Are Clownfish Part of the Trans Agenda?!?! | Alien Ocean

[@OctopusLady]

All right, y'all. I got a bad feeling that this comment section might get a little...transphobe-y. And in my Alien Ocean, we don't let bigots in here, we drown them. I'm going to be doing my best to delete/block transphobic comments, but I'm only one person, I'm afraid. So if you are an ally to the queer community, or are a member of it yourself and feel like you got the bandwidth to handle this, I could use your help! First off, if you see any transphobic comments, DON'T REPLY TO THEM. That is what they WANT. They want your attention, they want you to engage with them. They might even claim they're "asking questions in good faith," but they are NOT. They are NOT looking to better understand trans and intersex people and they are NOT looking to get their minds changed about the queer community. It's all BS, don't fall for it! Instead, please report the comment. Trying to shout down bigots from their platform doesn't shut them up, but yanking the platform out from underneath them does. If you feel you MUST respond to transphobic comments, don't respond directly to the commenter! Instead, address the potential audience who might be reading their comments. Say something like, "This commenter said [Bad Thing] about transgender/intersex people, but that is mis/disinformation. What is ACTUALLY true about trans/intersex people is [X, Y, Z]." But again. We're gonna try to keep that to a minimum. We're gonna report comments instead. OK? OK. And then FINALLY. I normally try to come up with a cute, quippy little message in my pinned comment to get people to come check out my Patreon, but instead, I'll just say this: these videos take A LOT of time, energy, and money to make. So if you can, please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/theoctopuslady or, if you'd like to make a one-time donation, I just recently set up a Ko-Fi: www.ko-fi.com/theoctopuslady Happy Pride Month, everyone. I love you all, very much. Except for you bigots. I don't love you at all.

[@shannonsolorio77]

I want to see triops on the channel, a aquatic arthropod that appeared around the triassic period.

[@Ed_man_talking9]

can someone explain to me how African and Indian people are gay by default?

[@galxemo4747]

Is it a coincidence that the profile of this channel looks kinda like the intersex pide flag?

[@AsmodeusDHare]

Meh, it happens, try not letting it get to you. I'd love for everyone to have civil discussions. And I feel the same... science gets affected too much by politics. But also we need to sit down and think "We get too much into 'can I do this' and not enough 'should I do this' for our own good."

[@ETACarinaeA-.-]

Even tho I’m not trans, I will try to help out

[@AaronPuraVida]

I've never understood the difference between sex and gender, let alone what intersex really means. Your videos are always educational and entertaining (soooooo entertaining!), but this one is really on another level. Thank you for using your platform to both spread scientific knowledge and to amplify the voices of marginalized groups.

[@OctopusLady]

WOOOOOW. HOLY BUNNIES. Thank you so much, Aaron!!

[@soggy7683]

you’re so hype for donating aaron, happy pride man ❤️🔥

[@lauravturner]

What a legend.

[@jasmineryce217]

Big W comment & donation from Aaron, learning and accepting new information, what a King 👑

[@rapscallion9776]

Fucking king

[@gljames24]

Cosmetic surgery should never be done without a person's consent. Non-consensual cosmetic genital surgery done on minors, especially neonatal infants, is horrifying and it's terrible that many hospitals are still doing it. Circumcision and forced gender reassignment need to stop and we need to start listening to and believing people, especially those who are marginalized.

[@chrisnotyou]

@@gljames24 My son is intact. When I confronted my parents about, explained to them how upset it has made me and that I literally remember the pain, which is true. I can describe it in great detail. They laughed. They laughed at me. I haven't spoken to them in quite a while now.

[@omnijack]

It is tough enough to speak up sometimes, much less find the right words. Bless you, octopus ❤

[@anactualfork2359]

Love how they say they're protecting children from the 'butchering' of children and yet look at what they do to intersex children.

[@animelovergirl8461]

Talking about them saying that they want to "protect children", they kind of are the type that when "educating" their children, their explaination tends to be vague. For example, a parent telling their girl to not give up her virginity until marriage, but there was not a lot of explainations about how physical intimacy works. Which the girl may end up getting pregnant without knowing that she has done it. And when her parents find out, they disown her (or do something that is terrible to her) and blame her for not preserving her virginity when she was NOT taught how it actually works!!!!!! If the girl was taught about physical intimacy, then she would've been aware about it. Aside from that, parents that say that to their daughters like what I wrote are obviously old fashion people, but I think the most important part that they should discuss (to both boys and girls) are s*xual predators, r@pists, and along those lines since those types of people are the red flags.

[@coryzilligen790]

@anactualfork: Not that this should be surprising to anyone who pays attention. They have extreme overlap with the crowd that loves to fight against abortion clinics in the name of "the children," yet balk at letting the government do anything to actually _help_ children that have been born. They only care about children as a justification, not as people.

[@robokill387]

@@coryzilligen790 They care about the abstract concept of children, not actual living, breathing human children. Kind of how a lot of men care about the abstract concept of women, not real, living human women.

[@thedeliveryboy1123]

@@robokill387 TRUE!!! People say they want to have a baby but so many don't say they want to raise a human being which is a difference I think about a lot

[@StonedtotheBones13]

​@@thedeliveryboy1123 that is a great way to put that. Like those ppl don't think about the teen years, or the many different neurological changes that occur throughout life. Resulting in somewhere around the teen years demonizing the child for...being a kid

[@meoilzealon]

