Transgender Rights: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

This week’s gay rights victory was historic, but the transgender community still faces staggering challenges. John Oliver focuses on the “T” in “LGBT."
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[@Dagothae]

“Just say woman” that weather man is an ally and he doesn’t even know it.

[@patchyfish1]

He may not understand but he got the right spirit.

[@charlietrelawney6867]

Yeah, but I think the headline was actually about them being transgender (I think).

[@saraa.4295]

To be completly fair, i actually mixed it up in the past to (so i thought trangender woman means, born as a woman but feel like a man)

[@idenree8606]

not true though Because if we started to just call them women that would lead to confusion about Transgender women in women's sport

[@leontrotsky8676]

@@idenree8606 wtf, call them trans women when talking about sports then. Where is the logic

[@maygreen5653]

“Isn’t that just a woman? I can’t even keep up anymore!” He’s a little confused but he’s got the spirit

[@InCardiaSnoop]

I thought the same thing. Him saying: „Isn‘t that just a woman?“ was actually really progressive and J.O. should have pointed it out.

[@Cherry-qx6rk]

He's trying his best and I'm glad for it

[@rasberryjamdoughnut2288]

If I had to guess John Oliver may have been responding more to the tone of the question, but idk. But I agree his statement was actually kind of enlightened

[@MasouShizuka]

Well yeah it isn't a hard concept to grasp. A gender changed to another gender, therefore they are now that gender.

[@spectrum3808]

I speak only for myself, but as a transgender person, I want to give that weatherman a hug.

[@YiPeaches]

"He's a teenage boy trying to take a shit in the men's room" was pretty funny but also possibly one of the most humanizing things he could have said.

[@BASED877]

She's a woman that wants access to men's only facilities it's wrong

[@seronimo__7735]

Yup. And now he's gone. Bullied out of existence for wanting basic human things like that

[@leee8030]

R.I.P. Henry Bruce, the teenager who gave that speech. Took his own life two days ago because of "difficulty finding acceptance"

[@tewwauwuxel]

NOOO

[@somewhat-blue]

It’s absolutely heartbreaking. I remember seeing him on the show, but didn’t connect the dots that this was the same Henry until today.

[@Boxscape_VR]

Man that's horrible, we need less discrimination against trans people in our society:(

[@karenackman9519]

This is so heartbreaking and inexcusable. Some people are so afraid of things they don't understand and don't want to understand. Instead they'd rather just pass their own ignorance and fear to the Children in their lives 😡

[@valerieplushie1031]

:(

[@fedos]

"Isn't that just a woman" is accidentally the most progressive take.

[@axcruz987]

Based

[@emilyfox1019]

@@axcruz987 true

[@adamanenjoyer]

I noticed that 😂

[@lordflufffluff]

I ruined ruined 420 likes

[@cassidyeckman717]

He got the spirit

[@poeticpursuits1332]

As a trans female I actually love how the news anchor said "just call them women then". Because holy hot hell he just got it right there!

[@poeticpursuits1332]

@SpongeBob SquarePants Cool story

[@poeticpursuits1332]

@SpongeBob SquarePants Maybe, especially if we stick to a low energy guy like Biden.

[@poeticpursuits1332]

@SpongeBob SquarePants Cool story.

[@poeticpursuits1332]

@SpongeBob SquarePants I mean you can google the difference between sex and gender but whatever.

[@laurens1698]

@SpongeBob SquarePants Lol your mom doesn’t produce eggs because she went through menopause. Your. Mom. Is. A. Man. It’s that easy.

[@dregspromise8118]

Weird how people will never ask other cis people about their genitals unless they are in a relationship, but the second they talk to us trans people they just HAVE to know.

[@joehobo8868]

Testicle or testis (plural testes) is the male reproductive gland or gonad in all animals, including humans. It is homologous to the female ovary. Gender is the human mating dance and those who are not reproducing the next generation have no right to interfere with the future we are building for our children.

[@Anayansi958]

I would not care about your genitals. Unless I was going to date you. Which I won’t if you are a trans man. I wish you the best, respect, love and happiness.

