{"id":21340,"date":"2021-04-30T15:43:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=21340"},"modified":"2021-04-30T16:33:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T16:33:04","slug":"elliot-page-oprah-interview","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/elliot-page-oprah-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Elliot Page Urges Cisgender Americans To Educate Themselves On Trans Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21342\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21342\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/04\/The_Oprah_Conversation_Photo_011401-e1619795024656.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Elliot Page and Oprah Winfrey\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elliot Page and Oprah Winfrey (Image courtesy of AppleTV+)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/elliot-page-time-magazine\/\">Elliot Page<\/a> sat down with <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/breonna-taylor-oprah-magazine\/\">Oprah Winfrey<\/a> recently for his much anticipated first TV interview since coming out as transgender last December. The chat, filmed for <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/show\/the-oprah-conversation\/umc.cmc.49yt85r7ow6904u0177r694qy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AppleTV+\u2019s series <em>The Oprah Conversation<\/em><\/a>, premieres today, and it delivers the kind of probing, empathetic dialogue you expect when you hear the words \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/meghan-markle-oprah-interview\/\">Oprah interview.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/COQ4yunBx3m\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/COQ4yunBx3m\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/COQ4yunBx3m\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by @elliotpage<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At the top of the episode, Winfrey laid out all of the rigorous prep work she and her producers did ahead of the conversation to ensure that her questions were respectful and her language affirming. That\u2019s no small thing to admit, given that even well-meaning journalists still routinely fumble when discussing trans issues. (Though, let\u2019s be honest, it seems kind of surprising that Winfrey hadn\u2019t managed to catch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81284247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix\u2019s <em>Disclosure<\/em><\/a> until just before she sat down with Page. I know she\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/priyanka-chopra-pale-blue-jumpsuit\/\">busy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/britney-spears-oprah-interview\/\">lady<\/a>, but still\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>Page, for his part, made it clear that he was speaking solely from his own experience. Others, he suggested, will have different experiences of their gender and their transition processes: \u201cAll trans people are different,\u201d he insisted. \u201cIt feels important to say when there is such a lack of representation and [so much] misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With that necessary table setting out of the way, Page and Winfrey went on to discuss a range of topics, from his experience of intense gender dysphoria during the press cycle and Oscar campaign for his breakthrough role in <em>Juno<\/em> to his newfound comfort in his body and his decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5947032\/elliot-page\/\" target=\"_blank\">talk openly about having top surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to share with people just how much it has changed my life,\u201d he said. \u201cI do believe it\u2019s lifesaving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In one of the interview&#8217;s most moving and impactful moments, Page links that decision to the proliferation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/news\/these-are-the-states-attempting-to-pass-anti-trans-health-care-bills\" target=\"_blank\">anti-trans laws<\/a> that are being pushed by Republican lawmakers across the country. \u201cThere is such an attack on trans healthcare right now, when already there\u2019s such lack of access, or trans people who don\u2019t even want to go to the doctor,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhat you are hearing from certain lawmakers are actual complete and utter\u2026they\u2019re lies. The reality of the healthcare is that it\u2019s supported by medical institutions and it saves lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Winfrey pointed out, many of the proposed laws aim to deny gender affirming healthcare like puberty blockers to young people, in some cases re-categorizing the very care that Page described as lifesaving as child abuse. \u201cChildren will die,\u201d Page insisted. \u201cAnd it really is that simple.\u201d He called on cis people to educate themselves on trans issues in order to combat the lies being spewed from the Right.<\/p>\n<p>Page, who was quick to shout out trans women of color like <a href=\"https:\/\/marshap.org\/about-mpji\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marsha P. Johnson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missmajorfilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miss Major<\/a> who paved the way from him, vowed to continue the fight. \u201cI just want kids to know that they\u2019re loved, and I\u2019m gonna continue to do what I can to try and help this society shift how it treats transgender people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":21342,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elliot Page Urges Cis Americans To Educate Themselves On Trans Issues<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elliot Page sat down with Oprah Winfrey recently for his much anticipated first TV interview since coming out as transgender last December.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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