As a Trans Non-Binary person myself, I really must thank you for the amount of research you must have done. This is a better explanation of trans & intersex matters than I have even heard from some trans people themselves. You've really outdone yourself, and I have the utmost respect for the amount of time you must have spent researching, and the firm defensive stance you have taken for my community. Truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. I also really appreciate how clear you make it that there is so much more to be said. These are matters that resist concise explanation, and truly a full understanding of gender is beyond the scope of this video, and rather than trying to pack some truncated explanation in here, you give a very good summary with clear indication that there's a lot more going on. I'm somebody who is known for talking about gender for hours and hours (enough that its become an in-joke), and the idea that a KZbin video could ever truly explain gender and all its implications is silly. Your short and concise explanation of non-binary folks did a fantastic job of leaving people wide open to understanding us, because gosh do I see so many people summarizing it as some sort of "third gender" all over the place. Non-binary isn't a description of something that I am, it's just an explanation of what I am not: a man or a woman. And absolutely, trans matters are matters for trans people, not politicians. Medical matters, or social / identity matters relevant to the trans individual and those they choose to involve. And also, I want to recognize your statement on the importance of humanities. As somebody who came from a STEM background and for the longest time held a similar contempt for humanities, gosh I cannot stress how delusional and destructive that was. There's this dangerous elitist culture in STEM which really needs to be addressed and deconstructed, and I really appreciate your statement on the matter, even if you only had it on screen for a handful of frames. As somebody who studied computer science (and has since become a software engineer), this is exactly how we keep ending up with racist machine learning systems, it's because the people designing these systems don't understand the social climate of the world and how it has shaped all of our data sets, and by extension our learning models. Anyway, to reiterate: thank you so much for your extremely well-researched video, and I have the utmost respect for your dedication to covering this in a ethical manner, in a video about clownfish no less! You have shown yourself to be somebody I would gladly include in discussions about gender any day, and I consider myself lucky to have you as an ally.

[@OctopusLady]

Oh my gosh, I'm sorry, I'm only seeing this comment now! Thank you so much for your generosity and especially all your kind words! These videos take a lot of work so it's always...REALLY nice when someone recognizes that. 🏳️‍⚧️💜🤍💛🖤

[@ThylineTheGay]

Totally agree, great video

[@asherplatts6253]

Love this 🎉

[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

God damn that’s a good point. I’m in school for CS rn and I was writing a paper about what would happen when/if AI gains true emotions. I saw LOTS of ai racism in the stuff I was researching and it didn’t even occur to me that social sciences would help with that. There was a thing about how psychologists and screenwriters are consulted for the development of AI assistants but it looked like it was just for the “friendliness” factor. I do wonder if there is a way to train AI without a ridiculous amount of human oversight without it turning into hitlerbot 2.0

[@meoilzealon]

@@justkittensbeingkittens5892 it's really fascinating! Although this problem really crops up in machine learning models due to biases in data, for example if you ask a lot of generative AI for images of people who are black, it has a habit of creating something that recognizably looks like them, but is also much lighter skinned, by nature of the majority of the training data which it bases people drawing off of is of white people. The ai itself doesn't understand race, nor does it understand what a person is. AI taking on emotions is also very complicated, because most of what the public sees described as AI is not really intelligent, nor does it "think," it's really all just huge equations and linear algebra. A text generating AI may be able to seemingly carry a conversation, and may even respond as if it is experiencing emotion, however it isn't, it's just a construct made from human text responses, so it will do something that resembles what a human might say. That's why stuff like chat GPT fumbles some strange basic stuff, and they can't really understand real world concepts, just parrot descriptions that have been provided by humans in the data it is trained on. Chat GPT doesn't learn about real world concepts when it is provided explanations of them, it just learns that those sequences of words are related to sequences of words which describe those things. An actual intelligence produced artificially would be something which did process and understand based on stimulus, which while we could probably make something like that, there's very little commercial application for that, because humans already do that just fine, and a facsimile that can fool a human is a perfectly acceptable substitute.

[@someidiot6545]

I disagree, politicians should be talking about this. To give Trans and intersex people legal protections and free Healthcare. Maybe pass some laws that ban conversion therapy and treat it as medical malpractice too.

[@dualistic6916]

As it is now I 100% agree, because it HAS become such a political issue to so many braindead trogolodites. I think what she meant was that all of these things are personal matters, the government shouldnt have to have anything to do with it just like any other private subjects. Its just that because they already have made it a politcal matter that causes so many lgbtq+ people to suffer bigotry, to fix it you aso have to address it in the opposite direction. Hope that makes sense

[@abagoffrozenspinach]

I'm a relatively new subscriber, so when I saw the preview to this, as a trans person, I was like 'well, guess we'll find out if I have to unsub!'. so glad you're a decent person who actually cares about biological facts and queer people. thanks for making this-it's dangerous these days to publically support trans people. I'm thankful you did it anyway.

[@vikort1612]

ditto this point, i absolutely feel the same

[@notNajimi]

@@vikort1612Yeah no for real. Whenever the topic comes up I hold my breath expecting to hear awful shit

[@Fairyland.Entertainment]

same. thanks! mad respect to the octopus lady

[@hexlart8481]

AAAA same. I always love finding a creator who has a video up where they fully support us. It removes all the usual hesitance and guesswork I have to do.

[@ItzWool]

@@notNajimi really speaks volumes about how terribly things are going right now

[@itsallrhythm]

Trans lady coming in to say, bless you for your loud and proud support in this video. Your channel has gotten me way back into marine biology, which I was fascinated with as a child, and running into this positive message during pride month is so damn encouraging. Please keep being an awesome educator on the weirdness of sea creatures, can't wait to see what you're gonna blow my mind with next. (Also, side tangent: who the fuck do transphobes think they are by saying that trans people don't understand biology?? I love biology! What's not to love about the literal story of life on earth? And all the insane, creative forms that creatures have evolved into just to stay alive? It's so cool!!! And I sure as hell don't think my existence is negated by biology, or vice versa. More please, more public knowledge of biology AND of what trans existence can be

[@valivali8104]

Because *they don’t understand biology* nor even want to; instead think it supports everything they think as "normal"... But bigotry isn’t based on knowledge or intelligence but feelings like fear and (self-)hate.

[@electronics-girl]

Transphobes always talk about "basic biology." So maybe fourth grade level? Before they learn about seahorses, anyway. (I think I learned about seahorses in fifth grade.) They don't understand the wonder and nuance of advanced biology.

[@edxcal84]

I am a cis, straight white male, and that doesn't stop me from being understanding and empathetic toward the LGBTQ+ community. It's nice to see scientific reasoning behind those who are Trans and Intersex rather than a bigoted Bible rant about pronouns. Now, I grew up in a gay enclave, likely the most fabulous town in Michigan. Lastly, my oldest child is Trans.

[@colonelcorn9500]

I feel empathetic to the LGBIA, the TQ+ are just attention seekers.

[@crusatyr1452]

@@colonelcorn9500 This is why the giant acronym is bad branding. It's meant to be inclusionary but it's so easy to remove people from it (see the LGB alliance). I prefer queer as the term.

