Graham Linehan goes Full Transphobe on BBC "Newsnight" Monday 10th February 2020

If he was in a Court of Law, he'd be found guilty of perjury....
Anybody would think he was desperate & wasn't getting any work....

[@fluffyfour]

Perjury is lying under oath in court. How on earth can his opinion, spoken without an oath in sight, make him guilty of perjury? All he's guilty of is standing up for common sense and intelligence.

[@zainisdabomb]

@@_TB808 L trans

[@Unknown-ov2kz]

"common sense and intelligence"... Yes, it's intelligent and common sense for a man to complain about "men" being in women's spaces and then sign up onto a lesbian dating website, as if he isn't the problem. So much intelligence and common sense in that. He is one of the creepy men that has suddenly invaded women's spaces! The other creepy men that invaded women's spaces are the ones that followed his idea and signed up to lesbian dating sites. The funniest part (and creepiest part) is, because they all signed up at around the same time, they then had the audacity to complain that they found men on the lesbian dating sites, because they were matching with other men that were only signing up because Graham Linehan had signed up. 🤦‍♂

[@tcrown3333]

​​​@@_TB808That doesn't even make grammatical sense! 'Opinionised?!' 🤷‍♂️

[@aircon3138]

ah yes common sense, let's not treat trans people with any respect towards their identity or wish to transition and instead accuse them of grooming children, gee i wonder why people hate me and the suicide rate for trans people (specifically youth) is so high. i can make a more fact based point if you want, i'm just annoyed right now

[@reinapiratayquepaha]

He really isn't standing up for either of those lol

[@chrislyne377]

He is constantly being shown to be right.

[@Unknown-ov2kz]

When? The only time he was right was when he said men were signing up to lesbian dating sites and he then went on to sign up for a lesbian dating site. After he did that, men copied him and signed up for the dating site. He literally just said that men were signing up for lesbian dating sites, and then he went and did it.

[@muddywitch9016]

💯👏👏

[@ericamango]

​@Unknown-ov2kz transwomen are men so yeah.

[@chrislyne377]

@@Unknown-ov2kz had fun reading the Cass Review yet?

[@Unknown-ov2kz]

​@@chrislyne377 The Cass Review - You mean the "Review" that was biased because it disregarded loads of studies supporting medically transitioning for trans people, especially trans youth (at age appropriate measures), and implied that over 18's (but under 25's) could not be "mature enough" to have bodily autonomy? It disregarded a load of studies (even ones that were conducted under the NHS) because they weren't "double blind studies". The reason they weren't double blind studies is because that is incredibly unethical in this instance, especially with regards to children. It's also why a lot of paediatric medication is prescribed off licence. As per the government's website: "However, there are clinical situations when the use of unlicensed medicines or use of medicines outside the terms of the licence (ie, ‘off-label’) may be judged by the prescriber to be in the best interest of the patient on the basis of available evidence. Such practice is particularly common in certain areas of medicine: for instance, in paediatrics where difficulties in the development of age-appropriate formulations means that many medicines used in children are used off-label or are unlicensed." Furthermore it completely removes the purpose of having Gillick competence. It also found that, despite saying "detransition rate is unknown" and all of that, it did include an analysis (page 168 of the Cass Review), of 3,306 patients: "The following patients were included in the data collection: Patients who have attended at least two appointments at GIDS; patients who have been discharged from GIDS between 01 April 2018 and 31 Dec 2022." "Of the 3,499 patients audited, 3,306 were included within the analysis." "< 10 patients detransitioned back to their [birth-registered] gender, all of whom were female, and all but one were confirmed as having received puberty blockers as their first intervention. These patients had received an average of 6.5 appointments prior to referral to endocrinology (range 3-10 appointments)." Less than 10 of those detransitioned, however, let's be charitable and say that 10 detransitioned. Mathematically: (10/3306) x 100 = 0.30248... That gives a rough estimate of 0.3% detransition. I realise that is a very oversimplification of a research paper, but the idea that there's a phenomenon of people having "regret" is absurd, and proves that that "Review" is full of nonsense and not in the best interest of the majority of people referred to the clinics. The Cass Review goes against the UN's recommendations, and the majority of experienced medical specialists in the field that deals with young trans and gender non-conforming people. Lastly, as someone who went to and was seen by GIDS, I can tell you that first hand, the Review is misleading. It's been almost 4 years since I had my one and only appointment with GIDS (after waiting for over 3 years for my first initial appointment, I was told that because I was almost 18 that they would just refer me to the adult services, so I had to do more waiting and actually ended up going private using PIP (my disability benefits) to fund it - that money should be going to my disabilities, but how I saw and continue to see it is that the benefits are useless if I'm not alive), and I haven't regretted anything other than living in the UK (although, there's not much I can do about that).

