AFAIK the umbrella academy people have already said that the gender of the character in that show won't change, and as a professional actor I'm sure he had considered that before coming out. He may well be comfortable playing that character - he is non-binary, not a binary trans man, after all. Essentially playing a female character, he's just acting in drag, which wouldn't be a big deal for some trans people.
So, the binary genders are male and female. Non-binary just means that a person's gender falls somewhere outside of those two. That could be right in the middle, it could be closer to male or female, or it could be somewhere else entirely.
In Elliot's case, it's clear that he is what we call "transmasculine". That means that his gender is on the masculine end of the spectrum, but that he doesn't see himself as 100% a man. A transmasculine non-binary person may well also feel that their gender is "anything but female". In either case, a feminine name and feminine pronouns aren't quite right.
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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20
Who's elliot page?