The 34-year-old, whose film credits include “Inception” and two installments of the “X-Men” franchise, will appear on the front page of the next issue of the magazine under the title “I’m fully who I am.”
“What we anticipated was a lot of support and love and a massive amount of hatred and transphobia,” the page says. “That’s exactly what happened.”
The actor, who won an Oscar nomination for his role in “Juno” in 2008, also talked about his childhood, saying that he “felt like a boy” as a child. He remembered the “feeling of triumph” that he was allowed to cut his hair short at the age of nine.
Page, who previously went gay in 2014, also spoke about the peak operation, a move he described as “completely transforming my life.” He continues to discuss the fight for trans equality, as well as the “crushing standards” of the entertainment industry and “ubiquitous stereotypes about masculinity and femininity.”
“Extremely influential people spread these myths and harmful rhetoric – every day you see our existence debated,” he said in an interview. “Transgender people are so real.”
The page presented in Toronto in 2019, more than a year before revealing its gender identity. Credit: Rich Polk / Getty Images
“I want this and I have been working on it for so many years,” Neill wrote in the caption. “I’m so proud of Elliot and so grateful to the old trans people who risked everything to make this moment happen.”