[@falldog9]

This reporter is an absolute disgrace.

[@alijones484]

Graham Linehan is a star standing up for women and children ! Thankyou Graham

[@kindnessfirst9670]

And against other women and children.

[@spector969]

@@kindnessfirst9670 There's no such thing as a male woman.

[@muddydog6605]

There's no "other women"

[@mattbradbury]

@@muddydog6605 what about the vitriol he and other transphobes direct at trans inclusive feminists, women and men? calling them 'handmaidens,' groomers and enablers etc BTW a majority of women are pro-trans rights

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

Lineham is an FTM ... why do you think he is so Lopsided .. ?

[@countsmyth]

This whole thing is ridiculous, Graham is right 100%. Even the belligerent approach of the interviewer, is ridiculous.

[@Padraigp]

Hes a massive cock though. If he was in the least bit civil while expressing his views he might have been listened to. But his own dreadful lack of ability to just be in a very basic way civil to people has ensured nobody wants to listen to him but other nasty folks that want to justify their own obnoxious compulsion to be rude angry and nasty to somone. Even without observing his trans issue tweets his general tweets are so obnoxious is unbelievable.

[@aircon3138]

even if the interviewer sucks, he's not automatically right. in this case especially, they both suck and graham needs to get a life

[@countsmyth]

@@aircon3138 He's 100% right, concerning this idiocy.

[@aircon3138]

@@countsmyth read anything on advanced biology or psychology about sex and gender and it'll tell you otherwise. only basic biology says sex=gender bc it's simple enough for kids to understand.

[@effelldubbulyew]

Love that all the comments are backing Graham

[@thelefttechcat]

KZbin commenter community was always toxic af and cancer its hardly surprising

[@HelloCompanion]

I’d imagine they’re all just as sad, lonely, and divorced as Graham lmao

[@effelldubbulyew]

Nope. Try again

[@reinapiratayquepaha]

It's incredibly funny seeing how many people miss the point like him.

[@Marcus_Berger1701]

I am a leftist and i understand the gender issues. But the way this interviewer is conducting the interview is scandalous.

[@scottmckie7569]

true but we are in the minority 193 likes for this so far.

[@steveellis126]

We can't know what proportion of the likes were expressed by people who actually watched the interview vs passing browsers seal-clapping the loaded headline. I'm left-leaning too, which is conducive to why I baulk at people being shouted down for expressing their views in a debate that is far from being settled. This is not a left/right matter.

[@ryang790]

If you are going to ok with telling CHILDREN they are born in the wrong body, then you are going to find urself in the vast minority.

[@mikecondy6010]

"I understand the gender issues" 😂 how patronising.

[@ryang790]

@@scottmckie7569 oh that says EVERYTHING LOL. Think the vast majority of the country is sick of the noncesense with kids

[@moraymac2922]

Love you Graham. Thank you for your work protecting and safeguarding women and children.

[@SundaeRoast]

Haha, how do you reckon that one, Cletus? 🤣

[@aircon3138]

and endangering other women, children and just trans people in general...so...not the best tbh.

[@julianhermanubis6800]

Well, he's absolutely right about all of this.

[@m444ss]

that woman is being dishonest

[@emptywhy]

It's in their nature.

[@davidwinn2575]

Graham identifies as male.

[@murraybozinsky7067]

Graham can stand proud and tall. The interviewer can live in shame.

[@AndrewLakeUK]

Why do you think her asking him questions is shameful? Should the woman shut up to let the man talk? How progressive.

[@murraybozinsky7067]

@AndrewLakeUK he's been proved right. All the cheerleaders for this ideology that has caused so much harm to children will quietly slink away.

[@spector969]

@@AndrewLakeUK She should shut up because she's stupid, not because she's a woman, and I think it's very sexist of you to suggest otherwise.

[@jimmythegentile]

​@AndrewLakeUK what an idiotic comment

[@robheyes6470]

@@AndrewLakeUK She could have let him finish at least one sentence. Terrible interviewer.

[@louiseford8678]

He’s been proved absolutely right !

[@GTA5Player1]

Has he tho?

[@Samhain__UK]

@@GTA5Player1Yes. Happy to help.

[@GTA5Player1]

@@Samhain__UK Y tho

[@Samhain__UK]

Y Not tho?@@GTA5Player1

[@um8778]

Graham Linehan goes 100% correct on BBC "Newsnight" Monday 10th February 2020

[@fapstronaut3671]

Let the man speak ffs

[@cplcummins]

"And if you tolerate this..then your children will be next"

[@aircon3138]

exactly, that's why we have to be against graham's pov, what if you have a trans kid who falls victim to this sort of transphobia and stuff? honestly tho, idk which side you're on but i'd like to think it's not the transphobic one

[@ant4307]

That like-to-dislike ratio. Not QUITE what the uploader was expecting. 😆

[@YesOkayButWhy]

Doesn't matter. He deserves to be heard. Don't agree? That's fine.

