Elliot Page joined Late Night with Seth Meyers and spoke about his journey coming out as trans and advocated for empathy over what continues to be a dismayingly politicized issue.
Joining Meyers to promote the new season of the hit Netflix show The Umbrella Academy, Page talked about incorporating his trans identity into the series. Page, who came out as trans publicly in December 2020, worked with showrunner Steve Blackman (who also brought on Thomas Page McBee, a trans author) in detailing Page’s character, Viktor, and his arc of coming out on the show. The acceptance that Viktor is met with in the story mirrored, Page said, his own experience within his inner circle.