[@kyransawhill6650]

You'd think it'd be common courtesy not to inquire about someone's junk during your first sit-down with them. Especially with an audience. I don't even ask about my close friends' genitals (unless we're just goofing around and even then, that's only if it's appropriate for their sense of humor).

[@heatheromeara5115]

Great vid, except for what Oliver did not address, which is women's hard-fought right to protection from male violence. We exclude ALL men from female spaces. When we exclude "trans women" (men) from female spaces its not because they are trans, it is because they are male.

[@abc-dh7xp]

That's because trans people constantly crap on about their sexuality or gender, no wonder people ask personal questions of people that announce their sexuality and gender to the world as though it was their defining quality. The rest of us are more than our gender or sexuality, we are people with varied interests, jobs, beliefs, hobbies and relationships, the trans community are just shallow people who define themselves by their sexual proclivities or gender dysphoria.

[@chuckfinn89]

The weather guy saying "shouldn't you just say woman?!" With such exhaust and confusion was accidentally super affirming.

[@sirpentss744]

"Isn't that just a woman" damn hes confused but hes also got the right spirit

[@SorchaSublime]

yeah. It kind of shows how you need to be indoctrinated INTO being transphobic, not the other way round. People default to being accepting generally because it is literally no water off of a cis persons back that trans people exist.

[@bajablast2271]

Way to steal someone's comment.

[@SorchaSublime]

@@bajablast2271 oh shit this comment is stolen? Hang on lemme retract my like for the time being

[@sirpentss744]

@@bajablast2271 almost like there is was an obvious opportunity multiple people took because it was so obvious and if you're that insecure to scan through comments just to make snide remarks maybe that reflects something about you

[@bajablast2271]

@@sirpentss744 oof. You really shouldn't project so hard. It's a bad look.

[@EnZoDxGaming]

you know that boy is serious about being transgender when hes willing to fight to use a highschool boys bathroom, a place of horror.

[@calzoneyyy]

you haven’t seen a girls bathroom, have you?

[@lcreaper1117]

vovasenko I am now scared of American bathrooms

[@katiegreenhalgh-higham3400]

I don’t really get that. Did they think that Henry was actually a cis boy trying to get into the girls bathroom? Why give him a pep talk just to force him to use the girls?

[@laurenbastin8849]

Katie Greenhalgh-Higham it’s the other way round, Henry was a trans boy trying to use the boys bathroom

[@katiegreenhalgh-higham3400]

lachlan Bastin , correct. I’m asking if the legislators understood this, seeing as how a lot of clueless people don’t realize that trans men exist.

[@bencorsentino2434]

Rest In Peace Henry, I’m so sorry that such hateful people in this world caused what happened. Fly high angel.

[@theonlyjamiebourgeois9703]

You can't blame other people for his suicide. This kind of propaganda has to end. I've been close to a lot of transgender people in my life, and work with transgender kids, and the mental illness they face is not because of a lack of acceptance but because they're on this track to supposedly get some whole new identity and body which never arrives. Transitioning is basically a lie there is no way to medically give someone a different body. Period. Supporting people with genders for you needs to be re-examined so that they aren't sold this golden end result which never arrives.

[@nyctomint]

@@theonlyjamiebourgeois9703 you aren't close to transgender people, fuck you. miss me with your faux sealion

[@cherrycardoza405]

I'm angered that Henry is no longer with us. I was watching another video that mentioned the death of a transman named Henry, and as soon as I saw that person's face, I recognized him. And I came back here to confirm it, and my heart sank. I am so angry that this country has embraced so easily a movement to harm some of its most vulnerable citizens. I am angry that Henry had been fighting for so long to get his rights and Identity protected. I am angry that there are so few options for trans people in red states, that the ghouls in charge are causing all this. But most of all, I am angry that a young man with so much potential is gone because of all this.

[@nicholasjopson7326]

​@@cherrycardoza405the death was a suicide???

[@user-ic4zx9zn5y]

@@cherrycardoza405 henry is burning in hell. That bitchass genuinely thought that kids should get surgery for a mental disease.

