So this past week Elliot Page, the acclaimed actor, came out as transgender. Which was huge for visibility for the LGBTQ+ community, they're very well known and star in "Umbrella Academy", a Netflix series that has really taken off.
What has been the best part of watching this has been how accepting everyone has been. Major news articles do not always get the terminology right, but you can tell that there has been a real effort. And many websites were very quick to change their pronouns on their sites to match what Elliot uses. I really haven't seen much transphobia or backlash against them. Which is honestly incredible. You would think that with a high-profile trans individual all of the transphobes would come out to gawk or whatever.
It gives me a lot of hope for the future seeing these reactions. Especially since Elliot came out as non-binary masculine which is not a very common gender identity.
Good job this week humanity. I actually have some hope for once.
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