WWE’s Gabbi Tuft Shares Transition Journey After Coming Out as Trans

After years of quietly scuffling with gender dysphoria, the Juno alum came out as transgender in December 2020. “My pleasure is actual, however it’s also fragile,” he wrote in a social media assertion on the time. “The reality is, regardless of feeling profoundly completely satisfied proper now and understanding how a lot privilege I carry, I’m additionally scared. I am afraid of the invasiveness, the hate, the ‘jokes’ and of violence.”

He added, “To all trans individuals who take care of harassment, self-loathing, abuse and the specter of violence day-after-day: I see you, I like you and I’ll do all the pieces I can to alter this world for the higher.”

True to his phrase, Elliot has since continued to be open about his journey, together with his recovery from top surgery. “Dysphoria was particularly rife in the summertime,” he captioned a shirtless selfie in Could. “No layers, only a T-shirt – or layers and oh so sweaty – continuously trying down, readjusting my outsized T. It feels so f’ing good soaking within the solar now, I by no means thought I might expertise this, the enjoyment I really feel in my physique.”

The Umbrella Academy star additionally detailed his transition in his newly launched memoir, Pageboy.