Pageboy: A Memoir

Content Warning: This section of the guide contains detailed descriptions of self-harm, disordered eating, stalking, physical and sexual assault, emotional abuse, suicidal ideation, and anti-LGBTQ bias.

Elliot Page was born in Halifax, Canada on February 21, 1987. He has been in the public eye since he was a child, as he got his first professional acting job at the age of nine. Page was assigned female at birth and was known by another name and pronouns throughout his early life and career. In 2014, he came out as gay and was widely perceived as a lesbian for the next several years. In 2020, he came out as transgender. Pageboy is a very personal memoir that explores Page’s experience of coming to terms with his identity throughout his life.

While Pageboy focuses primarily on Page’s gender, it also details other important elements of his life. Page is candid in his descriptions of his acting experience and his time in Hollywood, both good and bad; he describes Anti-LGBTQ Sentiments in Hollywood that made his journey more difficult. He delves into his Complex Interpersonal Relationships to better convey how the important people in his life have shaped him.