“I remember the premiere of Juno at the Toronto International Film Festival… I said I wanted to wear a suit, and Fox Searchlight was basically like, ‘No, you need to wear a dress.’
“And they took me in a big rush to one of those fancy stores on Bloor Street. They had me wear a dress, and . . . that was that. And then all the Juno press, all the photo shoots — Michael Cera was in slacks and sneakers. I look back at the photos, and I’m like . . .?
“It’s easy for people to roll their eyes, but you know what? No. That was really extremely, extremely fucked up.
“I shouldn’t have to treat it like just this thing that happened — this somewhat normal thing. It’s like: No. Regardless of me being trans! I’ve had people who’ve apologised about things: “Sorry, I didn’t know, I didn’t know at the time.” It doesn’t matter! It doesn’t matter if I’m trans or cis. Lots of cis women dress how I dress. That has nothing to fucking do with it.”
notElliot PageUmbrella Academywould also come out as transhereIf you’d like to talk about the issues raised in this story, you can call the QLife LGBTI peer support hotline on 1800 184 527 or chat online. QLife operates between 3pm and midnight daily.Under 25? You can reach Kids Helplineat 1800 55 1800 or chat online.
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