[@chaiteeths3373]

@@colonelcorn9500 This sort of "othering" never works. You can't separate gay and trans individuals by saying "Hey, those guys are the weird ones! I'm normal!" If you're not cis, white and straight, you will never be fully accepted by the right even by turning on your own community. Trans people are a pillar of the LGBTQIA+ and we would not be where we are without them. Plus, why did you feel the need to take out the Q at all? It just stands for queer/questioning... How does that fit your narrative?

[@colonelcorn9500]

@@crusatyr1452 I agree, saying queer is better than saying whatever alphabet soup is PC right now.

[@chaiteeths3373]

@@Engifarting456 What the hell is "transism" LOL Go outside

[@thrushestrange5822]

There’s so many channels I watch and love who purposefully avoid talking about gender and the human rights issues surrounding gender in today’s world. I have so much respect when people like you who take a hard stance and stand up for what’s rights- even if it means losing potential (asshole) subscribers. Love from the bird world Octopus Lady

[@froggybeab]

as a trans viewer: thank you. its tough feeling the vitriol of people who don't know me. but the feeling of support and love from allies and my trans siblings is so nice.

[@witherkx1547]

Sorry about any transphobic comments you receive for this video. As a trans person, I personally am glad you are bringing attention to these things. Thank you for educating more people on these problems.

[@soggy7683]

ive gone thru a bit of the comment section and surprisingly transphobes are few and far between here, so its nice to have a safe space here :,)

[@AutisticTeddyBear]

So far not many! Hopefully the world becomes like this less hatful

[@GaldirEonai]

@@soggy7683 Turns out having eight arms is a great advantage when it comes to playing whack-a-troll in a comment section...:P

[@rainkidwell2467]

​@@soggy7683 the first few days were bad, but most of those comments were removed

[@MagnusDidNothingWrong]

I've binged most of your channel over the last week and love it all, you rock. Real ish, I never knew what intersex was, or that it existed. Thank you for teaching me/shining a light on something new for me. I have always been a supporter of the community but just didn't know about this whole other identity. Seriously, thank you again.

[@cienciandre]

I'm really positively surprised by your approach in this video. I just recently found out about your channel and it's really, really warming to know you're an ally. Love from Brazil and happy pride!!!

[@undercoverpossum2085]

As a trans dude, I just want to say thank you. I've been watching your videos for a few months, and this was a nice surprise. You did a fantastic job at going over the nuances involved with such a diverse identity.

[@kelsanggyudzhin2340]

As a cisgender man (AroAce), this is not a subject I was ever exposed to growing up (that I knew of), or even fully understand to this day, but all I know is that I don't know everything, and I don't want Trans/nonbinary/intersex people being hurt. (Or anyone else for that matter) Every time I see a compassionate video like this, I hope my understanding has grown, and I am very thankful for the opportunity to hear things explained without hate or both-sidesism.

[@TheGuindo]

you are doing it right, buddy 😌 i hope you continue to learn and grow, and thank you for being supportive of us on the grounds of basic human compassion

[@cevichegrace]

When people "ask" for my gender imma start saying i'm "in the pre-ripe male stage right now"

[@mikkellopez8429]

I normally never comment on videos but this one's rad as hell. Big ups to Octopus Lady for being cool politically. Also pleased to learn clownfish don't have casual sex, but exclusively ranked competitive sex.

[@soggy7683]

ranked competitive sex is the best way to describe this omg😭

[@seichhornchen]

So... Like fish Olympics sex? Fishlympics?

[@Natibe_]

Oh thank god. I didn’t THINK a cephalopod nerd would be a transphobe, I’ve met enough of y’all to know that you’re like, the best people on earth, and I’m just so glad to be right on that here. KZbin is recommending me good eggs lately, this is the third vid of yours I’ve watched and I just started an hour ago. I got recommended the gender positive motorcycle guy like a week ago too. This stuff is really necessary right now. I had to end a relationship with my trans gf a month or so ago because of issues relating to bigots in my own family and laws that made it very difficult for us to be in each others’ lives. The LGBT community really needs our help right now and it means a lot for people with an audience to speak out. So, thank you. Trans rights are human rights!

[@timidphotos685]

I'm trans and I have a big red nose that honks, so I relate heavily with clownfish.

[@violets_in_bloom]

love the internal monologue at 22:30 so much!! "how am i going to get my fins on an ikea blahaj shark?" especially

[@valkeakirahvi]

This! She, or whoever wrote it, really has grasped the things that are actually on trans people's mind (or at least in my mind :D) and that so many people miss completely

[@hhgnggnjngnmnnh5291]

as a trans/nonbinary person who’s going to major in marine biology for college (starting in a couple months!), i love this video! everything is so well put, and it’s so nice to see channels i like vocally support the queer community! thank you so much, and have a wonderful day! :D

[@hinatot]

as a fellow marine bio enby, i hope it goes well for you!!

[@SirSpenace]

As a proud transgender viewer, thank you so much for doing this 😭 The way so many science channels I follow have definitively put their FEET DOWN in terms of sticking up for trans rights makes my heart so happy 💜💜💜💜

[@Capstone2266]

Being here for the live premiere was awesome, so underrated! Keep up your amazing work! Personally Id love to see more of your scuba diving footage if you have any

[@La1kanwolf]

This made me so happy, I love your content and your videos!! I’m a trans guy who hopes to become a marine biologist and will proudly say I have binged your videos because of the humor and education. Thank you so much

[@Eldritchfairy]

As a transfem I thank you for doing your research and actually being an understanding and empathetic person unlike so many I hate having my own reality and identity being labeled as a political issue

[@ry90744]

As a trans woman, thank you so much for your support and being an ally. We love you too

[@KidKryptid]

Hell yeah trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💖 Thank you so much for using your platform and setting that boundary. It is so greatly appreciated.

[@ExcellentU]

Non-binary person here. I'm grateful for your sympathy, your empathy, and all the thought and effort you put into spreading awareness about trans and intersex issues - YOU. DID. GREAT. I'm proud to have the Octopus Lady as an ally.