[@ant4307]

@@YesOkayButWhy Who is the "he" that you're referring to?

[@YesOkayButWhy]

@@ant4307 GL. And the uploader. And anyone.

[@ant4307]

@@YesOkayButWhy The like/dislike buttons serve as a gauge for the popularity of opinions in a post. It might seem like my amusement at the video's unpopularity reflects my disapproval over Graham's opinions, but the uploader clearly stated their position in the video title and it's his opinion I'm at odds with. I'm simply pointing out that the negative ratio reflects the public's reaction to his perspective. While a video's unpopularity doesn't affect the uploader's right to share it, I believe I'm making a valid point by highlighting the audience's response.

[@nefaristo]

@@ant4307 there are: the title, the interviewer, the interviewed...it's hard to tell who is disapproved of; but, also judging from the comments, I would guess the first two.

[@jackiereid27]

LET HIM SPEAK

[@jabbawonger6572]

Linehan did nothing wrong.

[@smilingbuddha536]

Graham Linehan talks utter sense on BBC "Newsnight" Monday 10th February 2020.........There, fixed it for you. You're welcome.

[@yelnats85]

Three years on, I wonder how proud she is of this interview?

[@JohnPreston888]

Very, I would guess. You could ask her. She is a public figure. A respected journalist. Do you have any journalism qualifications on which to base your assessment of her interview?

[@phuckweed]

​@@JohnPreston888oh balderdash and poppycock

[@AndrewLakeUK]

@@Butte79990 of what? Graham Linehan is just doubling down because he didn't like criticism of his IT crowd episode. See John Cleese and other people that used to be funny.

[@i_wouldprefer_not_to1196]

​@@JohnPreston888I don't respect the dopey cow

[@i_wouldprefer_not_to1196]

​@@AndrewLakeUKAre you funny?

[@carolineatherton8723]

He hasn't said anything transphobic.

[@InshushaGroupie]

Comparing the treatment of children who are transgender with Nazi experimentation is wildly transphobic.

[@Democracy_Manifest]

You'll find the loonies got in early on this video calling Linehan transphobic and soon it becomes clear that most people think he's being rational and has the best interests of children at heart. That's the way this whole thing is going. The loonies know they are losing so they'll throw TRANSPHOBE around as an insult and hope that people don't question it.

[@InshushaGroupie]

@@Democracy_Manifest ​ @Michael Shart You seem to be arguing that if a majority of KZbin comments support a position, it is the correct one. Obviously only a fucking moron would make that argument, so I just wanted to warn you.

[@CyberiadPhoenix]

He pretended to be trans to "prove" that it can be abused to invaded women's spaces... Ironically the only recorded cases of this happening is transphobes doing it to "prove" that it happens... (also he got banned as soon as he was found out...) Also ironically forcing people into spaces based solely on their birth sex can be even more uncomfortable and awkward than just letting people use the spaces that align with their gender identity, Just imagine a bearded trans-man being forced into a women's space... The thing is now it's gotten to a point where it's so bad that it's not just trans people that are victims of transphobia... Cis people are becoming victims of it to... cis-women are being attacked, abused and accused of being trans just because they have short hair, act or look more masculine or have a more butch build... As well as cis-men who have wider hips or a more petit build... People have been kicked out of bars, clubs and other businesses because they were accused of being trans... There was a case of a woman being put in a men-only prison because she took Estrogen... And there was another case where a man had trans slurs hurled at him and was repeatedly referred to as "Ma'am" and "her" just because he had a pin that said "He/Him"... When your hatred towards a group is so great that it begins to affect people outside that group, you should probably re-assess why you hate that group in the first place...

[@PrimeNPC]

@@InshushaGroupie no it's being realistic. Please I implore you to look up the origin of the term. Extremely shocking.

[@lordbottaro4549]

I love how the person who uploaded this expected everyone to agree with them, yet no one has 🤣

[@victorsilvester78]

Them/They😂

[@mikecondy6010]

Because 99.5% of people in the real world have no time for such delusional shite.

[@julianhermanubis6800]

@@victorsilvester78 Ze/zir/who cares?

[@victorsilvester78]

@@julianhermanubis6800 Biological Sex Only Please.

[@alabastercodefy5636]

A person with a valid opinion has been alienated by cowards. Agree or don't, he has no hate.

[@madhatterwhitby901]

He can't have a reasonable debate if you don't let him speak without interrupting and blocking his facts he's speaking.. Can't have a reasonable discussion if one of the people having the discussion isn't reasonable, she's not reasonable at all... She might not like him speaking out for women but I do.

[@glamdolly30]

So do I - it's a pity more men don't show Graham Linehan's backbone and speak out in defence of women and girls! Shame on all the men in positions of fame/authority, whose support for women's rights would make a big difference.

