Elliot Page opens up about new memoir on coming out as trans | Nightline

The actor spoke to ABC News in an exclusive broadcast interview that includes audio excerpts from his new book, "Pageboy: A Memoir."

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[emmalee]

I don’t see the happiness. I just see a very sad human being.

[iantempleton]

This is the most depressed happy person I’ve ever seen.

[Ollie-Sprache]

This is sad and horrifying to watch. A perfectly healthy woman ruins her life may as well be the tittle of this video.

[ElaAngelic]

Being a tomboy has been erased from public life, and it's terribly sad. Not wanting to wear a dress doesn't mean you're a boy. It's literally just fabric.

[jedimindtrixrkidz]

I've never seen someone so visually depressed try to claim to be so happy...

[thecloudsaretalking]

I still don’t understand how one needs medications and surgeries to be his/her authentic selves . This identity stuff comes down to appearance and presentation, and how others perceive you. So basically if others don’t see you the way you see yourself, you need to change yourself?

[TheNecessaryEvil]

Hey, ladies, what does it mean to be a man?
“Short hair, flat chest, jeans, t-shirt, no makeup, and push ups.”
Uh, ok 🙄

[kakamedsaft]

A close friend of mine started to unravel mentally and decided to go through with a " Gender reconstruction surgery". After have spent half of his lifesavings to become a her, he realized that he made a huge mistake, from which there was no return. He pretty much had his penis removed and replaced with what he later described as an open wound that would get infected all the time. He could barely walk at times. He ended up putting a gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger. These people need professional help, not enabling.

[uspvzwz]

Wow. This is not a happy, fulfilled person. This is just depressing.

[David-xtob]

People aren’t debating if trans people exist or not.

They are debating how tolerant they want to be to accommodating gender dysphoria particularly when it impacts on other peoples rights and comforts.

[katekennedy]

I’ve never seen this person look so broken. Wtf?

[goodcatfilms]

No one is debating their existence. Please. We are debating the lunacy of their claims.

[khayamakhoba]

I’m willing to bet billions that this video received more dislikes than likes

[heryogi_]

At age 6, i wanted to be just like my brother. I even cut my hair like a boy. I was a big time boy and always wanted to be around guys. Just because we have moments as children where we feel we want to be the opposite sex, does not indicate or mean we were born in the wrong body. There is no such thing as that. If a person was meant to be a boy, they would’ve been a boy. I’m now in my 30s and looking back, if i was that 6 year old girl living in this time, i probably would’ve been corrupted to think i wanted to be a full blown boy. Society is ill & its goal is to disrupt clarity and understanding of one self because the more confused humans are, the more we’re able to be controlled and swayed. Society has lost its way. There are few people who i believe are true transgender. Today it’s just a bunch of extremely traumatized people who have identity issues that consider themselves to be trans. I am a social worker and a mental health therapist and i say firmly that transgenderism is a mental health issue and it doesn’t make it wrong or bad. It just is.

[nerC]

Why do I feel like people can't be tomboys without changing their gender nowadays...

[truth]

I wonder how Elliot's going to feel ten years from now.

[aidend]

Damn that's an insane like to dislike ratio... (1.1K likes to 6.2K dislikes)

[matthewprince]

How come when he was Ellen Page, he never talked about being sexually abused and using drugs?

[StepaniM]

I liked Ellen and I like Elliot. It will take him time to find himself but I honest to God hope that he will. I understand that it is hard to believe that which is advocated very openly and very non-stop. But folks, please remember that our society used to believe that homosexuality was people being "bored" or a "fetish" or something else. We learned more about that with time. We just now are learning more about gender dysphoria and that it isn't the same as being a tomboy or tomgirl.

[thomasvarley]

Ellen looks weird as Hell now huh ?? 😆