[@loomon2610]

I'm a trans man, and I can't even imagine coming out at my school. I would probably be so bullied, not only by students, but also by teachers. I'm also fairly popular, so it would be horrible for my social life. I wish for more people like him in the world, so that trans people can finally feel free and themselves in the environments that they daily inhibit.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

It's creeps and perverts pretending to be trans that are making it harder for you. Morons are seeing and hearing about the actions of these creatures, and taking it out on all of you unfairly. Only 0.003% of all humans have gender dysphoria. 5% of young people identify as trans. Entire classrooms are coming out as trans. Something has gone badly wrong.

[@rorysaurusrex]

rooting for you man.

[@cassandravargiu8365]

Trans woman here. Full time transgender since a year and it took me around 30 years to come out. I'm happy I haven't come out when I was in school, that would have been a disaster, but now on my 30s I feel it was a bit too late. Try balance out when it's neither too early nor too late :) -Cass

[@FearOfTheTrooper]

stop watching gay porn you stupid woman

[@Yozastyle]

You’re a woman

[@SaraH-jn5db]

10:50 It's really frightening that every time republicans discuss gender/sexual minorities they make it about how they would sexually harass or assault women openly if they were able to be protected by the law

[@FrogsforjpRS]

The P in GOP stands for projection.

[@LucasBurrell]

Sara Grace women can assault women. Men can assault men. I think that the only way to solve this problem is to knock down all public loos. Replace hem with porta potties

[@fairy5668]

Also statistically trans folk are more likely to experience assault than cis folk

[@bademoxy]

jeez, nothing politically partisan about THAT generalization..... professional victimhood makes it so easy

[@Just_a_ghost713]

That's because it's a easy way to sexually assault somebody. Look we're trying to minimise the amount of sexual assaults and you fuckers are here leaving the fucking door open.

[@radomu1]

The alarmingly large number of dislikes on this video indicates that we as a society have a long way to go.

[@infomaniac2407]

R Yokoe Or lot's of people believe that all this gender nonsense is stupid and hate the way people are treating it as the next great civil rights movement. Personally, my beef is with the science of transgenderism. Many of the studies themselves will tell you that their research is inconclusive. Are people different because their brains are different (i.e more/less white matter) or are peoples brains different because they are different? Also, gender isn't an identity.

[@samrickim5773]

Gurren Zero I'm sure you've read so many studies, person who used the term "transgenderism."

[@radomu1]

Gurren Zero What studies? What is inconclusive? It's not very clear what you're trying to get across. Gender is an identity, as is sexuality, race, and so on.

[@infomaniac2407]

Sam Rickim Way to refute what I said and thanks for not being petty and by choosing to focus in on one irrelevant detail. R Yokoe The Claim: Gender is a biological construction of the brain and can experience itself as either male or female regardless of whatever character traits a person may have. The science has not demonstrated this to be true. If you're basing your identity on things you haven't chosen for yourself, you're going to have a bad time. I'm black. What does that say about me? I'm a woman. What can you infer about my character? I'm bi. What does that mean to you? I'll tell you what these things mean to me. They mean literally nothing. I'm egalitarian, sex positive, more liberal minded, have a passion for engineering, etc. These things that I have decided are my identity.

[@YoshiSohungry]

R Yokoe The fact that someone who had a penis is on the Vanity Fair cover showing off his/her female body indicates that there's something fundamentally wrong with changing genders. Do these people marry other people? That would be very messed up.

[@justarandomwoof2247]

I had never heard of John Oliver, so when I saw that someone was discussing transgender issues (7 years ago), I was expecting the worst. I found instead a great ally and I'm happy now!

[@moviemaestro800]

And from before Trump was President, no less.

[@vincegiangiulio1160]

13:33 just heard that Henry Brousseau featured on the show way back when took his own life over the weekend. So so sad. My deepest condolences. This episode and his follow up 7 years later are more relevant than ever.

[@soccerguy325]

Is there a news story about this?? I keep seeing these comments but never heard about it in real life.