[@ebojfmdboojoh4023]

​@@glamdolly30 Speak out on behalf of all in society, but especially children. The UK is completely perverse in the way treats children. I know of a 4 year old boy who've said to their mother they think they might be gay. I don't know how true, but i've heard stories of a primary school teacher being suspended for correcting a 5 year old child who told them their mother has a penis. Teachers are teaching Children as young as 5 and 6 about masturbation and how to pleasure themselves. The sexualisation, abuse and brainwashing of children in this country needs to stop. It's completely perverse and abhorrent. If calling this out makes me transphobic then so be it.

[@dang6092]

He's spot on!

[@jamescoburn6789]

​@@UltraNoob-yd2bq He is correct.

[@grahamblack1961]

The media persist in calling his views controversial yet they're the views held by the vast majority of people.

[@GTA5Player1]

Idk, just based on this interview, it seems like he's pushing quite a few anti-trans myths, eg. "They" are telling your kids to be trans

[@grahamblack1961]

@@GTA5Player1 You obviously don't know what's going on in schools.

[@GTA5Player1]

@@grahamblack1961 Well, I looked into it a few times, and typically you find so called "option pieces" that mostly rely on extreme individual cases as evidence.

[@grahamblack1961]

@@GTA5Player1 What?

[@GTA5Player1]

@@grahamblack1961 Tried looking into it repeatedly, couldn't find anything

[@user-tu5ej5lg2c]

I didn't find anything he said that I disagree with. She makes me puke.

[@Fredders88]

Terrible interview by Sarah Smith - more heat than light approach.

[@eveeve9758]

Awful.

[@ricardomoonbeam8530]

When saying the truth is 'transphobia' #womanAdultHumanFemale

[@peedubz7836]

I love how every time he makes a qualified point she just reverts back to "yes but you said Nazi on the internet! Thats not legitimate debate!" As if anyone who goes against the trans ideology isnt instantly called a nazi

[@Blackgeoff1]

She's too thick-skinned to realise that.. Typical of those I'd call the "gender Nazis". She's just an argumentative sow.

[@JohnPreston888]

So you missed the bit, for example, where she states "These are Doctors who are doing this, and you don't have any medical training". He is not "doing good", so to speak, but allowing his intense dislike to masquerade as championing a group - of which he is not a member. He is passionate and furious about the use of a particular type of medication, and has NO MEDICAL QUALFICATIONS to back up his assertions. Just instinct. A bit like the fools who are militant anti-flouridation, and ignore the huge numbers of people who have it in their water supply, but all live "normal" healthy lives. And the "NAZI"? Sarah Smith does not do what you have implied. She does not reply "every time" (you can switch on subtitles if you wish) in such a fashion. Where exactly do you think that Mengele (and others) conducted their experiments? Holiday, or Concentration camps. Experiments that GL equates with the choices offered by a medical profession. It's not supposed to be a debate. It is an INTERVIEW. (And hardly like a non-negotiable trip to Gitmo). Just because it is rigorous, well researched, and displeases you, does not mean that you can add to the mistruths. But you have done. And had 42 positive votes in a week.

[@robertmudrow8034]

@@JohnPreston888 You are very much part of the problem O ped

[@Trunchisholm]

The criticism is not about him saying "Nazi". That's arguing in bad faith. He made an extremely daft, ignorant and disingenuous comparison and got called out for that. You can't compare Nazi experiments to people willingly undergoing a medical treatment.

[@walterekurtz4320]

It's rich that he's condemned for making a nazi comparison when anyone who so much as questions any part of woke ideology is casually described as a fascist.

[@coalville1234]

Spot on. When I was 5 (in 1963) I thought I was a cowboy... these days I could identify as one! Yeehaa!!!

[@FailsafeDX]

Congrats, a comment like that proves you live in the 1800s! You're a cowboy!

[@coalville1234]

@LadyFormic dunno why you're bothered. You do what you want and I'll do what I want. You're not accountable to me and I'm not accountable to you. That's what you want isn't it. You got it! Now, where did I put that Winchester?

[@nefaristo]

I thought I was an alien , because of all the cartoons. But the doctor didn't said "oh, so evidently he's been _assigned to Earth_ , let's get him back to space." Yeah, medicine was so narrow minded back then.

[@sadface]

@@FailsafeDX the typical canned response...

[@fintonmainz7845]

Sexist comment. Bovine Person

[@egapnala65]

Well this has certainly aged well hasn't it?

[@bennym5244]

I don't think this lady really knew the full facts or the gravity of the situation at this point. I think she just thought it was a handful of teenagers turning up who struggled with their sexuality. I doubt she envisioned it would be the mass social contagion it has become.

[@caniz80]

@@bennym5244 THAT'S TRANS PHOBIC!

