Elliot Page Says Coming out<br />Felt ‘Crucial’ Amidst the Backlash<br />Trans People Are Facing.<br />‘Vanity Fair’ has shared an exclusive look at Elliot<br />Page’s upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey. .<br />In the clip, Page speaks to<br />Oprah about coming out<br />as transgender, saying<br />there was “no way” he<br />could be closeted again. .<br />I came out as gay right before my 27th birthday,<br />up until then I had pretty much never even<br />touched someone outside who I was in love<br />with. Any kind of sensation of feeling that<br />again, there was no way I could do it, Elliot Page, via Instagram.<br />Page also revealed that he felt it<br />was “crucial” to use his platform<br />in a positive way and speak for<br />others that may be experiencing<br />the same "pain and difficulties.".<br />This platform I have, the privilege that I have<br />and knowing the pain and difficulties and the<br />struggles I faced in my life, let alone what so<br />many other people are facing. It absolutely felt<br />crucial and important for me to share that, Elliot Page, via Instagram.<br />For Page, his interview with<br />Oprah was an “opportunity”<br />to “speak from [his] heart.” .<br />[The Oprah interview] felt like an opportunity<br />to use a wide-reaching platform to speak<br />from my heart about some of my experience<br />and the resources I’ve been able to access —<br />whether therapy or surgery — that have<br />allowed me to be alive, to live my life, Elliot Page, via 'Vanity Fair'