[@iterfacile5481]

Commenting just to try and spread some love. Thank you for this video, it really makes me happy to see someone speaking up about all this. Signed, someone living in the South right now ❤

[@zoedoesart814]

really well-made and respectful video, as a queer nb person i love your channel so much! its funny to me when transphobes try to use "biology" as an excuse when in reality nature is so amazingly queer in so many ways. i hope everyone has a safe and fun rest of their pride month and a rest of their year

[@cabra5455]

As a cis, white, male, living in a country, this video on my auto play was indeed a clean right hook. Pretty informative tho :D

[@graysongoal]

THANK YOU! As a trans dude who does sex ed, you handled this topic so well. My partner and I love your videos and this was so awesome to see. Happy Pride!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@quinn2826]

Out of curiosity, if you don’t mind me asking, would you be allowed to show a video like this in a classroom? I haven’t been in school in a little while, but sometimes I feel like it would be better to learn about a topic from an expert, or from somebody who’s experienced it rather than a teacher who, as incredible as they are, need to learn and teach about a specific amount of specific topics, they can’t be an expert in everything!

[@graysongoal]

@@quinn2826 that's a great question! Schools are tricky sometimes about what you can and can't show. If I was using this in a class though, I'd play it and then have a discussion at key points to help with comprehension and answering questions. I do the bulk of my work with adults, so I'd definitely cite this as a video to learn more about a number of topics at a high level - at least assign it as pre-work before specific discussions, if that makes sense. It honestly is something I'm going to post on social media tomorrow to share with my communities for sure!

[@terenlai6531]

The fossil free zone makes me think it’s like the nut free zone where they literally couldn’t be bother with skeletons and we’ve got to deal with the repercussions of lack of fossils. It’s where the cool kids go

[@achaoticbee]

This made my non-binary marine biology loving heart SOAR. Thank you for supporting our community and actually educating people on important stuff like this. Also, hell yea clownfish!!

[@snakes_shadow3539]

I just want to add that the use of Hermaphrodite for humans was, at one point, the proper medical terminology. There is, unfortunately, a long trend of assholes turning proper medical terminology into slurs, which means NEW terms are created to replace the old ones, and the cycle is continued. As someone who has gone "wait, when did the preferred terminology from Hermaphrodite to Intersex change???" I have looked into this, and as best I can tell, Intersex as a term was coined in the 50's, iirc, in Europe but didn't start gaining ground in the US until the mid to late 90's. Also, I strongly oppose sex selection surgeries for Intersex kids and ESPECIALLY infants. Now, if a kid is old enough to say they are male or female, and the surgery is supporting that, I can agree with that. But docs operating on infants have a 50/50 chance of being wrong, and those are bad odds. And in a world where XY females and XX males exist? You can't just go by the DNA.

[@timothygreer188]

So Marlin should have transitioned into Marlena when Nemo's mom died.

[@nzqarc]

Also Nemo's mom probably ate the eggs and not a barracuda since they don't do that

[@callmemax029]

30 years old nb here. Glad to see that this channel is a safe space for people like me. Thank you ❤❤

[@davidegaruti2582]

Bit annoying that youtubers have to say "bigots get off my channel" There shouldn't be bigots ... Thanks for using your platform for this , just drowning out the bigots and driving engagment

[@fruit_salad]

I just came across this channel, and as a trans/non-binary teen, I’m definitely subbing. It was so clear that you made sure to listen to trans and intersex people and that you researched what you were talking about. Thank you for not being shitty lol

[@tripleabattery2914]

This is such a nice video to see after a transphobic convo with my sister, who I thought I could trust and try to understand my position. Ty and happy pride everyone 💜🤍💛🖤

[@aarocamero1013]

As a trans woman that end card is hitting really hard, I’m taking better care of myself than I did a year ago! I feel so much better. Banger video, please take care of yourself, and be well

[@moonclip9997]

So to dumb it down- Trans people when transitioning: "Oh my god this is such a big change in my life, this is so scary but its a huge step i need to take to fully embrace myself and feel comfortable with my identity." Clownfish "transitioning": "... Greg died so I can ****** now :D"

[@Nitrofox2112]

I literally just discovered your Channel and I already love you and I think you're my favorite KZbinr now

[@johnp9988]

I love who you are as a content creator. Keep doing you.

[@zcarp8642]

I found this channel randomly a few days ago, and now ive almost watched all the videos. As someone who is into the ocean and its creatures, i love these overviews of animals that explain alot, while not alienating people who arent as well versed in scientific terms, even i struggle with them at times.

[@dystopyxrose]

Octopus lady is a “girlboss” in the purest sense of the word. Not mean, not cruel, just a boss bossin it up in this bossless world we live in

[@bib4eto656]

Look at you, making a late spring clean among your audience! I think a lot of us appreciate you declaring your beliefs, despite knowing that it might decrease number of subs/views for some time. A lot of other creators value those over being authentic.

[@AutisticTeddyBear]

Hopefully more people find her because of this! She amazing and loving so I’m sure there’s a lot who would be happy to find this Channel❤

[@colonelcorn9500]

I used to love this channel but after seeing this video I’m now gonna have to block this amazing channel from my recommendations :(

[@LathosZan]

@@colonelcorn9500goodbye. I hate to sound apathetic, but if you have a problem with the subject matter enough that you feel the need to block the channel, then this channel isn't for you.

[@ardin1437]

​@@colonelcorn9500aw boohoo u snowflake

[@yippieskippy2971]

Le sigh, pride is over for one more year. I've been saving your video for my post pride nibble.Thank you for being you, love your style.

[@SephieRothe]

As a trans person in Texas, thank you for calling out the legislative attacks on us.

[@SephieRothe]

I'm endosex but I also have intersex friends and thank you for also speaking out about that as well.

[@DeannaSusanHealy]

this is an odd thing to ask but do you have any advice you could give a trans fem teenager

[@SephieRothe]

@@DeannaSusanHealy so I didn't hatch until I was 23, but find a primary care physician who is trans friendly. They will help you out a lot. Find trans people in your area to form community. Don't do anything you are not comfortable with, and don't get any piercings done at Clares (tattoo shops won't mess it up like Clares does). Some people in your life might not accept you including some people who are important to you. Some of them will eventually come around, but for many of those people if they don't seem to be willing to listen it might be best for them to be kept at a distance.

