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Eddie Izzard states he has both 'girl and boy' GENETICS?

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Nameitychangity · 01/02/2021 19:25

Story released today quotes Izzard as saying they have both girl and boy genetics? What the actual hell? I'm lost for words. What fantasy planet are they living on? Hope no-one, especially children, reading this actually believes this is possible.

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CranberriesChoccyAgain · 04/02/2021 14:13

Well at least EI's potential constituents will have a heads up as to what sorts of ideas run through his head and will decide if he's competent to hold office and vote accordingly.

MummBraTheEverLeaking · 04/02/2021 13:55

Wow, that is some disappointing plot losing BS right there.

wellthatsunusual · 04/02/2021 13:38

Izzard certainly seems to have dickhead genetics...

CuriousaboutSamphire · 04/02/2021 13:36

@UrsulaVdL

Yes it’s true, the X chromosome from his mother and the Y chromosome from his Dad. Get with the Programme bitches😂
Oh Grin That and your user name Star
MedusasBrandyButter · 04/02/2021 13:12

This is like claiming to be Napoleon AND Cleopatra, and having people argue that you can't be both.

He's a comedian, for goodness sake. He's just saying random stuff, and there's absolutely no need to do anything but be entertained, or bored. It's not as though he's Chris Whitty or someone on whom we need to depend, is it? He's just a comedian (albeit with political ambitions).

growinggreyer · 04/02/2021 13:08

I guess there aren't too many parts for menopausal women girls of EI's age.

BraveBananaBadge · 04/02/2021 12:59

Back in boy mode for the next acting role as "Harry, a small town lawyer... who has been like a father figure over the years".

Series is about characters with dark secrets so guess there could be a trans angle yet, but it shows up everyone falling over themselves to resort to 'she' recently when, as Eddie has already said, either pronoun is fine...

www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/broadcasting-news/2021/02/eddie-izzard-confirmed-reds-netflix-drama-stay-close

Thingybob · 02/02/2021 00:40

@EdgeOfACoin

I don't think Izzard is well. I genuinely have concerns for Izzard.
I agree, Eddie has said some very strange things recent interviews
Mumofgirlswholiketoplaywithmud · 01/02/2021 21:05

@iguanadonna

The gender clinics used to do karyotype tests and other investigations to see if their clients had a higher rate of chromosomal abnormalities or intersex conditions. But they didn't. So they stopped testing, because intrusive and not useful. People don't identify as trans because there's anything unusual in their chromosomal make up.
Yes- I'd heard this too. Similar rates to the general population
Mumofgirlswholiketoplaywithmud · 01/02/2021 21:04

@bluebluezoo

I remember finding out about chimerism (?) where the baby’s cells travel through the umbilical cord and remain in the mothers body and it blew my mind last year. Has Eddie’s worked the other way?

It can also result from two fertilised eggs fusing in utero. Or a transplant of some sort.

Oh yes- Tetragametic Chimerism - I remember reading about this- how a mother was tested as not being a genetic match for her child! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa013452
Wrongsideofhistorymyarse · 01/02/2021 20:35
Hmm
EdgeOfACoin · 01/02/2021 20:29

I don't think Izzard is well. I genuinely have concerns for Izzard.

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Nameitychangity · 01/02/2021 20:24

Or maybe when you want something desperately badly enough, and if you wish hard enough and say your prayers, miracles CAN happen if your heart is pure?

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bluebluezoo · 01/02/2021 20:18

I remember finding out about chimerism (?) where the baby’s cells travel through the umbilical cord and remain in the mothers body and it blew my mind last year. Has Eddie’s worked the other way?

It can also result from two fertilised eggs fusing in utero. Or a transplant of some sort.

iguanadonna · 01/02/2021 20:04

The gender clinics used to do karyotype tests and other investigations to see if their clients had a higher rate of chromosomal abnormalities or intersex conditions. But they didn't. So they stopped testing, because intrusive and not useful. People don't identify as trans because there's anything unusual in their chromosomal make up.

gardenbird48 · 01/02/2021 20:03

@Mumofgirlswholiketoplaywithmud

Their will be some cells that only have a singular x chromosome. Is that the "girl genetics"?

Interestingly, mother's often do have both XX and some XY chromosomes in them after having sons- they've found a few of your baby's chromosomes stay on in your body long after having a child (the same chromosomes which can tell you your baby's sex in a blood test in the first trimester). I'm not sure that these genes are active though, more like silent observers....

I remember finding out about chimerism (?) where the baby’s cells travel through the umbilical cord and remain in the mothers body and it blew my mind last year. Has Eddie’s worked the other way?

I get an ‘ouch’ feeling when my kids hurt themselves even if they’re only telling me about it - I wondered if that was the same.

bluebluezoo · 01/02/2021 19:55

Is Eddie a Chimera? It is possible to have some XX and some XY cells...rare, but possible.

Actually a study of transwomens genetics would make a nice masters or PhD for someone. See if there is any correlation of sex chromosome disorders with trans identity.

BrassicaRabbit · 01/02/2021 19:47

Wow that's such an interesting fact *mumofgirlswholiketoplaywithmud".

DragonBlu · 01/02/2021 19:45

I was thinking maybe Eddie had been tested and found some intersex condition, but no, sounds like just talking about gender stereotypes.

Mumofgirlswholiketoplaywithmud · 01/02/2021 19:40

Their will be some cells that only have a singular x chromosome. Is that the "girl genetics"?

Interestingly, mother's often do have both XX and some XY chromosomes in them after having sons- they've found a few of your baby's chromosomes stay on in your body long after having a child (the same chromosomes which can tell you your baby's sex in a blood test in the first trimester). I'm not sure that these genes are active though, more like silent observers....

Igneococcus · 01/02/2021 19:38

I worked on very early evolution for the first ten years of my career mumofgirls Smile

Tempusfudgeit · 01/02/2021 19:37

I just want to know how many other women run marathons in full make up.

Mumofgirlswholiketoplaywithmud · 01/02/2021 19:36

@Igneococcus

And his mitochondrial DNA is originally from bacteria
I was going to say inherited from Eddie's mother, but you went one level further up the chain!
Igneococcus · 01/02/2021 19:35

And his mitochondrial DNA is originally from bacteria

rosy71 · 01/02/2021 19:34

Surely genetics means the study of genes. It cant be possible for anyone to have genetics, they have genes.

Also, i am by no means an expert, but surely men and women have pretty much the same genes - XX/XY are chromosones.

I'm also not sure why Eddie always refers to "boy and girl" when Eddie is 58.