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Elliot Page has announced that he is transgender ❤
A picture of elliot page in a hat reading “Stop Alton Gas”, next to a few paragraphs of text too small & blurry to read
A series of Tweets with usernames covered up, each replying to the last.
Um… is this an error? They put up a picture of Ellen Page. Typo maybe?
Not a typo, he’s Elliot Page
I’m not sure I understand. Please explain?
I’m gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you’re well intentioned lol. His name used to be Ellen Page but he has come out as a trans gender man, so now his name is Elliot Page. They’re the same person
OH! Oh okay - I’m new to this. I didn’t understand what was happening. Thank you for explaining. I thought it was some new meme that I missed out on.
In that case, I’m going to join everyone else and say that I am very happy for Elliot Page. I’ve always been a huge fan of his.
There, children, see what happens when you give people the benefit of the doubt instead of brainlessly attacking them to fuel your savior complex?
What can happen. I think this was many years ago, and I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know what transgender means now. Usually the people acting like this are doing so in bad faith. I’m glad this one ended well, but it’s notable because it’s an exception, not the norm.
Even if just for that one time out of a hundred, it still pays to engage in good faith if you aren’t sure.
Personally I almost always do, but it doesn’t cause me personal emotional distress to be told that trans people aren’t real since I’m cis. If I had to constantly deal with that, I don’t know if I’d treat it as generously.