Elliot Page Says Wearing a Suit to Oscars 2022 Was the ‘Trans Joy’
usmagazine.comA significant suit. Elliot Page’s outfit to the Oscars meant a lot more to him than a simple tuxedo. The 35-year-old actor explained during an Instagram Live that the outfit was a manifestation of “trans joy.” “I feel the best I’ve ever felt.
I feel the way that I really never thought was possible,” the Juno star said during a discussion with trans activists Raquel Willis and Chase Strangio. “I know the challenges I’ve gone through and I know how difficult it has been for me.
The enormous amount of privilege, the enormous amount of resources I’ve had absolutely, unequivocally saved my life — from therapy to surgery and so many things between.” But having access to such privileges gave him the ability to experience “trans joy” on “such a core level.” He went onto explain that arriving at the Academy Awards in a tuxedo was one such manifestation. “The degree now that I can feel present, simply that I can feel present in a space without this incessant underlying anxiety or some sort of feeling like I need to flee … more specific ways, it’s wearing a suit last night.
All those things are really special, wonderful, joyful moments where you’re looking at a photograph and it’s really cool to see yourself for the first time — or the person you already saw but here they are, like, they’re f—king emerging.” Page announced his new pronouns and new name in a December 2020 letter shared via Instagram. “I feel overwhelming gratitude for the incredible people who have supported me along this journey.
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