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I heard somewhere about Page coming out as trans. “Huh,” I thought, and didn’t spare much more thought to the matter. I liked him in Juno and Inception, but knew very little about him beyond that.
Coming out as gay and later trans for a celebrity clearly was more momentous for Page, and in Pageboy, he delved into various events in his life leading up to that.
The book makes a great case for how body dysmorphia makes you feel. How hard it is to be wearing clothes you cannot ever take off or look in a mirror and not recognize yourself.
Chapters jump around a bit in his life, but generally work their way towards the realization that it’s okay to be trans, and that happiness might even be possible by acknowledging it.
He discusses some of his relationships in vivid detail, like the closeted one with Ryan, who later dumped him and married another man. Or his fraught relationship with his dad and step-mother, who sounded quite horrible. I can't believe that his dad manipulated him into staying in his house when he said he wanted to live full-time with his mom. I’m glad that he stopped speaking to his dad—he sounds toxic.
I’m glad to have learned more about the trans experience, and that Page was willing to share such intimate moments with the world. He didn’t—probably still doesn’t—have an easy life, and I’m sure writing this book didn’t make it easier. But the more human connections one forms, the less “other” they become.
As he ends the second to last chapter, “Let me just exist with you, happier than ever.” Well, I for one am glad he found his way to being happier and for caring enough to tell me about it.
Coming out as gay and later trans for a celebrity clearly was more momentous for Page, and in Pageboy, he delved into various events in his life leading up to that.
The book makes a great case for how body dysmorphia makes you feel. How hard it is to be wearing clothes you cannot ever take off or look in a mirror and not recognize yourself.
Chapters jump around a bit in his life, but generally work their way towards the realization that it’s okay to be trans, and that happiness might even be possible by acknowledging it.
He discusses some of his relationships in vivid detail, like the closeted one with Ryan, who later dumped him and married another man. Or his fraught relationship with his dad and step-mother, who sounded quite horrible. I can't believe that his dad manipulated him into staying in his house when he said he wanted to live full-time with his mom. I’m glad that he stopped speaking to his dad—he sounds toxic.
I’m glad to have learned more about the trans experience, and that Page was willing to share such intimate moments with the world. He didn’t—probably still doesn’t—have an easy life, and I’m sure writing this book didn’t make it easier. But the more human connections one forms, the less “other” they become.
As he ends the second to last chapter, “Let me just exist with you, happier than ever.” Well, I for one am glad he found his way to being happier and for caring enough to tell me about it.