[@DeannaSusanHealy]

@@SephieRothe thank you

[@DeannaSusanHealy]

I got piercings at Clare’s already but it’s fine

[@NeilBraun]

What you are doing by making this video is exactly what trans and intersex people need an I cannot thank you enough. Both are a tiny fraction of already small minorities and need things like this to get through what's happening in the political world and it's use of misinformation to achieve it's goals, namely powe I guess. There's just not enough of us to have political influence on our own, we need the help of cisgender people and with videos like this one out there you are making it more possible and doing it in a really fun way. Thank you, very very much!

[@koii319]

You just earned a sub, thank you for actually trying to learn about lgbtq and trans people and questioning your own beliefs. More people need to start thinking critically and let people live their life.

[@musicalarmageddon3926]

Came for the squid videos, stayed for the amazing "politics"

[@sethmeaseles3301]

It's always funny to me that a lot of people try to advocate against queer identity through some weird justification of childhood "innocence". Like somehow a child seeing a gay person on the street might make them get depression because their cheery disposition has now been taken away from them. It also goes to show most people who advocate against queer identity can't seem to understand the difference between sexual aspects and the romantic aspects of a relationship. Their mind only focuses on the sex and since they function off of the concept that sex is morally wrong or degenerate, the thing they can only view through the framework of sex has to be morally wrong and degenerate. Plus the concept of childhood innocence really deprives children the proper parenting they deserve. The automatic assumption that children can do no wrong or think about anything wrong is a very silly one that no half decent parent truly subscribes to. Everyone understands that children are fully capable of being little shits and some of them enjoy being a little shit. However, that doesn't stop people from then spreading the lie they don't even truly believe in to further their very misguided view of how the world should be. Just remember folks, if seeing gay people can turn someone gay, why wouldn't it work in the other way and those recently turned gay people should then turn straight because of our hetero normative society.

[@r.ipeter6445]

We should call it Trans mission instead of trans agenda

[@NoodleBear]

I call my testosterone my "Trans-mission fluid"

[@DrachenGothik666]

@@NoodleBear I call my T "gender juice". LOL

[@bee_my_bel0ved]

i’m really grateful for you bringing “politics” into this video and truely educating people on what the terms mean. i’m under the trans umbrella and while i’m not in america, it’s scary. i’m scared for those in america and i’m scared that america may convince other countries to create the same laws. i hope everyone stays safe and thank you for spreading good information 🫶

[@Sarahlouisseize]

I absolutely love your channel and this is probably the most passionate I've heard you so far in discussing something. You touched on all the bases that people typically use to disregard the effects of having a biased opinion and I'll definitely be sharing this to a couple people because of how well and thorough the explanation on gender and sex. Thank you for what you do and I hope to continue to see content from your channel

[@lonelyqueer7319]

You've done a fantastic job in discussing human rights, thank you! This channel is awesome! Biological Exuberance by Bruce Bagemihl is a book all about examples of vertebrate animals that humans would label LGBT+, including a detailed index. I think Sex in the Sea has been mentioned on this channel before, but it's also a wonderful book.

[@benenwren4110]

I didn't click on this video at first because I thought it would be an overview of information I already knew, but it turned out to be great! Subscribing and checking out the rest of your vids immediately!

[@jedzheng4505]

This is such a lovely video, so slay, love you, keep up the good work. ❤❤

[@OctopusContrapunctus]

Wait, another octopus??!! Im not alone??!! Great video by the way. ❤

[@SophieDasWesen]

Oh dear... I cannot believe as a researcher with frequent cephalopod (esp. octos) projects I just discovered your channel. I love it. You are a great story teller and this video is so important and I am happy. Have a good day!

[@pyroteknik8415]

Despite being trans, and very much appreciating the first half of the video, I still find it incredibly funny that only half of a video about clownfish is actually about clownfish.

[@reinapiratayquepaha]

I think its really nice that you mentioned intersex people and took your time to talk about them in a repsectful way. Trans and intersex people are often bundled together whenever we talk about sex and gender, and its awful cause while we face many of the same issues, intersex people face issues that often arent talked about or are simply forgotten.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

For heck's sake don't tell them about the matriarchal marmoset species

[@louimmature]

THIS has been in my watch later FOR A YEAR hiiii

[@tr4cerrounds]

as a transgender woman, this video made me very happy. thank you for using your platform in this way!

[@Mal-Function4]

good lord when I saw this thumbnail, i was a little scared at first that this was gonna devolve into a "scientific" breakdown of gender (because you totally can do that, right? yea totally.) but now I feel a multitude safer here! thanks! (for context, i'm new here, so i don't know a lot about this channel)

[@caitlinfrank6206]

You're a really great person!!! (Also I'm so glad ppl are pointing out the struggles intersex people face)

[@thecakecraft7724]

This reminded me of just how needless the hate is. You’re right, we shouldn’t NEED to talk about this. I was gonna say how brave you were, but I realized how depressing it is to be in a world where “human people deserve to make their own private medical decisions” is a brave statement. Either way, thank you so much for repping us and may your research be blessed by pink and blue sparkles. 🏳‍⚧

[@shaftomite007]

"Transphobes: get off my channel! I don't want you on my channel or in my community!" 🎉🔥🔥🔥🥹👍✨✨✨🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌 Bravo!!! Thank you!

[@dot7735]

I wish I knew about your channel earlier. Your relentless passion and joy for these freaky oceanic organisms is so contagious!

[@esr1412]

" _iT's bAsIc bIoLoGy!_ " * The Octopus Lady brings out the Advanced Biology *

[@Drag0nmaster]

Sounds like a special attack. *Biggot used fox news* "it was ineffective." *The octopus lady used facts and logic* "Biggot dodges with ignorance sheild!" *Biggot uses harrasment* "It did little damage" *The octopus lady uses question* "ITS SUPER EFFECTIVE" "Biggot has decided to flee the facts"

[@coryzilligen790]

LOL. But, seriously, this is exactly why "it's basic ____" is such a weak argument -- the basics are typically the dumbed-down versions, not the most-accurate information.

[@clockwork3494]

​@@coryzilligen790_Hits table_ Thank you! I've been reading the comments here after getting quite frustrated with another comment thread on another channel's community post where someone brought out the "biology" argument to claim a trans woman wasn't gay, despite the fact she likes girls. People who bring out the "basic biology" argument always fail to realize that the advanced biology studies go more in depth and even support trans folks identities. Then again said person also referred to being trans as a "fad for edgy teens" sooo.. yeah. Really nice to see so many kind comments here though

[@coryzilligen790]

@@clockwork3494 On the topic of trans and hetero/gay, I can see arguments for either way, so my go-to is "Whatever they prefer to identify as."

