>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING. COMING. THE BOOK IS AMAZING. THE BOOK IS AMAZING. YOU CAME OUT PUBLICLY AS YOU CAME OUT PUBLICLY AS TRANSGENDER IN 2020. TRANSGENDER IN 2020. BUT THE BOOK, THIS IS THE FIRST BUT THE BOOK, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU REALLY DETAILED YOUR TIME YOU REALLY DETAILED YOUR LIFE. LIFE. WHY NOW? WHY NOW? >> WELL, THERE'S SORT OF TWO REASONS FOR THAT. REASONS FOR THAT. ONE IS BEFORE, IT FELT ONE IS BEFORE, IT FELT IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THIS. THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE SAT THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE SAT WITH MYSELF TO SHARE MY TRUTH WITH MYSELF TO SHARE MY TRUTH LET ALONE TO BE CREATIVE AT ALL. LET ALONE TO BE CREATIVE AT ALL. I WAS PROFOUNDLY UNCOMFORTABLE. I WAS PROFOUNDLY UNCOMFORTABLE. IF ANYTHING JUST THE FEELING OF IF ANYTHING JUST THE FEELING OF BEING ABLE TO WRITE WAS UTTERLY BEING ABLE TO WRITE WAS UTTERLY EXHILARATING AND THRILLING. EXHILARATING AND THRILLING. IN A TIME NOW THAT IS SO IN A TIME NOW THAT IS SO ESPECIALLY RIFE WITH ANTI-TRANS, ESPECIALLY RIFE WITH ANTI-TRANS, RHETORIC, MISINFORMATION AND RHETORIC, MISINFORMATION AND DEHUMANIZATION ABOUT OUR LIVES DEHUMANIZATION ABOUT OUR LIVES AND WHO WE ARE, IT FELT LIKE THE AND WHO WE ARE, IT FELT LIKE THE RIGHT TIME. RIGHT TIME. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> YOU STARTED AT THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU WERE A YOUNG KID, SAY WHEN YOU WERE A YOUNG KID, SAY THAT AROUND FOUR YEARS OLD. THAT AROUND FOUR YEARS OLD. YOU KNEW THAT YOU WERE A BOY. YOU KNEW THAT YOU WERE A BOY. YOU WRITE ABOUT THE TRAUMA YOU YOU WRITE ABOUT THE TRAUMA YOU ENDURED WHEN YOUR BODY STARTED ENDURED WHEN YOUR BODY STARTED TO CHANGE DURING PUBERTY. TO CHANGE DURING PUBERTY. WHAT WAS THAT TIME AS A YOUNG WHAT WAS THAT TIME AS A YOUNG KID LIKE FOR YOU? KID LIKE FOR YOU? WAS THERE ANYONE YOU CAN TALK WAS THERE ANYONE YOU CAN TALK TO? TO? >> NOT REALLY. THERE WAS NO LANGUAGE FOR IT AT THERE WAS NO LANGUAGE FOR IT AT THE TIME. THE TIME. AT THE AND OF FOUR, MY EARLIEST AT THE AND OF FOUR, MY EARLIEST MEMORIES HAS BEEN SURROUNDING MEMORIES HAS BEEN SURROUNDING GENDER AND HOW I FELT IN MY BODY GENDER AND HOW I FELT IN MY BODY AND HOW PERPLEXED I FELT IN AND HOW PERPLEXED I FELT IN TERMS HOW I WAS BEING SEEN. TERMS HOW I WAS BEING SEEN. I COULD NOT WRAP MY HEAD AROUND I COULD NOT WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT. IT. AS I GOT OLDER, OF COURSE, THAT AS I GOT OLDER, OF COURSE, THAT EXPERIENCE BECAME MORE AND MORE EXPERIENCE BECAME MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT. DIFFICULT. THE DISCOMFORT BECAME MORE THE DISCOMFORT BECAME MORE DIFFICULT. DIFFICULT. INCONGRUENCE WITH WHO I KNEW I INCONGRUENCE WITH WHO I KNEW I WAS AND MY BODY AND HOW I WAS WAS AND MY BODY AND HOW I WAS BEING SEEN, JUST THAT FEELING BEING SEEN, JUST THAT FEELING SLOWLY CHIPS AWAY AT YOU. SLOWLY CHIPS AWAY AT YOU. >> I LOVED THIS BOOK. I READ IT IN A DAY. I READ IT IN A DAY. I THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE I THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE MINDS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S MINDS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S GOING TO SAVE LIVES. GOING TO SAVE LIVES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> I