Her transgender identity appears to stem from the pain of sexual assaults she experienced, discomfort with her series of sexual relationships, and a hatred for her femininity.
Last week, the Canadian actress Ellen Page, who now goes by the name “Elliot” and claims to be a man, delivered a speech at the Juno Awards — Canada’s equivalent to the Grammys — in which she argued that “the rights of LGBTQ2+ people” are under attack. These “rights,” she asserted, are being “revoked, restricted and eliminated throughout the world.” Her speech drew headlines and corresponded with the release of the first clip from her new film, Close to You, in which Page plays a “transgender man” for the first time.