[@clockwork3494]

@@coryzilligen790 Oh I'm with you on that, I agree it depends how the person in question identifies. My issue is the fact the trans girl said she was a trans lesbian and then had multiple comments telling her that "because she's biologically male liking women actually makes her heterosexual and vice versa if trans men like men" and that "trans women can't be lesbians so they should stop acting like they are" before the saying the previously mentioned "being trans isn't real and is just a fad for edgy teens that will hopefully end soon" comment and I just.. yikes. I can understand it from the standpoint of "it depends how they identify" but it was clear the commenters were being pretty transphobic to her..

[@neocores]

as an intersex trans person with a huge special interest in ocean biology, it's really wonderful to watch this video! thank you so much for presenting information in an easy to understand way, and for uplifting intersex and trans people while also talking about fishies.

[@fishfinn2204]

as an intersex trans person who loves marine biology, i can confirm that this video is really great

[@cynthiasoolihua2410]

as yet another intersex trans person who loves marine ecology... I AGREE!!

[@seantaggart7382]

Honestly? Sometimes i wish i was intersex myself Just because I always had a love for genderbending and being able to swap at will Just because! ...Honestly i am mostly cis i checked myself but a feminine side is there

[@neocores]

@@seantaggart7382 if you tried out different gender stuff but still feel cis then we like to call that cis+ (cooler edition) :D

[@marciapolly383]

As a trans woman who has loved marine biology since she was a very young child, I came to this channel for your fun marine biology stuff and was never expecting something like this. And I can't be more happy about that. Thank you for this, I know it's just a fun little video but I'm so glad you delved into this and focused on spreading the voices of trans and intersex people like you did, it means so much more than I could properly word.

[@3_up_moon]

I recommend you refer to yourself as a "who" and not a "that".

[@dubiousinformation1756]

​@@3_up_moon They did though?

[@3_up_moon]

@@dubiousinformation1756 read the first line of their comment. They referred to themselves as a "that".

[@italianbuffoon9953]

@@3_up_moon "that" in english can refer to both people and objects

[@ratticusmaximus3710]

Love the pfp

[@Elderand]

I'm not trans, I'm not gay, but I am very grateful for anyone who helps educate people about the subject and help fights for the rights of trans people. The discussion about gender, about sex, and all that don't even matter to me, the salient point as far as I'm concerned is that people should be free to be who they are, and if that means they need a little extra help, then they deserve it, no question asked, no justification needed.

[@Thulgore]

I actually wonder if adult gay men showed empathy to children and if that led to human adult males knowing how to actually care. (and no! I don't mean anything sexual in that at all) When my older sister divorced from her husband and I watched her kids. (I'm not gay) It was the first time they saw an adult male wash dishes or do housework. I didn't even know it was so weird until much later.

[@aick]

Elderand's not trans or gay but they are AWESOME! ♥

[@ravenanne1734]

Truth! I don't care about people's personal beliefs, religious or moral or otherwise, people can think what they want, but I do care in being fucking respectful and polite! And taking away freedom ain't fuckin that! I wish more people had your view

[@johannageisel5390]

Same here: I'm as cis and straight as they come, but I want all LGBTIAQ+ people to be able to live their best lives without having to be afraid. Sex, gender and orientation are more complicated than a simple binary and there is no reason to force people into narrow boxes.

[@alicedeeper]

Same here, I am boring-ass 'cis' but let people be people however they choose to be! Our drummer was trans.. she's no longer with us (COVID got her) - besides her being an awesome person and a great drummer, she also helped us (the rest of the band) find (peace with) our identities through the freedom and openness she displayed. Inclusivity enriches lives and builds worlds, that's just the way it is.

[@aurora8567]

Thank you so much for this video!! You explained the nuance really well, and as a trans person it’s really heartwarming to see such considerate advocacy from someone who doesn’t talk about it regularly. Happy pride month!! ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️

[@OctopusLady]

Oh my gosh, this is so wonderful (and honestly, relieving) to hear! Cuz yeah, like I was saying in the video, bringing up political and social issues is WAY out of my wheel house, and I'm glad to hear that at least ONE person from a community I talked about in my video thought I did well! Happy Pride Month to you, too! 💜🏳️‍⚧️🌈🏳️‍🌈💜

[@mewbitezchu]

@@monisprabu1174probably a patreon

[@monisprabu1174]

@@mewbitezchu oh kk never thought abt that since the comment was 3 days old

[@cassius5692]

@@OctopusLady Make that two, as a trans man I really appreciate it when content creators are openly supportive of us. Especially nowadays when things are getting especially scary. I also think it's extra helpful when biologists speak up, since it helps push back against the "Biology says there's only two sexes" argument transphobes often lean on. Thank you for the support, and happy pride! :)

[@addysaurus_gayii]

@@OctopusLady it’s more than one of us. This was a very good explanation of the issue

[@AlexLococo]

Anthopologist here. Humanities are full of snobs as well, don't feel bad about it.

[@AugenAufCatzilla]

The octopus lady said trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 and I am here for it! me and my trans wife love watching this channel and this made her day!!!!

[@AlexLococo]

hehehe trans lefts >:)

[@3MB3Rx134]

@@AlexLococois this satire I’m genuinely confused 😭

[@AlexLococo]

@@3MB3Rx134 probably, I was too high to remember.

[@3MB3Rx134]

@@AlexLococo got it

[@4SiblingStudios]

Wait doesn’t that mean you’re gay

[@crsmith6226]

How much money do I need to give you to talk about narwhals, they’re so gnarly Also: trans rights are human rights

[@IDWpresents]

She's on the record as saying she hates almost all marine mammals, but I also think a Narwhal episode would be gnarly

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@IDWpresentsBut why? 🥺 Marine mammals are bae

[@salt-emoji]

​@@WobblesandBeandisagree. Marine mammals are, unnerving, just look up orcas and capsized boats:) or wild dolphin assaults, or hump back whales targeting kayakers 🫡

[@colonelcorn9500]

The trans already have rights they just bitch about needing more.

