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Eddie Izzard defends JKR

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TundraDweller · 02/01/2021 10:26

I was surprised to see this -
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/eddie-izzard-jk-rowling-trans-gender-b632044.html

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Helmetbymidnight · 02/01/2021 11:51

In the article I read - the telegraph?? -, he said he has both a girl brain and a man brain blah blah. It was a load of crap - I don't think it's in this article though.

ClaireP20 · 02/01/2021 11:48

@teawamutu

Eddie is right, of course.

I do wonder if Eddie is also backtracking a wee bit because there was considerable backlash to the she/her coverage?

100%!
VulvaPerson · 02/01/2021 11:44

Ahh the recent celebration of Eddie as absolutely amazing might be going to come to and end, and totally reverse soon.

BraveBananaBadge · 02/01/2021 11:05

Yes Hulo a lot of people have mentioned AWS on here and whether Eddie would take advantage. From this I really hope not but guess it remains to be seen.

From this I take it he’s not under the illusion that he can literally be a woman but is happy in a trans, fluid identity. Eddie seems aware these are two different things and that seems like a good sign?

Notts2021 · 02/01/2021 11:03

Oh, so grateful for a man to not mind being called he, as he has a boy mode as well as a girl mode.

Sorry, I have read too much nonsense that women have to put up with when they speak truthfully to be grateful for crumbs.

Jetatyeovilaerodrome · 02/01/2021 10:56

Lol, will be interesting to see the twitter reaction to this Grin

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 02/01/2021 10:55

Ambition - oh yes, did he not say he would stand as an MEP a few years ago? Guess that career path is now closed.

Perhaps he'll attempt to be Labour's first female leader.

BraveBananaBadge · 02/01/2021 10:53

This is brilliant from Eddie. Clarifies what living as ‘gender fluid’ means to him and makes an effort to move the JKR issue into more thoughtful and less poisonous waters. Helpful all round, fingers crossed.

Hulo · 02/01/2021 10:50

Yes, I wonder. Stating you don't care what pronouns people use is very different from demanding they use opposite sex ones and I'm sure it was an equivocal she/her in girl mode before . He also seems to be drawing a line between what women experience and trans people (transwomen) experience.

Has it dawned on him that insisting your average person on the parliamentary trail, if that's where his ambition lies, to call him her won't work

Biscuitsanddoombar · 02/01/2021 10:48

I’m delighted he’s defended her & he’s entirely right

Im a bit baffled by all the rest though. Eddie was always “a bloke in a dress” and everyone accepted that. He was always he/him as well & I don’t remember him ever saying he wanted to be called she/her. Then a few weeks ago there’s a big “girl mode/I’m
A woman/ she/her” flurry in the media which I presume originated with Eddie

Now it seems Eddie doesn’t care what you call them but I assume still wants access to female spaces when in “girl mode”

Right......

teawamutu · 02/01/2021 10:35

Eddie is right, of course.

I do wonder if Eddie is also backtracking a wee bit because there was considerable backlash to the she/her coverage?

ComDummings · 02/01/2021 10:31

Eddie is very intelligent, I hope people listen to him because he’s right, people need to read what’s in JKRs blog.
(Please note I use the pronoun he/him because Eddie said he doesn’t mind which pronouns are used)

justanotherneighinparadise · 02/01/2021 10:27

Good for Eddie!