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Eddie Izzard is a fantastic comedian and actress. It makes no sense that people claiming to be fans are flipping out now that she's exclusively using she/her pronouns and femme presentation, which have been part of her life (and standup!) for decades. Who did you think Eddie was?
Ftr, it would still be grand even if this were brand new information. But it feels extra t*rf-y and weird that there's a strain of people claiming to have been fine with it until now. Did they think it was an extended bit and now that it's undeniably real, they're lashing out?
Anyway, congrats to Eddie, who still uses that name and now IDs as genderfluid afaik. Life is long & identity is an ongoing conversation w/ ourselves. This went down on an English show called Portrait Artist of the Year, which I'd love to watch, but haven't been able to thus far.
Soooo I was sledding with my niece for my birthday and this blew up. I'm reporting t*rfs and making a donation in honor of Eddie to the Transgender Emergency Fund of Massachusetts, a areat local org helping trans, nonbinary & GNC folks - I hope you do too. https://transemergencyfund.org/
I looked to see if Eddie had a favorite relevant org to support but couldn't find one. If anybody knows, please reply so we can support! If you're a trans or genderfluid person in need, drop your cash app or whatever here so folks can help. This pandemic is long & winter is cold.
Oh and editors, I know it's that time of year, but rather than screen grabbing my tweets or having a staffer summarize them, consider hiring me, a full-time freelance queer nonbinary pop culture critic, comedy nerd, and longtime Eddie Izzard fan, to write about this.
