Elliot Page opens up about the gender dysphoria he experienced as a teenager

On the occasion of the celebration of Pride Month, which is celebrated every day in June, the actor Elliot Page gave an interview for Good Morning Americawhere he opened up and told all the hurtful feelings and gender dysphoria he suffered when his body began to change during his adolescence.

The Canadian producer and activist detailed how difficult it was for him to see the way his body was developing in a way that was contrary to how he felt or identified, so the simple fact of seeing how his clothes fit made him feel so uncomfortable that it bothered him quite a bit.

Not feeling in agreement with what he saw reflected in the mirror, the protagonist of The Umbrella Academy She said that even then she had never heard the word “transgender” and now imagines that if she had heard about it, it would have been in a sex education class, followed by laughter among peers.

In addition, he confessed that during his adolescence he suffered bullying by some classmates, bullying that only increased his shame and feelings of rejection towards himself, for which he came to feel that perhaps he was making a mistake and even despised himself for not feeling identified with his gender.

When my body began to change and the clothes fit me differently, all this was the beginning of disconnecting from myself and feeling a certain non-conformity that was very erosive and harmful. I don’t think I had even heard the word ‘transgender’ at the time.

In addition, she spoke about how gender dysphoria affects all those who feel alien to their identity and do not identify with the gender according to the genitalia with which they were born, since this only leads to an incongruity and disconnection that comes to affect the reality of not being who they really want or want to be.

So the short circuit of incongruity and disconnection with that just keeps affecting you. And I think it was especially difficult as an actor because people were like, ‘You’re an actor. Put on your damn clothes.’ But needless to say, it was much more than that.

After recounting that his biggest conflict with his body was during the summer, when everyone wore little clothing and he had to hide under oversized shirts, Elliot Page acknowledged that, due to the surgery with which he removed his breasts, Her self-esteem has improved and she continues in her constant fight against the depression and anxiety that she suffered before making her transition public and that perhaps now she is at her best moment.