[@IDWpresents]

@@WobblesandBean She goes into more details in her sperm whale video, but tl;dr a ton of them kill other animals seemingly for fun. Orcas, for example, have been known to play with dead seal corpses for hours and never even eat them.

[@Raven-Blackwing]

Hearing your LGBTQ stance makes me beyond happy as a queer woman.

[@bencenagy5459]

I don't really care what people's gender or sexuality they are, if they're happy with it, i'm happy with it.

[@ferretappreciator]

​@@bencenagy5459we need more of this energy in the world. Thank you for being a good human 💙

[@smøkeynagata-w4p]

@bensenagy5459 Same but there are sum exceptions like the recent uprising of animal and human sexual relationships. Like that’s wrong just wrong.

[@bencenagy5459]

@@smøkeynagata-w4p being a criminal isn't quirky at all

[@gigamt1484]

Same but I'm a queer robot

[@the3dluxe53]

One of my favorite instances of animals changing sex in nature is mussels. Some female mussels can become male if the water quality is poor to save energy. I’d love to see you do an episode on mussels someday.

[@УнывайДушаМоя]

This is huge in mollusca. All nudibranchs are hermaphrodites, a lot of aquatic snails can switch sexes, many snails can just impregnate each other, etc.

[@Cara-39]

Sheepshead wrass change sex as well. There's an amazing video from the BBC showing it!

[@the3dluxe53]

@@Cara-39 I think I’ve seen that documentary before. Pretty interesting.

[@Cara-39]

@@the3dluxe53 It really was and the 5 min clip has close to 2 million views

[@andueskitzoidneversolo2823]

As a person with schizophrenia, I Highly enjoyed a anthropomorphic octopus teach what anthropomorphism is.

[@NinjaAdorable]

Haha!! Thats a very unique perspective on this channel!!

[@MrBogus213]

I was going to try to be clever or silly, but I decided it would not be appropriate . As the father of a trans daughter, I really REALLY appreciate when anyone helps disseminate this kind of honest, scientific information on the subject of sex and gender. THANK YOU!!

[@ExistentialNathan]

I grew up in a very transphobic family in a small town so when I came out as trans-masc, no one knew what that actually meant, everyone assumed I was intersex, and had a decent portion of my family disowned me. Fast forward a decade and I'm a dad, started HRT, and have never been happier with my life. Thank you for spreading love and knowledge

[@AutisticTeddyBear]

EY Congratulations on being a dad! And deeply sorry about your family treating you poorly hope life is better for you now❤

[@colonelcorn9500]

*Advancement unlocked: How did we get here?*

[@bok9596]

@@colonelcorn9500 you arent welcome here

[@zen_tewmbs]

…..hold on, they tried to disown you because they (incorrectly) thought you were INTERS3X? B!gots be wilding, it’s the 21st century. We don’t abandon babies to the wolves anymore like back in Greek times. I’m glad you’re doing so well, King. 👑

[@zen_tewmbs]

@@ChronoSquare I am sorry you dislike loving families and reject science. I will pray for you. 🙏

[@cedesect]

Glad to see respect for us non-binary people, and putting voices of intersex and trans people on display.

[@AutisticTeddyBear]

Same! More people need to talk about these issues now of day, to many hateful people trying to restrict body autonomy freedom of expression and freedom of self

[@dragonslayer101]

@@mrpickles-hb6zxno one cares transphobe.

[@AutisticTeddyBear]

@@rmccord17 yes because Politicians are trying to control what a adult can do with their own body and certificates

[@L1239-z8l]

@@mrpickles-hb6zxyour ew

[@strawberryshortpup3655]

@@rmccord17 Firstly, where did you get _less_ than 1% from? That's not in any of the statistics I've seen. Secondly... you do understand how fucking huge 1% is when we're talking about populations, right? Like that's a big number.

[@OhhCrapGuy]

Quick reminder that when people say "this is a science channel, she should stay out of politics", what they mean is "I don't want science to be involved in political decisions", or, in other words, "I don't want politicians who understand what's going on around them."

[@lordfelidae4505]

No, they want voters who don’t understand what’s going on around them.

[@martinbaughman1142]

But did she need to use the flag of pedophiles to represent the lgbtq community?

[@objective_psychology]

Science should be involved in politics, but politics should not bias science. There is an important difference. One is fundamental, the other is not.

[@bravestraven4650]

@@objective_psychologyFinally someone says it.

[@owo4470]

Would anyone really call this politics? It's more of showing the prevelance of changing sexes in other species(and hence it being natural)

[@quinn2826]

Not only do I believe this is one of the best LGBTQ+ explanation videos I’ve ever seen, I think this is just one of the best videos I’ve ever watched, and I’ve seen a lot of them. I’m not trans or intersex, but I appreciate your thorough explanations of the similarities and differences between them, and your fantastic explanation of what’s happening surrounding them right now. Thank you.

[@Aeroneffe]

As an NB and transfem person, I really just want to say thank you so much, it's always such a breath of fresh air to hear cisgender and heterosexual people (assuming that you are, sorry if that's incorrect) care sincerely about our survival and our rights, instead of going 'it's just politics' or 'both sides are a bit right' kind of rhetoric to wave struggles off of their mind. I do have a remark to make though, it's just that your approach to the topic seems to be pretty trans-medicalist,- considering that transitioning is mostly or exclusively a medical process, usually paired with the idea that transidentity is a neurological condition/mental disorder. And while we do take medical steps, transition is as much a phisiological process as it is a social and legal one: changing name, using different pronouns, changing our gender expression to match or approach the gender norms of another gender through clothing, makeup, jewellery, language, hobbies, and a ton of other changes. It doesn't change your point, it's nobody's but our own business what we do with our own body, but more importantly, what we do with our gender identity in all its parts, and even just our identity as an individual as a whole and how we decide to present ourselves. Anyways thank you so much for your work, and for being compassionate and curious enough to listen to us and defend us

[@OctopusLady]

Hi @Aeroneffe! Thank you for this feedback! I did find myself wondering if I was focusing too much on the medical aspect of transitioning, but thought my comment at the end about how trans people can transition legally and socially, made it clear that was not the only way to transition. Looking back on it now, though, it was not! I should have made that section longer than a few sentences. I will definitely be more mindful of trans-medicalism when I talk about trans people in the future, both in professional and personal settings. Thank you again for sharing this feedback with me!

