Elliot Page had his first experience at a gay bar just three months before Juno changed his entire life.

The actor, who is one of Hollywoods most prominent transgender talents, opens up in his forthcoming memoir about being on the precipice of self-discovery before fame forced him into the closet following the films 2007 release.

In the opening chapter of Page Boy, published in People on Thursday, he explains how the night out was the first time I had been to a gay bar and would be my last for a long time.

Just 20 at the time, Page describes his struggle with his identity, saying, Shame had been drilled into my bones since I was my tiniest self, and I struggled to rid my body of that old toxic and erosive marrow.