“I can’t express how remarkable it is to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self,” wrote Elliot.
“I love being trans,” he continued. “And I love being a queer. And the more I stay close and fully embrace who I am, the more I dream, the more my heart grows and the more I prosper.”
“To all trans people who deal with harassment, self-loathing, abuse and the threat of violence every day: I see you, I love you and I will do everything I can to change this world for the better,” he concluded. your statement.
“I felt like a boy,” Elliot told Time about his childhood. “I wanted to be a boy. I would ask my mom if I could be one day.”
“I became a professional actor at the age of ten,” he continued, saying that his career meant that he had to grow his hair back in order to “look certain.”
“I just never recognized myself,” said Elliot of his experience as an actor before leaving. “For a long time I couldn’t even look at a picture of me.”