[@informitas0117]

She literally brought up that there was many way to transition or not in the video.

[@OctopusLady]

@@informitas0117 It's all good! No need to come to my defense! This feedback was in good faith and helpful for me, so I'm not upset or offended by it. I DO say that there are different ways to transition, but I don't go into any meaningful detail about it. If someone who doesn't know a lot about transgender people saw this video, I could easily see them thinking that transgender people are only "really" transgender if they seek medical treatment, and my comment about different ways of transitioning could easily go over their head. Whicih is, of course, not true! And I genuinely appreciate @Aeroneffe pointing that out to me.

[@hexlart8481]

@@OctopusLady Just when I thought you couldn't get more awesome after this video, I find this reply.

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Petition to start replacing "both sides are a bit right" with "I don't know enough about the subject so I'll shut up" because it's at least honest.

[@AlexIsOffline]

This is great on so many levels, not only because it's a video about clownfish which I love, but you also make it abundantly clear that your community is a safe space for LGBTQIA+ people. As a queer non-binary person, it warms my heart when creators I love show their support. Thank you ❤

[@JaniceCW61]

Queer Enby hugs to you too! 🌈🤗💙💜❤

[@AlexIsOffline]

@@JaniceCW61 💛🤍💜🖤

[@AutisticTeddyBear]

Fr! Amazing vid and amazing message really is a heart warming thing to see❤ let’s hope this vid educate some people

[@GearheadGaming2002]

Honestly. Ive never thought my self transphobic or anything but after watching this video I realized I have been thinking a lot like a transphobe. I mostly came here to say thank you for clearing things up. You have completely changed my prospective on that whole subject. I also agree. The old farts in the government should just give people the medical care they need and leave the subject of LGBTTTQQIAA out of politics. Frankly what people want to do with there own emotions and body's is there briskness and no one elses. Thank you Octopus Lady!

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Awesome

[@alexisasheep6554]

Lack of information and mis/disinformation are the breeding grounds for hate, anyone can have weird ideas about something if they don't know any better. That's why education is so important, not only in school but throughout life and you're a perfect example of that. Keep learning dude, love to see it.

[@lilithmotherofmonsters6055]

Thanks for for saying this and speaking up. As a trans woman, I love to hear creators speak up for people like me.

[@tinker651]

I'm cis but I almost cried with how LOUDLY you support humanity, love and acceptance. Thank you for standing solid in your conviction ❤

[@JaniceCW61]

I'm cis/queer/enby and I DID cry. 💙💜❤

[@AutisticTeddyBear]

Same❤ world needs more of this

[@sunflowersuccs]

💖💖💖💖

[@geswut3144]

'The salvation of man is through love" -Viktor Frankl

[@dubiousinformation1756]

​@@KopitioBozynski They are. They get help to protect them from people like you.

[@iggyziggypiggy]

I actually had no idea that hermaphrodite was considered offensive to the intersex community, thank you for teaching me about fish AND people!

[@Seldser]

Same here, I wasn’t aware. I never used the word with negative intent, I just never knew about the term “intersex” at the time. I’ve long since changed my vocabulary, but was never aware it could have been offensive till now. Please retroactively pardon my ignorance.

[@katjosephperez8772]

I didn’t know either, and I’ve used it as a point with bigots that scientifically and religiously (medically, etc.) sex is clearly not straightforward/binary. I completely forgot that intersex was a word bc nobody ever talks about it. I love our Octopus Lady

[@skybluskyblueify]

You are one of the "lucky 10 thousand" according to xkcd an astute webcomic. They praise people for learning something new rather than ridicule them and say on average that ten thousand people in the USA learn something new each day. [If you do not live in the USA I apologize but this is the summary of his comic and I bet there is a statistic for the rest of the world but I don't know it right now.] BTW for Octopus Lady: as a response to the video I hope there are lawyers that protect each baby that is threatened/forced to have genital surgery. This LGBTQIA+ issue is so upsetting because members of my community on average more likely to be trans-- I'm terrified by all this and I'm of usually avoidant when it is discussed but this video really helped made it less painful. Thanks OL!

[@moo8866]

@@Seldseri knew intersex was a word, but thought it was a gender identity, not an actual thing

[@AutisticTeddyBear]

Same never even hear it use on humans before so this was very good to learn!

[@ZikiDraws]

Ah yes as a transwoman I am politely waiting in line in the girl que, to rapidly transform into girl.

[@monke3dprinting752]

Same like get out of the why granny

[@arch-warlock7409]

same

[@LazyUggugg]

as a common garden slug im disappointed at the lack of lettuce in this vidoe

[@Someone-sq8im]

🥬

[@raveroulette361]

your channel never ceases to make me feel so safe, loved, and understood! this year has been terrifying. i live in a trans refugee state, yet im afraid of going outside since im visibily trans. so, i dont go out much. leaving me with a lot of free time. i focus a lot of my time on sciences. and honestly, your channel made marine biology become one of my top favorite sciences next to astronomy and psychology! and honestly, i love joking about how my transness is "linked" to my love of marine biology lmao. idk if you know this, but the ikea shark Blahaj, is kind of a trans mascot due to its colors matching the trans flag. and although it started as a joke, sharks and many other marine animals really help me on days im most dysphoric. being trans can really make you feel alien at times. so being able to compare myself to animals like sharks who are also seen as alien, and demonized, is really nice. that was a lot of words to say; thank you for the content you make. thank you for creating a safe space where i know im not going to be judged for being different, but instead, ill be embraced for it. your channel has meant a lot to me over the past couple months ive been watching. your videos have helped me get through some really scary, difficult times. and i cannot express how important people like you are to this world. thank you for everything you do, stay awesome

[@JaniceCW61]

Sending you huge hugs 🤗 from a queer/enby Texan. 🏳‍🌈❤💜💙🏳‍🌈

[@yippieskippy2971]

I'm not crying you're crying 🖖

[@EnbyNomad]

Shoutout to Octo, making us feel safe in their community! Trans rights 💜

[@ricardoludwig4787]

Im non-binary and i really appreciate it when people at least mention us and how there isnt a "universal" non binary experience. I dont consider myself trans, but many of the other enbys i know do, and thats never been a problem