[@richardgreenhough]

She's bullying, agenda riddled, interrupting. Her behaviour is appalling.

[@seasonedbeefs]

​@@caniz80no it isn't.

[@JH-vy7uy]

Lol

Graham Linehan is not remotely transphobic, he's a bloody hero

[@clutteryfluttery6391]

His wife clearly didn't think so; she left him in disgust.

@@clutteryfluttery6391 no she left him in poverty not disgust

[@uszatku9417]

He is a hero!

[@THEEGGMANwooooo]

He is openly transphobic. That’s his whole schtick here.

@@THEEGGMANwooooo try harder

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

I actually don't care if people's feelings get hurt by opposing views. To quote Stephen Fry "So what?"

[@aricm5973]

The BCC is *so* biased.

[@benhall2235]

The fact that both the right wing and left wing complain about the bbc being biased suggests that they’re not and that actually they walk the line pretty well. On this issue In isolation I agree that the bbc is pandering to the trans lobbyists.

[@DEWwords]

Institutional capture has been building for 25 years and now it's here and it's showing it's ugly mouth, in this case, the BBC.

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

You mean BBC?

[@the_devoteaser]

They're biased against trans people

[@Right_Direction_]

Well the title of this video aged pretty badly didn't it LOL comments section however restored my faith in humanity. The man's a hero for standing up for women and children.

[@JohnPreston888]

Really? does he get involved with Women's refuges, or Barnados, or the N.S.P.C.C.? Maybe that is not the humanity for which you hope? Just one that aligns with your prejudices.

[@Right_Direction_]

@@JohnPreston888 What prejudices would that be then?

[@muddydog6605]

@JohnPreston888 Absolutely none of that made sense. Manipulation and gaslighting techniques look ridiculous in print.

[@DarkAngel2512]

​@@JohnPreston888what prejudices? That kida cannot consent and we should have single-sex spaces so oppurtunistic men like Karen White dont abuse it?

[@jimscuffham9256]

What a star Graham Linehan is. It's all gong to come out soon

[@connor5669]

You mean the details about why his wife left him?

[@exert2020]

This was 3 years ago. Any day now hey?

[@nukingfutz5551]

I'd imagine a group of sick individuals leaking her address onto the internet when she seemingly had no qualm with anyone might be part of it, might have added some pressure to the marriage... Well done guys you destroyed a marriage. #moralfuckinghighground

[@ferdinandimposter691]

I wonder what she thinks now.

[@daraorourke5798]

Or if she thinks at all

[@muddydog6605]

It would be silence and tumbleweed I'm sure if you asked her.

[@billmartins5545]

She doesn't care.

[@elephantchilds]

Graham? I think he identifies as 'cunt', not 'she'

[@OneChallengeRemaining]

The title of this video is click bait.

[@jonathanjones2270]

Graham is a brave, logical and kind man. The very opposite of his critics, who are irrational and filled with hate

[@rooty]

So brave, logical, and kind that his wife and kids left him. I guess they're irrational critics too, and he definitely hasn't gone off the deep end after drinking the alt right koolaid

[@jonathanjones2270]

@rooty You support men invading and destroying women's sports do you?

[@UrbinEbwai]

He's an utter 🔔 end and a bigot

[@terrypussypower]

Hmm…so everyone who’s wife and kids leaves them is a “bad person”? You need to get out more, buddy!

[@terrypussypower]

@@rooty ​​⁠Your claim that Linehan is “alt right” is demented. You obviously know next to nothing about the man, yet think your opinion is worth publishing? Education is an ongoing process….you should try some .

[@rickgrimes120]

Lol the uploader was desperate for some Glinner hate. Didn’t happen did it, mate?

[@senorharry9275]

Go check out the viewing figures for his weekly show. He had a twitter account of almost a Million followers. Current people viewing his 'show'? Four thousand. Still gotta larf aintcha??

[@paulatkins5847]

​@@senorharry9275They banned him. Now that he's not banned he's up to 547, 000.

[@paulbailey7641]

And now Tavistock has been shut down for all the reasons he was giving and she was trying to dispute. BBC at its worst.

[@jameslynchsangster946]

He is absolutely right, she is absolutely wrong, he is protecting children, she is endangering them.

[@keithyork8226]

What a brilliant and courageous man Graham Linehan is!

[@JohnPreston888]

Yeah, he risks death every day. Just like homosexuals in Indonesia, The Emirates, other retarded countries. Or women in Afghanistan or Iran.

[@nickbasden1761]

"If you want to have a reasonable debate . . ." you certainly shouldn't have come here. What a terrible, one-sided, aggressive, interviewer. Toxic interview technique at it's 'best'.

[@dingtonia]

I cannot stand BBC interviews. The interviewers are SO aggressive and rude and just impossible to talk to. Vile.

