Canadian actor Elliot Page was accosted by an unidentified big-name actor who deluged him with homophobic threats, he wrote in his new memoir, according to The Daily Beast on Friday.
"The incident, recounted in a chapter Page bluntly titled 'Famous A--hole at Party,' took place between Page and an unnamed but prominent actor at a birthday party in 2014, Page told People in a new interview. According to Page, the actor told him he wasn’t really gay, just 'afraid of men,' and said 'I’m going to f—k you to make you realize you aren’t gay.'"
According to the report, Page "then tried to brush off the encounter when the two crossed paths at a gym several days later."
Page, who has featured in several films including Inception, came out as a transgender man in 2020. He was assigned female at birth, and, prior to 2020, he had identified himself as gay rather than transgender.
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“I’m purposely not sharing his name,” Page said to People Magazine. However, he added, “he will hear about this and know it’s him.”
Much of the discrimination efforts against transgender people over the last few years, including Republican-backed laws restricting them from sports and restroom use, have been sold with rhetoric focusing on the demonization of transgender women. However, transgender men also face discrimination and social struggles.
