Ellen Page announced new identity as Elliott Page

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Anonymous wrote:The thing to me is that we only know what we know. Science has deemed XX as female, and XY as male, but we do know that even genetically, there are many intersex states. We don’t test people for their genetics unless there appears to be ambiguous genitalia or the like. We do know that hormone exposure in uterine can cause. We have no idea about if other genetic expressions can make a difference, because pretty much the only thing we base sex on is genitalia.

Science is science only as long as it’s known. That’s the cool thing. It’s constantly evolving and changing, and thinking we know now what we will know is just ignorant at best. So the people using “but, science” as an argument that trans people just have something wrong in their heads don’t understand science at all, IMHO. The world was flat until it wasn’t. Pluto was a planet until it wasn’t. You got sick from a miasma, until we knew about germs.

Not true. These days most women get routine genetic testing when they're pregnant, including to determine the chromosomal sex of the baby.

Right. And we know, through fetal genetic testing, that XX = female and XY = male. And genitalia aren't the only indicators of biological sex ... there are organs, like the uterus and then glands - prostate and mammary. Women have secondary sex characteristics like breasts.

Why are we debating science of sex? You can acknowledge the biology of sex and also recognize that sexual and gender identity are at the same time fluid for many people and that what sex a person identifies as may not always align with their biological sex. I can have a vagina and also sexually identify as a man and want to conform to gender norms for men in terms of clothes, demeanor, relationships, etc. But I'm still not biologically a man. And that's okay. It doesn't diminish my orientation.

What do you mean by conforming to gender norms for men in terms of demeanor and relationships? In this day and age, what are the gender norms for men in terms of demeanor and relationships? What are the gender norms for women in terms of demeanor and relationships?

Not the PP, but I’d think gender norms are what passable transgender people live as and exhibit.

Again, I ask what are those norms? I understand wanting to wear the clothing of the opposite sex, cutting your hair short if you are trans male...I'm not understanding the gender norms in terms of demeanor/relationships. What male demeanor gender norms can't women in the time also exhibit? Same with relationships?

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I just want to get to a point where we are all just humans. That we don't need to identify ourselves as one gender or another and that we can just be who we are without having to say "I'm _________"

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Another straight white male Hollywood success story.

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Anonymous wrote:Another straight white male Hollywood success story.

If you can’t beat them, join them, or so it has been said.

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What do you mean by conforming to gender norms for men in terms of demeanor and relationships? In this day and age, what are the gender norms for men in terms of demeanor and relationships? What are the gender norms for women in terms of demeanor and relationships?

Not the PP, but I’d think gender norms are what passable transgender people live as and exhibit.


Again, I ask what are those norms? I understand wanting to wear the clothing of the opposite sex, cutting your hair short if you are trans male...I'm not understanding the gender norms in terms of demeanor/relationships. What male demeanor gender norms can't women in the time also exhibit? Same with relationships?

Even clothing norms are difficult to define. I see trans women wearing tight dresses, high heels, make up, long hair etc. I am a heterosexual married female with kids, and it has to be a wedding or royal gala before I'll get out of jeans and a t-shirt to wear heels or make-up. Am I failing to live up to female gender norms?

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Ellen page identifies as transgender and has surgery
https://pagesix.com/2021/03/16/elliot-page-undergoes-top-surgery-it-transformed-my-life/

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What do you mean by conforming to gender norms for men in terms of demeanor and relationships? In this day and age, what are the gender norms for men in terms of demeanor and relationships? What are the gender norms for women in terms of demeanor and relationships?

Not the PP, but I’d think gender norms are what passable transgender people live as and exhibit.


Again, I ask what are those norms? I understand wanting to wear the clothing of the opposite sex, cutting your hair short if you are trans male...I'm not understanding the gender norms in terms of demeanor/relationships. What male demeanor gender norms can't women in the time also exhibit? Same with relationships?

Even clothing norms are difficult to define. I see trans women wearing tight dresses, high heels, make up, long hair etc. I am a heterosexual married female with kids, and it has to be a wedding or royal gala before I'll get out of jeans and a t-shirt to wear heels or make-up. Am I failing to live up to female gender norms?

Interesting point.

DP.

I’m confused. On the one hand, we’re supposed to throw gender norms out the window, right? No pink or blue. Etc. Then trans women seem to adopt a hyper-feminine, clearly girly aesthetic. Kaitlin Jenner had a glam room and dresses in tight dresses and stillettos with heavy makeup and fake nails. I’m a hetero woman, and I never dress as girly as she does.

I’m glad Page is doing what makes him feel comfortable.

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I hope he’s more comfortable in his body now. Whenever I see a picture of him all I see is stress; jaw and shoulder tension.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope he’s more comfortable in his body now. Whenever I see a picture of him all I see is stress; jaw and shoulder tension.

Yes, he did always look so uncomfortable. All good wishes to him for a happy new life.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope he’s more comfortable in his body now. Whenever I see a picture of him all I see is stress; jaw and shoulder tension.

Yes, he did always look so uncomfortable. All good wishes to him for a happy new life.

Agreed - looked tense, uncomfortable, slouching.

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Hopefully Page is happier now. I still feel bad for the lesbian ex-wife though. Unfortunately, Page might be disappointed by how few straight women want to date people without penises.

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Anonymous wrote:Ellen page identifies as transgender and has surgery
https://pagesix.com/2021/03/16/elliot-page-undergoes-top-surgery-it-transformed-my-life/

Page doesn’t actually look happy on the Time cover. (But maybe that’s because Page is trying to project being a tough, masculine man?)

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Anonymous wrote:Ellen page identifies as transgender and has surgery
https://pagesix.com/2021/03/16/elliot-page-undergoes-top-surgery-it-transformed-my-life/

Happy for them, but it’s so strange to process how different they look. She was so feminine looking at one point and the transformation is just, wow.

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Anonymous wrote:Ellen page identifies as transgender and has surgery
https://pagesix.com/2021/03/16/elliot-page-undergoes-top-surgery-it-transformed-my-life/

Happy for them, but it’s so strange to process how different they look. She was so feminine looking at one point and the transformation is just, wow.

Really? I didn’t think Ellen Page was ever that feminine looking. Honestly, the only real difference I see is a short haircut.

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Anonymous wrote:Ellen page identifies as transgender and has surgery
https://pagesix.com/2021/03/16/elliot-page-undergoes-top-surgery-it-transformed-my-life/

Happy for them, but it’s so strange to process how different they look. She was so feminine looking at one point and the transformation is just, wow.

Really? I didn’t think Ellen Page was ever that feminine looking. Honestly, the only real difference I see is a short haircut.

+1. I'm curious to see him in acting roles now. I admit I never loved him as an actor before -- always just seemed awkward and kind of stilted (as many former child actors do, so that's what I attributed it to) -- curious whether he will now seem a little more natural in roles. Hope he is happy in his new life!