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\"I had a lot of time on my own to really focus on things that I think, in so many ways, unconsciously, I was avoiding,\" he said of his time spent during the COVID-19 pandemic. After seeking out literature from trans writers and drawing courage from trans activists, he said he \"was finally able to embrace being transgender and letting myself fully become who I am.\"

Page said he expected mixed responses to his announcement.

\"What I was anticipating was a lot of support and love and a massive amount of hatred and transphobia,\" which he said he encountered.

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Wynne Neilly for TIME
PHOTO: Actor Elliot Page speaks on transgender equality in a cover story for the Mar. 29/Apr. 5, 2021 issue of TIME.
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Now, he is devoted to spreading awareness for trans visibility, equality and rights. \"My privilege has allowed me to have resources to get through and to be where I am today ... and of course I want to use that privilege and platform to help in the ways I can,\" he told TIME.

In a report focusing on violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people in 2020, The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation found that at least 44 transgender and gender non-conforming people were killed. This is the highest tally the organization has ever recorded since it started tracking this data in 2013.

Page is using his platform to call out trans discrimination and violence across the U.S.

\"Extremely influential people are spreading these myths and damaging rhetoric—every day you’re seeing our existence debated,\" he said. \"Transgender people are so very real.\"

\"PHOTO:
Wynne Neilly for TIME
PHOTO: Actor Elliot Page speaks on transgender equality in a cover story for the Mar. 29/Apr. 5, 2021 issue of TIME.
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In response to the TIME interview, GLAAD issued a statement commending Page for using his voice to speak on trans representation and more.

\"Not only is Elliot Page a fine actor, he is also an advocate for equality and justice who continues to educate the world about who trans people really are and about why the current barrage of anti-trans bills promoted by fearmongering politicians are so harmful and unnecessary,\" Nick Adams, GLAAD’s director of transgender representation, said.

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