[@Gaelic-Spirit]

@@soccerguy325 I'd love to imagine this is a hoax, but it's not a good idea to bring our hopes up.

[@starsscapes]

@@soccerguy325 just look up his name? its one of the first things that comes up

[@brsh496]

Why can't we just have one big bathroom and give zero fucks

[@anneanne9009]

Be sensible! Get rid of priest and volunteer firemen (statistically more child-pervy) and then lets tackle the transgenders (zero stats but i'm sure fox will put a man in a dress and have him leer a bit)

[@MsSoulflowers]

There is not one case in which that has happened! Go look it up. So you being afraid of that is as justified as being afraid of aliens.

[@mattforbes7833]

+govin pillai then you werent listening and don't have a cluw what youre talking about.

[@ianoriley3767]

eh

[@Joni_Tarvainen]

I don't get it. Why we need separate toilets anyways. I mean, I'm paralyzed but in a public, if there's no disabled toilet available and I have to use urins as I cant fit into normal sized booth with my wheelchair. I think it's pretty much more disturbing to see someone catheterize himself in men's room than seeing someone taking ordinary piss in booth.

[@frankparent463]

Some people don't even realise that they have ALREADY been in the bathroom with a trans person and didn't even realise it.

[@EroticPlatypus]

yea... legit though, when I'm presenting full fem (usually go gender neutral fem dailyish) and use a mens restroom, I've gotten to experience a bit of chivalry lol people seeing me, holding doors open, few word small talk dialogue, someone seeing me and coming out of the stall they just went into to give it to me. I've also experienced some negative things, thank fucking "god" that I haven't experienced anything violent yet...but suprisingly, alot of people are pretty neutral about it, or if they aren't they don't usually cause trouble. I pity the fool who tries to attack me though...Im a chick who knows how to use a gun and a knife and have violence related trauma...so ya know... that helps with reaction times and all that.

[@KHDecoder]

I haven't because I don't live in a big liberal city.

[@EroticPlatypus]

@@KHDecoder flawless logic right here.

[@spencerfry6395]

@@KHDecoder trans people live in rural areas too.

[@Trump-hh6lf]

I don’t it safe for kids though

[@janhvirochwani5127]

Here after learning of Henry's death. Fuck this system. Rest in Peace, friend :(

[@atticusv668]

It brings me no joy to learn that Henry, the boy who was advocating for his own rights in front of legislators in this video, died by suicide on December 21st. These are the consequences of transphobia.

[@pound4pound380]

Nope mental illness. I'm black and I've been discriminated against. Do you think I'm going to off myself? Fuck no. He wanted to die because he was insane. I have zero respect or care for any individual that take their own life.

[@butterh2]

those people have blood on their hands, this shit is unacceptable. he deserved to live.

[@magicmage024]

This comments section is really depressing. People wonder why trans people kill themselves. Read what you're writing before you send it, and imagine that being sent to you, and everywhere you go people saying the same things, all the time every day. Imagine that following you and never going away. School, work, family, people who you thought were friends, the public, and people online. By the thousands. It's constant, and you're all contributing to it.

[@lesliecluff2626]

Thank you for your sweet encouraging words... Keep speaking truth please

[@magicmage024]