[@walesdad]

Here,here.

[@Blackgeoff1]

This one certainly is. Graham has infinitely more patience than I'd have with someone like her.

[@MrYing78]

I can't stand that paedophile protecting propagandising corporation full stop. The sooner people switch off this sh1te the better

[@mattbradbury]

@@walesdad where? where?

[@FailsafeDX]

What Graham says is vile

[@sully1865]

Graham is spot on in everything he says. The fightback against this utter nonsense has started. The ideological equivalent of “The Emperors New Clothes”.

[@Sarah-no6ez]

I see a transphobe!

[@fulmarmusic1413]

Nobody is forcing anybody to be transgender. Nobody is trying to trick kids into being transgender, as is the case with people aren't trying to trick you into thinking you have cancer.

[@jamescoburn6789]

​@@fulmarmusic1413 Nobody 'forces' kids to wear certain clothes. The zeitgeist does.

[@reinapiratayquepaha]

@@jamescoburn6789 How many children are trans according to you? give me a percentage, I wanna laugh

[@saintbris]

She mistook her profession: she attacks him like a moralising, hysterical preacher instead of a neutral, cool journalist.

[@Nailbunny2702]

Graham Linehan has been vindicated by the Cass report (2022) of Tavistock GIDS. Graham has been spot on from the beginning. I ❤️ Glinner

[@kaye666]

Absolutely!

[@jonmartin7343]

Graham Linehan brave man

[@andrewhaines3259]

"I'm sorry, but is this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour?" "Oh, just the 5 minutes".

[@jugendamthamburg-ggkonform381]

This man has probably saved at least one child from abuse by his informed directness. I'm female and appreciate his input to this matter which affects th most vulnerable women in society. Helps boys too who are at risk of becoming eunuchs in their teens under the current ideology in several Western countries.

[@twunt2000]

If _they_ can make you deny a biological truth, guard against other things _they_ can make you believe.

[@nicdunlop6897]

Wow. Is this called an interview?

[@stainlessstove4629]

He's 100% right and we should be supporting him now. His career has been detroyed for just expressing his opinions. Its digusting how he's been treated.

[@somethingsinister8493]

His career ended decades ago, this was his mad scramble for significance, it failed.

[@aircon3138]

i mean, he's not right though and his actions outside of this interview straight up mock trans people, like when he infiltrated that wlw dating app and claimed to be a trans furry and all that stuff. he even made jokes in the it crowd about trans women, that's not an opinion at that point, he's just targeting trans people

[@stainlessstove4629]

@@aircon3138 you just made me like him more

[@aircon3138]

@@stainlessstove4629 jfc he's not just being a bigot against trans people tho?? ik i can't make anyone do anything but please consider revaluating this bc it's sorta concerning. it's one thing to hate trans people, but he's spreading to homophobia and stuff now, what's next? i mean look at jkr, she went from just transphobia to being a holocaust denier so maybe rethink it. or don't. idk, can't make you, have a nice day and all that ig

[@FreeTheDonbas]

Anti-self-ID is not anti-trans.

[@ferdinandimposter691]

4:08 Today the UK banned puberty blocker use on kids. Graham you are a fuckn hero of our time

[@CrackaPackify]

Based on a report published by someone who looks like a trans woman ironically

[@garyoko2]

He’s not being transphobic, nor is he perjuring himself. He’s raising an issue, and the amount of vitriol he and others have received, clearly shows the other side is incapable of reasonable debate.

[@peteratkinson922]

In all honesty, how can a 4 or 5 year old child 'identify' as being in the 'wrong body' or even 'gay' at such a young age?

[@DrumL3000]

they cant. its the parents and the doctors affirming it.

[@sparagmos4748]

This is the bit that has made me the angriest. They don't conceptualise such complicated ideas at that age🙄

[@zonesquestiloveunderworld]

Exactly. It doesn't make sense. When a kid says "I wanna be X", they don't really even understand what they're saying. Like when I watched "Space Jam" as a kid, suddenly I wanted to be a basketball superstar, but of course I never thought about what that actually entailed because I didn't know and even if I did, I probably wouldn't understand.

[@DarkAngel2512]

I knew I liked the boy at nursery more than friends but at that age I didnt have the language for what that was nor was it a mature attraction that adults have.

[@sparagmos4748]

@@DarkAngel2512 Even when I was 9 and there was a girl at school that I liked in a different way (because we were never friends) I didn't understand it at all.

[@rad4924]

The title of this video and the description made me despair for humanity but the comments section cheered me up. Thank goodness there's still SOME sanity left in the world.

[@sosimple3585]

Most of us are sane. It's just that the people who aren't (mostly young, white, middle-class people) are in control of some of our major institutions.

