Elliot Page recounts the time a famous acquaintance told him being gay "doesn't exist"
Page's new memoir, Pageboy, recounts incidents of homophobia and transphobia in the actor's life
Elliot Page’s new memoir, Pageboy, comes out next week—which means that excerpts from the non-fiction book are already starting to spread online. The book details Page’s life in the entertainment industry, starting from when he was a child star, up through coming out as gay in 2014 and as trans in 2020. As revealed by a recent conversation with People, the book explores Page’s first romantic relationships in Hollywood—and the backlash he got from a “Famous Asshole At A Party” when he first came out as gay.
That is, in fact, what the chapter of the book is called—“Famous A—hole At A Party”—and it involved said asshole, described as an “acquaintance,” coming up to Page and saying, “You aren’t gay. That doesn’t exist. You are just afraid of men.” The man in question then followed that comment up with one that was even more aggressive and threatening, telling Page, “I’m going to f—k you to make you realize you aren’t gay.”
