Elliot Page reveals he found ‘hope’ in his trans journey in emotional speech as he is honored at Time 100 event

Elliot Page was celebrated as one of Time’s 100 Summit in New York City this week  where he gave an emotional speech about his journey to coming out as trans.

The Juno star, 37, looked stylish in a black button-down shirt and black skinny pants.

As he took the stage, he looked animated and eager to tell the story of how he found hope in his trans journey.

It’s been three years since The Umbrella Academy actor came out as a transgender man.

And it was the showrunner of that show, Steve Blackman, who helped Elliot in the early days of coming out.

‘I called him nervously and he was incredible,’ Page told Time.

‘If anything, he was the one who was very insistent on immediately having it be a part of the show and supported me to be able to access the care I was hoping to get at that time.’

Blackman worked with Page and the writers to weave a gender transition into Elliot’s Umbrella Academy character.

Elliot also said that Hollywood has a ‘lack of representation for trans people,’ but he looks forward to being able to tackle varied roles and stories now that he’s transitioned.

To get to start from the foundation of just being there is so thrilling,’ Page said.

It hasn’t always been easy, but Page has found joy in writing and hope in his community.

‘So much of my mind had been occupied by unhealthy, toxic thinking and now I have the space where my consciousness is just like flowing,’ he said about writing.

Elliot used to suffer panic attacks from the stress of masking who he really was but now he finds hope in his community and in living authentically.

‘Hope for me is for those who continuously resist and support each other.’

Previously, Elliot said he knew he shouldn’t have been born a girl by the time he turned four.

‘I went to the YMCA preschool in downtown Halifax, on South Park Street across from the Public Gardens,’ he recounted in his memoir Page Boy.

‘Primarily, I understood that I wasn’t a girl. Not in a conscious sense, but in a pure sense, uncontaminated.

‘That sensation is one of my earliest and clearest memories.’