shoulders of the trans community, a community in which 40% of trans adults report attempting suicide," he said, citing data from the National Center for Transgender Equality. Elliot Page was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer.
Page denounced politicians "who work to criminalize trans health care and deny our right to exist," and "all of those with a massive platform who continue to spew hostility towards the trans community." At least 40 transgender or gender nonbinary people were murdered in the US in 2020 alone, according to the Human Rights Campaign, and the majority of the victims were Black and Latinx women. Elliot Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. The actor also used his announcement to condemn the "staggering" statistics of violence and discrimination against trans people. Juno is a 2007 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Back in 2014, he came out as gay during a speech at a Human Rights Campaign conference called Time to Thrive that supported LGBT youth.
Page had already been "one of the most visible out gay actors in Hollywood," as Variety reported. I will offer whatever support I can and continue to strive for a more loving and equal society," he added. Thank you for your courage, your generosity and ceaselessly working to make this world a more inclusive and compassionate place. "I've been endlessly inspired by so many in the trans community.