WON'T READ FROM IT. I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL ANYTHING. I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL ANYTHING. YOU GOT INTO ACTING AS A KID. YOU GOT INTO ACTING AS A KID. WHEN YOU WERE 20, YOU GOT THE WHEN YOU WERE 20, YOU GOT THE ROLE IN JUNEAU THAT CHANGED YOUR ROLE IN JUNEAU THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE AND EARNED YOU AN OSCAR LIFE AND EARNED YOU AN OSCAR NOMINATION. NOMINATION. WITH THAT CAME THE FACT THAT YOU WITH THAT CAME THE FACT THAT YOU WERE THRUST INTO THE SPOTLIGHT. WERE THRUST INTO THE SPOTLIGHT. YOU HAD TO BE ON RED CARPETS AND YOU HAD TO BE ON RED CARPETS AND ATTEND EVERY AWARD SHOW. ATTEND EVERY AWARD SHOW. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXCITING, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXCITING, BUT YOU SAY THAT PERIOD WAS ONE BUT YOU SAY THAT PERIOD WAS ONE OF THE DARKEST MOMENTS IN YOUR OF THE DARKEST MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE. LIFE. WHY IS THAT? WHY IS THAT? >> YEAH. I WASN'T DOING SO WELL IN THAT I WASN'T DOING SO WELL IN THAT PERIOD. PERIOD. WHICH FELT SO COMPLICATED. WHICH FELT SO COMPLICATED. OF COURSE, YOU FEEL SO OF COURSE, YOU FEEL SO UNGRATEFUL. UNGRATEFUL. HOW COULD I POSSIBLY BE FEELING HOW COULD I POSSIBLY BE FEELING THIS WAY WHEN YOUR DREAMS ARE THIS WAY WHEN YOUR DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE. COMING TRUE. THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE AROUND YOU THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE AROUND YOU IS TELLING YOU. IS TELLING YOU. WHAT WAS SO UNFORTUNATE ABOUT WHAT WAS SO UNFORTUNATE ABOUT THAT PERIOD, ESPECIALLY HOW IT THAT PERIOD, ESPECIALLY HOW IT RELATES TO THAT FILM AND THAT RELATES TO THAT FILM AND THAT CHARACTER, IS THAT CHARACTER WAS CHARACTER, IS THAT CHARACTER WAS SO COOL BECAUSE OF HOW SHE SO COOL BECAUSE OF HOW SHE PRESENTED AND DRESSED AND ALL PRESENTED AND DRESSED AND ALL THESE THINGS. THESE THINGS. WHEN IT CAME TO THE TIME TO WHEN IT CAME TO THE TIME TO PROMOTE THE MOVIE, I WAS BEING PROMOTE THE MOVIE, I WAS BEING TOLD TO ACT DIFFERENT, TO LOOK TOLD TO ACT DIFFERENT, TO LOOK DIFFERENT, TO NOT BE HONEST DIFFERENT, TO NOT BE HONEST ABOUT WHO I WAS, NOT INCLUDING ABOUT WHO I WAS, NOT INCLUDING MY GIRLFRIEND AND ANYTHING GOING MY GIRLFRIEND AND ANYTHING GOING ON. ON. I WAS INCREDIBLY CLOSETED. I WAS INCREDIBLY CLOSETED. IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE THAT WAS IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY. TAKEN AWAY. ESPECIALLY AS THE MOVIE WAS ESPECIALLY AS THE MOVIE WAS BECOMING THE VERY PROFITABLE BECOMING THE VERY PROFITABLE SUCCESS THAT IT BECAME. SUCCESS THAT IT BECAME. >> YOU WRITE IN THE BOOK ABOUT KNOWING YOU'RE TRANSGENDER FOR KNOWING YOU'RE TRANSGENDER FOR MANY YEARS. MANY YEARS. IT WASN'T UNTIL 2020 YOU WERE 33 IT WASN'T UNTIL 2020 YOU WERE 33 YEARS OLD, YOU SAID IT PUBLICLY. YEARS OLD, YOU SAID IT PUBLICLY. WHAT GAVE YOU THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT GAVE YOU THE COURAGE TO DO THAT? THAT? WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE ONCE YOU WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE ONCE YOU DID? DID? >> WELL, I THINK IN MANY WAYS, IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THAT'S IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THAT'S WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN OR I DON'T WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME. ME. I FELT LIKE I WAS GETTING PUSHED I FELT LIKE I WAS GETTING PUSHED TO THE EDGE A LITTLE BIT. TO THE EDGE A LITTLE BIT. I THINK FOR YEARS AND YEARS I'VE I THINK FOR YEARS AND YEARS I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, BRINGING BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, BRINGING UP THINKING ABOUT IT. UP THINKING ABOUT IT. I CONSTANTLY TALKED MYSELF OUT I CONSTANTLY TALKED MYSELF OUT OF IT. OF IT. IN TERMS OF HAVING COURAGE, THAT IN TERMS OF HAVING COURAGE, THAT COMES FROM ALL THE INCREDIBLE COMES FROM ALL THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CREATED THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CREATED THE SPACE AND BEEN MUCH MORE SPACE AND BEEN MUCH MORE COURAGEOUS THAN I HAVE THAT HAVE COURAGEOUS THAN I HAVE THAT HAVE OFFERED THAT REPRESENTATION AND OFFERED THAT REPRESENTATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN BE HERE NOW. OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN BE HERE NOW. >> ELLIOTT, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN EXTREMELY OPEN ABOUT YOU'VE BEEN EXTREMELY OPEN ABOUT IS HAVING GENDER AFFIRMING IS HAVING GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERY. SURGERY. YOU SAY IT HELPED YOU TO BE YOU SAY IT HELPED YOU TO BE HAPPIER THAN YOU EVER BEEN. HAPPIER THAN YOU EVER BEEN. WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE NOW WHEN WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE NOW WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND WHO YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND WHO YOU ARE ON THE OUTSIDE MATCHES YOU ARE ON THE OUTSIDE MATCHES WHO YOU ALWAYS BEEN ON THE WHO YOU ALWAYS BEEN ON THE INSIDE? INSIDE? >> IT'S SOMETHING IN MY LIFE THAT I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, HOW FEEL RIGHT NOW I POSSIBLE, HOW FEEL RIGHT NOW I DIDN'T THINK WOULD BE POSSIBLE. DIDN'T THINK WOULD BE POSSIBLE. I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT MY I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT MY FUTURE WOULD BE. FUTURE WOULD BE. NOT ONLY THE EXPERIENCE OF NOT ONLY THE EXPERIENCE OF FINALLY SEEING THIS PERSON FINALLY SEEING THIS PERSON INSIDE, I KNEW WAS THERE. INSIDE, I KNEW WAS THERE. I GET THAT. I GET THAT. I LOOK DIFFERENT TO PEOPLE. I LOOK DIFFERENT TO PEOPLE. TO ME I'M LOOKING LIKE MYSELF TO ME I'M LOOKING LIKE MYSELF FOR THE FIRST TIME. FOR THE FIRST TIME. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> AS WE CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH, I GUESS IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO I GUESS IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO YOU THAT REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS YOU THAT REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ACROSS COUNTRY ARE CONTINUOUSLY ACROSS COUNTRY ARE CONTINUOUSLY INTRODUCE HUNDREDS OF ANTI-TRANS INTRODUCE HUNDREDS OF ANTI-TRANS BILL THAT WILL BAN GENDER BILL THAT WILL BAN GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE FOR AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH. TRANSGENDER YOUTH. I'M NOT SURE WHAT AGE THEY'RE I'M NOT SURE WHAT AGE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. TALKING ABOUT. UNDER 18 I THINK. UNDER 18 I THINK. >> YES. >> WHY DO YOU THINK TRANSGENDER >> WHY DO