[@JohnPreston888]

@@sosimple3585 Huh? What like the U.K. Parliament,The F.A., F.I.F.A., The U.N., which "major institutions" are under such control?

[@sosimple3585]

@@JohnPreston888The BBC, the left-leaning press, several UK police forces, various UK banks, the NHS, the Labour Party, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrats, the publishing industry to a large extent, Wikipedia, gay rights organizations like Stonewall, the Scouting movement, various universities, Social Work England, the Scottish Parliament, The Welsh Assembly. Those are just off the top of my head, and I'm listing them on the basis of having read a story or watched an interview where trans activism has been cited in relation to them.

[@sosimple3585]

I may have missed a few.

[@aircon3138]

i mean, it's not untrue. plus why is respecting people's pronouns and allowing them rights, which doesn't harm others, a bad thing?

[@vestibulate]

Perjury isn't defined as saying something another disagrees with. Learn the difference, uploader.

[@timelliott841]

Bad faith ambush of an interview but he did well

[@kcl4364]

Your video title hasn't aged well, has it? His comments on GIDS at Tavistock have proven accurate and justified

[@evesapple]

Oh and look at whats going on at Mermaids..

[@howdj]

The title has aged just fine, Graham is a fucking loony who us pissed off his public image has fallen off a cliff because his radical nonsense isn't funny. He describes himself as a comedy writer but he hasn't done that for 25 years.

[@kcl4364]

@@howdj So you're ok with Mermaids, a children's charity, having had a pro-paedophile academic on their board, with Mermaids recommending disgraced medical practitioners, with their various safeguarding failures? You have no problem with what was going on at Tavistock which has since led to its recommended closure?

[@Right_Direction_]

100%. Mermaids will go next and not a moment too soon.

[@ohwellwhateverr]

The BBC disgust me. Shockingly poor standard of journalism.

[@carolineatherton8723]

She is shockingly bad at this. She is actually attacking rather than engaging in this. Isnt it embarrasing for them that now the tavistock report has come out and that the NHS has changed its information on tranisitioning for children. She is shocking

[@jomac2046]

That's because she actually believes what Linehan is speaking out against, she has an agenda.

[@Right_Direction_]

Cos she's on the BBC. They are totally captured.

[@NessieT]

Attacking and shouting down is the way of the WOKE and Transgender Misogynists/Misogyny’s.

[@Iwazgonnasaythat]

Great man.

[@etteridge]

I really respect GL. When he asks “What would I have done ?”. Very powerful. We can all be brave from 90 years on. We face challenging times now.

[@JohnPreston888]

Try being gay in the Emirates. Or just trying to live some sembleance of a decent life in Ukraine at the moment. Are you really suggesting that these are "challenging times" for you? Because people are doing things that you find objectionable, it is "challenging"?

[@jaksida300]

He spends his free time joining lesbian dating apps and bullying lesbians he thinks aren’t attractive. He hops on Twitter to downplay the Holocaust and harass teens. He’s a disgusting human being. No wonder everyone cut ties with him. What is so respectful about him screeching about a minority group online?

[@sparagmos4748]

​@@JohnPreston888 Or try being a woman in a prison with a man who has claimed a trans identity perhaps!😮

[@sarahkorver2439]

This is what I absolutely love about Graham! He doesn't give a shit and speaks the truth! Hes certainly not afraid of stepping forward and giving his opinions and views x

[@Ida_Dunne_Moore]

He's brilliant. He's lovely, principled and brave. Love him

[@elephantchilds]

Yes, if only he'd been around in the 70s and 80s when we were trying to stop the gays, maybe being gay wouldn't have been normalised either and we wouldn't have to see those people on television! You go Graham, these people should not exist.

[@Fredders88]

Sarah Smith said ' you've come in here talking about Nazis' when she was the one who mentioned this first.

[@errerreerr]

.....................because he made the comparison first........................... before they talked here..........................................

[@nathrob2437]

@@errerreerr still a contradiction of what was said, she said, you came in here talking about,,,,, not,,,, you have been quoted as saying...........

[@ALBUMOF2008]

I mean Judith butler called gender critical people ‘fascists’ too so idk why everyone is so vexed with Graham when they make the exact same comparisons

[@LukeMosse]

It must have sucked when she tried to bring up the Nazi point to make him look bad and his point was spot on.

[@aeu569]

how is he being trainsphobic a) he barely got a word in edge-wise (stonewall must be proud, blonde lady, if I may assume your gender) and b) he doesn't sound to afraid of trains :D

[@thecrookedjackdaw9128]

Oh hoho watch IT crowd mate

[@aeu569]

@@thecrookedjackdaw9128 I did, not ENTIRELY my cup of tea, I like the humour but not so much the delivery

[@sachahector5674]

@@thecrookedjackdaw9128 How is IT crowd transphobic? And what’s the problem of it being transphobic? I don’t like gay people nor I like gays. I have the freedom not to like them

[@kevino4372]

​@@thecrookedjackdaw9128yea. It's funny. What's your point??

