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Through his career,Elliot Pagehas had a front-row seat to Hollywood hypocrisy.
Hollywood is built on leveraging queerness.
Tucking it away when needed, pulling it out when beneficial, while patting themselves on the back … Pagetold the public that hes trans in 2020.
I am sick of the creepy focus on my body and compulsion to infantilize … Sprawled out, bare, I crave gentleness.
Below are a few stories about Pages experiences in Hollywood fromPageboy.
He was told to remain closeted while promotingJuno, experiencing homophobia both in Hollywood and at home.
I was struggling with depression and having panic attacks so bad I would collapse.
I could barely function.
I dismissed my feelings as dramatic, berated myself for being ungrateful.
I felt too guilty to say I was hurting, incapacitated, that I didnt see a future.
He details how the tabloids made his sexuality a hot topic.
AVillage Voicearticle at the time wanted to put the dykey pieces together.
He had a relationship withJunoco-star Olivia Thirlby while working on the Academy Awardwinning film.
Page reveals that his romantic relationship with Olivia Thirlby helped him begin a journey toward self-acceptance.
Being intimate with Olivia helped my shame dissipate.
Hedated Kate Maraand other unnamed celebrities.
Page also dated other, unnamed, Hollywood figures.
They met while making a film together.
It was not a sustainable relationship, just like when I had kept people hidden.
The lying, the anxiety, the disgust.