YOU THINK TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IS BEING ATTACKED LIKE COMMUNITY IS BEING ATTACKED LIKE THIS? THIS? WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE 80% OF THE IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE 80% OF THE POPULATION? POPULATION? WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT'S GOING ON? >> OH, GOSH. BIG QUESTION. BIG QUESTION. I THINK IN MANY WAYS, OF COURSE, I THINK IN MANY WAYS, OF COURSE, IT'S A POLITICAL TOOL. IT'S A POLITICAL TOOL. IT'S TO GAIN VOTES. IT'S TO GAIN VOTES. IT'S TO MAKE PEOPLE UPSET. IT'S TO MAKE PEOPLE UPSET. IT'S TO DISTRACT PEOPLE. IT'S TO DISTRACT PEOPLE. >> SCARE PEOPLE. >> SCARE PEOPLE WITH THE REAL >> SCARE PEOPLE WITH THE REAL ISSUES IN OUR SOCIETY THAT NEED ISSUES IN OUR SOCIETY THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. TO BE ADDRESSED. I THINK, THERE'S SUCH INUNDATION I THINK, THERE'S SUCH INUNDATION LIKE LIES AND MISINFORMATION. LIKE LIES AND MISINFORMATION. YOU HAD -- SHE WAS DESCRIBING YOU HAD -- SHE WAS DESCRIBING WHAT GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR WHAT GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR YOUTH IS, VERSUS THE LIES THAT YOUTH IS, VERSUS THE LIES THAT ARE BEING SPREAD AROUND. ARE BEING SPREAD AROUND. IT'S LIFE SAVING. IT'S LIFE SAVING. IT REDUCES SUICIDE RATES, IT REDUCES SUICIDE RATES, DEPRESSION AND ALLOWS CHILDREN DEPRESSION AND ALLOWS CHILDREN TO NAVIGATE AND FIGURE OUT WHO TO NAVIGATE AND FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE AND LIVE A FULL AND THEY ARE AND LIVE A FULL AND THRIVING LIFE. THRIVING LIFE. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WE -- THIS I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WE -- THIS DOESN'T CONTINUE AND PEOPLE CAN DOESN'T CONTINUE AND PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THE REALITY OF OUR UNDERSTAND THE REALITY OF OUR LIVES AND THE CARE. LIVES AND THE CARE. >> WE'RE BACK WITH ELLIOTT PAGE. SUNNY, YOU READ A LOT ABOUT YOUR SUNNY, YOU READ A LOT ABOUT YOUR MOM IN THE BOOK. MOM IN THE BOOK. YOU TRIED SEVERAL TIMES AS A KID YOU TRIED SEVERAL TIMES AS A KID AND A YOUNG ADULT TO COME OUT TO AND A YOUNG ADULT TO COME OUT TO HER AND EACH TIME SHE PUSHED IT HER AND EACH TIME SHE PUSHED IT AWAY. AWAY. AS A MOM, I'M TRYING TO AS A MOM, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT. UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR HER. HER. WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE WITH HER NOW? WITH HER NOW? IS SHE SUPPORTIVE OF YOU? IS SHE SUPPORTIVE OF YOU? >> SHE'S SO SUPPORTIVE. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] SHE COULDN'T BE MORE OF AN ALLY. SHE COULDN'T BE MORE OF AN ALLY. SHE'S EDUCATED HERSELF. SHE'S EDUCATED HERSELF. I GET IT. I GET IT. MY MOM WAS BORN, HER FATHER WAS MY MOM WAS BORN, HER FATHER WAS A MINISTER, BORN ST. JOHNS, NEW A MINISTER, BORN ST. JOHNS, NEW BRUNSWICK. BRUNSWICK. I KNOW ULTIMATELY SO MUCH OF IT I KNOW ULTIMATELY SO MUCH OF IT CAME FROM A PLACE OF CONCERN AND CAME FROM A PLACE OF CONCERN AND LOVE AND WANTING TO PROTECT YOU LOVE AND WANTING TO PROTECT YOU FROM THE SCARY THINGS IN THE FROM THE SCARY THINGS IN THE WORLD. WORLD. NOW IT'S JUST -- SHE COULDN'T BE NOW IT'S JUST -- SHE COULDN'T BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF HER SON SO MORE SUPPORTIVE OF HER SON SO MANY WAYS RELIEVED. MANY WAYS RELIEVED. SHE SAW HE STRUGGLE A LOT. SHE SAW HE STRUGGLE A LOT. NOW SHE SEES SOMEONE THAT'S NOW SHE SEES SOMEONE THAT'S PRESENT AND BEGINNING TO LIVE PRESENT AND BEGINNING TO LIVE THEIR LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEIR LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> THAT'S REALLY NICE. