Elliot Page Reflects on Hisbr Gender Identity Journey.br Elliot Page spoke with ‘Time’ in late Februarybr for the first interview since he publicly camebr out as transgender on Instagram.br During the interview,br Page recalled how hebr “wanted to be a boy”br ever since he was abr child, even cutting hisbr hair around age nine.br At ten-years-old, Page became abr professional actor and had to grow his hairbr out again to “look a certain way.”.br From there, Page ascended into stardombr but never truly “recognized [himself].”.br I just never recognized myself … Forbr a long time I could not even look atbr a photo of myself … [I didn’t know]br how to explain to people that evenbr though [I was] an actor, just puttingbr on a T-shirt cut for a woman wouldbr make me so unwell, Elliot Page, to 'Time'.br Speaking about his decision to come outbr as gay in 2014, Page said that the discomfortbr he felt in his body never went away. .br It wasn’t until thebr COVID-19 pandemicbr that Page was forcedbr to focus on the things hebr had been "unconsciously"br avoiding to that point.br I had a lot of time on my own to reallybr focus on things that I think, in so manybr ways, unconsciously, I was avoiding …br I was finally able to embrace beingbr transgender … and letting myselfbr fully become who I am, Elliot Page, to 'Time'.br His public disclosure, although filled withbr “fear and anxiety,” ultimately made Page feelbr “true excitement” and “deep gratitude.”.