Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page comes out as transgender

Actor Elliot Page, formerly known as Ellen Page, just announced on Twitter that he is transgender, making him one of the most famous transgender men in the country.

“I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot,” he wrote in a prepared statement. “I feel lucky to be writing this. To be here. To have arrived at this place in my life.”

Page shot to stardom with the hit 2007 film Juno, for which he got an Oscar nomination. He...