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE GREW AT A TIME WHERE THERE WAS NO CONVERSATION LIKE THIS. WAS NO CONVERSATION LIKE THIS. THERE WERE NO CONVERSATIONS LIKE THERE WERE NO CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS. THIS. THAT'S THE '60s. THAT'S THE '60s. WE'RE '50s BABIES. WE'RE '50s BABIES. HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO TELL HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO TELL FOLKS. FOLKS. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GIVE SOME I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GIVE SOME ADVICE FOR PARENTS WHOSE ADVICE FOR PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN MAY BE GOING THROUGH CHILDREN MAY BE GOING THROUGH THIS. THIS. EVERY TURN NOW, THEY ARE TRYING EVERY TURN NOW, THEY ARE TRYING TO CUT OFF THE PAST. TO CUT OFF THE PAST. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE PARENTS WHO'S CHILDREN MAY BE PARENTS WHO'S CHILDREN MAY BE SAYING TO THEM, I DON'T THINK SAYING TO THEM, I DON'T THINK THIS IS ME. THIS IS ME. HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY CAN DO. CAN DO. >> I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO JUST LISTEN. THING IS TO JUST LISTEN. REALLY LISTEN TO YOUR CHILD AND REALLY LISTEN TO YOUR CHILD AND LISTEN TO THEIR FEELINGS. LISTEN TO THEIR FEELINGS. DON'T TRY AND SHOVE THEM AWAY. DON'T TRY AND SHOVE THEM AWAY. DON'T MAKE THEM FEEL SHAME FOR DON'T MAKE THEM FEEL SHAME FOR WHO THEY ARE AND EXPLORE THE WHO THEY ARE AND EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES. POSSIBILITIES. EDUCATE YOURSELF. EDUCATE YOURSELF. I THINK WHAT I DID TO MYSELF. I THINK WHAT I DID TO MYSELF. WHY? WHY? WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE LIKE WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT? THAT? WHY CAN'T WE ALL HAVE A WHY CAN'T WE ALL HAVE A CONVERSATION AND SIT WITH CONVERSATION AND SIT WITH OURSELVES. OURSELVES. >> PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND >> PEOPLE ARE SCARED. >> PEOPLE ARE SCARED. EVERY, TOO, I SAY THIS IN THE EVERY, TOO, I SAY THIS IN THE BOOK IN REGARDS TO MY MOTHER'S BOOK IN REGARDS TO MY MOTHER'S FEELINGS ABOUT IT. FEELINGS ABOUT IT. CONSCIOUS OR NOT, I HAD TO CONSCIOUS OR NOT, I HAD TO CONFORM WHY SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE CONFORM WHY SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE TO? TO? THAT'S A PART OF ME THAT THINKS THAT'S A PART OF ME THAT THINKS THAT'S REAL. THAT'S REAL. PUT IN A BOX THAT ARE PUT IN A BOX THAT ARE EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE TOXIC. EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE TOXIC. WHO WE SUPPOSED TO BE AND NOT WHO WE SUPPOSED TO BE AND NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. SUPPOSED TO BE. I THINK THAT IS WHEN WE SEE I THINK THAT IS WHEN WE SEE OTHER PEOPLE THAT BREAKING OTHER PEOPLE THAT BREAKING THROUGH THAT, IT CAN BE ALMOST A THROUGH THAT, IT CAN BE ALMOST A SCARY THING. SCARY THING. >> THE OTHER THING ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS AS WE HEAR, WE HAD A