[@thecrookedjackdaw9128]

@@kevino4372 douglas renholm beats up a women the soul purpose of being trans that's my point.

[@patkawasaki]

And now mermaids have gone reverse-ferret, claiming they never said that anyone was born in the wrong body. When it's exactly what they broadcast. Good man Graham.

[@glamdolly30]

Yep, Mermaids is an appalling, anti child-safeguarding, anti women, anti gay, barbaric male rights group. That the government and National Lottery among others have pumped millions into funding its toxic trans propaganda is a bloody outrage!

[@andybray9791]

We had section 28, to stop decay of strong society (we could have gone further by banning feminism). It only allowed legitimate discussion

[@garryofarrell6413]

you kinda shouted him down there hen💭

[@DuderinoDeux]

The agenda! Fair play Graham

[@bettytigers]

Be slow to talk quick to listen, slow to get angry. Advice from the Bible. Graham Linegan is arguing his point in a noble and reasonable way.

[@JohnPreston888]

The "Bible". That work of fiction that condemns non-men to lives of servitude, second-class status, and the cause of sin? Oh well. At least it was written by God, therefore it has absolute moral authority.

[@robheyes6470]

@@JohnPreston888 And the new TRA 'bible' condemns women to have males in their toilets and sports

[@DarkAngel2512]

He was able to articulate well despite how she speaking

[@dman5ful]

This woman, clueless 🙄

[@fintonmainz7845]

His fellow comedians who don't have the backbone to support him are disgusting.

[@Humvee369]

Divisive? Only for people who think you should be arrested for disagreeing with them.

[@grahamlawless8774]

What a disingenuous title

[@sebastianverney7851]

this man comes across better than this woman.

[@susiew2521]

Glinner, keep on keeping on.

[@adtastic1533]

I'm still waiting for the transphobia, all I heard were facts.

[@paulpurves484]

This woman should be ashamed of herself.

[@Visor8888]

Why? She’s a journalist 😂

[@robheyes6470]

@@Visor8888 I think you missed out the quotation marks on 'journalist'

[@Degjoy]

She didn’t let him speak and she twisted his words making it all about his one comparison.

[@braedenh6858]

What about this is transphobic? He's right. The woman presenter has a warped view of reality

[@QPR999]

Love him ❤

[@swf4841]

"What evidence do you have that Santa isn't real?"

[@andrewpepper8031]

A woman not supporting women that's sad.

[@domainei.s-e.j8858]

An interviewer that ask a question, but won’t let the man answer because she don’t like it…

[@fapstronaut3671]

She sounds like Cathy Newman

[@kaye666]

Haha, "so what you're saying is..."

[@robheyes6470]

She's even less competent than Newman

[@ianallardyce4222]

3yrs later. He nailed it.

[@spector969]

Graham is right, and regardless of what the mainstream media would have us believe, the majority of Brits share Graham's common sense views.

[@XavierJAlexander]

Except they don’t look at the polls

[@andybray9791]

Born homosexual is now gone

[@songsin60seconds17]

Fair play to Graham Linehan. He put his career on the line to fight for what he believes in. The trans debate is NOT straight forward. If you're a man who wants to be a woman, fine. If you're a woman that wants to be a man, fine. But if you're a fucking child, I'm sorry but you do NOT have the mental capacity to be making decisions about your gender. It is fucking madness to be approving of this type of thing amongst children and i approve Graham for fighting the good fight against these social media bullies across the world.

[@GayFrogsTho]

Tell 'em Graham!!

[@twombley]

The title of this should be "Graham Linehan goes Full "Reasonable Bloke wants to talk about stuff" on Newsnight

[@saschaharris]

Why is she not in prison?

[@jakerigby8803]

Calling people things like transphobic is a bit meaningless, instead use free speech to argue your case and negotiate solutions. Name calling is designed to stifle debate, if you’re confident in your case you shouldn’t need to do this.

[@Blackgeoff1]

That interviewer is only interested in contradicting Graham - she's not interested in allowing him to even finish a sentence. She's not interviewing him; she's lecturing him .... I would've just throttled the cow. This is an "interview"?

[@markhilbert6573]

Well done Graham. Standing up for truth and reality.

[@Husk3883]

As he fidgets like addict.

[@spector969]

@@Husk3883 Doesn't change the fact he's telling the truth.

[@terrypussypower]

@@Husk3883 Eh? What on Earth does that have to do with anything? If you can’t leave an intelligent response then why bother?

[@terrypussypower]

⁠@@Husk3883 And by the way, it’s “He fidgets like *AN* addict”.

[@lrwguitar]

He should have asked if she'd have put any of her kids forward for treatment.