THIS IS AS WE HEAR, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN ON YESTERDAY TALKING GENTLEMAN ON YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT THE CONDITIONING OF ABOUT THE CONDITIONING OF CHILDREN AND INDOCTRINE NATION. CHILDREN AND INDOCTRINE NATION. IT MADE ME REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A IT MADE ME REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL GROWING UP, THAT'S LITTLE GIRL GROWING UP, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT BLACK WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE. PEOPLE. THEY DIDN'T BLACK PEOPLE TO SIT THEY DIDN'T BLACK PEOPLE TO SIT IN THE SAME ROOM. IN THE SAME ROOM. IT WILL CHANGE. IT WILL CHANGE. IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT GETTING IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT GETTING IT MOVING. IT MOVING. IT'S GOING TO CHANGE. IT'S GOING TO CHANGE. >> ELLIOTT, YOU SAID ONE IMPORTANT THING YOU SAID HERE, IMPORTANT THING YOU SAID HERE, NOT ONLY YOU HAD ANYONE TO TALK NOT ONLY YOU HAD ANYONE TO TALK TO YOU, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO YOU, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO LOOK UP TO. TO LOOK UP TO. YOU WERE STRUGGLING. YOU WERE STRUGGLING. YOUR BOOK WILL BE IMPORTANT TO YOUR BOOK WILL BE IMPORTANT TO SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL SEE YOU AS SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL SEE YOU AS THAT PERSON. THAT PERSON. WHAT ARE YOU HOPING THAT PEOPLE WHAT ARE YOU HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL TAKE AWAY FROM READING YOUR WILL TAKE AWAY FROM READING YOUR STORY? STORY? >> GOSH, WELL, I KNOW THAT SO MANY BOOKS AND PEOPLE SHARING MANY BOOKS AND PEOPLE SHARING THEIR STORIES HAS HELPED ME THEIR STORIES HAS HELPED ME IMMENSELY. IMMENSELY. THINGS AND MOMENTS OR THOUGHTS THINGS AND MOMENTS OR THOUGHTS THAT I FELT ALONE WITH AND THAT I FELT ALONE WITH AND ISOLATED WITH, I REALIZED OTHER ISOLATED WITH, I REALIZED OTHER PEOPLE WERE FEELING THE SAME WAY PEOPLE WERE FEELING THE SAME WAY TOO. TOO. I HOPE IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO FEEL I HOPE IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO FEEL SEEN AND FEEL THEIR EXPERIENCES SEEN AND FEEL THEIR EXPERIENCES REFLECTED. REFLECTED. KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE. KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE. MOMENTS CAN BE DIFFICULT AND MOMENTS CAN BE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING. CHALLENGING. WHEN WE WORK THROUGH IT AND WHEN WE WORK THROUGH IT AND STRIVE TO BE OUR AUTHENTIC STRIVE TO BE OUR AUTHENTIC SELVES, IT IS SO WORTH IT. SELVES, IT IS SO WORTH IT. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> CAN I JUST SAY, YOU ARE SO GOOD IN THAT UMBRELLA ACADEMY GOOD IN THAT UMBRELLA ACADEMY AND THE FACT THAT YOUR CHARACTER AND THE FACT THAT YOUR CHARACTER TRANSITION. TRANSITION. I WAS LIKE, YES! I WAS LIKE, YES! CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS. IT REALLY IS GOING TO HELP A IT REALLY IS GOING TO HELP A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS. WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, EACH OF YOU AS A MATTER OF FACT, EACH OF YOU IS GOING HOME WITH A COPY. IS GOING HOME WITH A COPY. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] OUR THANKS TO ELLIOTT PAGE. OUR THANKS TO ELLIOTT PAGE. THE BOOK,