***** I really don't know who you are talking to, but I didn't say ANYTHING about LGBT I was talking about the comments. I didn't say ANYTHING about oppression (because people have no freaking idea what that word means). I didn't say ANYTHING about raising awareness. I have seen the kind of bile and nastiness which this comments section broadcasts (What I was actually talking about thank you very much) EVERYWHERE. Facebook, news websites, all over youtube, real life, everywhere. And if you're denying that it exists, you're definitely helping! Thanks! Also you don't understand how percentages work do you? Because even if a community has less of a percentage of existence than the "main community" (such as trans and non trans people) there is still an ABSOLUTE possibility that there are more trans people (percentage wise) who commit suicide than there are non trans people. And did the news story in the video not count as "something not written by a *blah blah blah apparently people don't need to cite their papers anymore*? If not, here's this website (which covers ALL suicide): www.suicidology.org/resources/facts-statistics. And if you're still having trouble with reading comprehension here's the link to the actual PDF from the website: suicidology.org/Portals/14/docs/Resources/FactSheets/2011/LGBT2014.pdf. Here's a website which talks about transgender people specifically (With virtually the same graphs as the news article what a surprise!!!) www.vocativ.com/culture/lgbt/transgender-suicide/ But no, what I was talking about (which you really didn't seem to understand, did you?) was the tendency of people to just press enter without reading what they've written and thinking about how it may affect other people. Full grown adults may be able to handle seeing stuff like that, and eventually they just tune it out anyways, but children, and teenagers (the group in all statistics which is most vulnerable REGARDLESS of whether they're LGBT or not) can't. And if you're really going to fault children for being unable to handle the vile nastiness that these people who have no regard for or capacity to understand another person's life spew out positively everywhere, then I don't really want to hold much more of a conversation with you. Also you've just used the word 'retarded', so actually, I don't want to have any more of a conversation with you. I hope you were able to understand what I wrote, if not I really couldn't care less.

[@HugzByDeath]

Ashley Lewis I think its the whole internet anonymity that causes people to become total asshats online.

[@magicmage024]

HugzByDeath I absolutely agree. I think if people would just realise that they're talking to actual people maybe they'd stop being total asshats. Or at least more would stop being total asshats. I'm well aware that this world is simply filled with nasty people who are looking for an excuse to be nasty and that the internet is that excuse.

[@basedmod2139]

Ashley Lewis Ahh it wasn't worth it anyway, SJWs tend to not want to change their opinions regardless of what people say anyway. Have fun, honestly all I wanted you to do was lighten up a little, life has a lot less weight if you do so.

[@heyysimone]

the idea that people look at each others junk in the bathroom is fucked up. i dont even make eye contact with anyone while i wash my hands at the sink.

[@pluto545]

+heyysimone I know right. I don't mean to insult men, but I actually think that's all they do that in restroom is look at each other dicks. Then, some of them assume women do the same thing, even though we have no urinals or open space toilets, at least not in the States.

[@Broyale26]

+pluto545 Uhhhh, I have used men's restrooms all my life and have never seen another man's junk. This is one of the main reasons why I believe transpeople should be able to use the restrooms that correspond to their gender presentation. Regardless of which restroom you use, you pretty much have to go out of your way to see some genitals.

[@cmwky92]

+pluto545 LOL if you ever look at a male bathroom with those community urinals or simply don't have dividers, you'll see a lot more men waiting at a wall uncomfortably staring at the ceiling or shoving their junk so deep into the urinal that they risk getting pee all over their pants. I mean, there are men out there vastly more comfortable than most but my own experiences, people hate the guy that takes the urinal (even if its covered) 1 away from the wall which means someone is gonna have to get close to a stranger. xD But I've personally yet to see anyone go on their tippy toes to see someone's junk over the urinal cover and if that were to happen, its not the end of the world. Probably wont go to that same bathroom ever again, but its not the end.

[@Kratoctavi0]

+heyysimone The rule with urinals is stand one apart from the other person

[@Broyale26]

Kratoctavio ....head facing down, up, or forward. No eye contact. Now, if you're looking for some..uhhh...*action*, proceed at your own risk.

[@Scarecrow94rn]

Watching this in 2022 is still so depressing, especially while seeing things like the Texas Governor asking courts to investigate transgender healthcare in adolescents for child abuse. The german law governing transgender issues is widely critizized here, becous it contains quite a bit of medical gatekeeping and sometimes dehumanizing examinations, but at least once you've gone through with the process mandated by the law you're done with it and you get EVERYTHING matching your gender identitiy, passport, birth certificate, driver's license... I feel very lucky to live here and to be past that point.

[@j4jools292]

I'm a Transman. And, yes, Folk do seem to have a certain fascination when it comes to a Trans Person's junk. Even when they're not asking you, you can tell that every fibre in their body wants to. The 'have you had THE surgery' or 'are you having THE surgery' are common ones. And, bathrooms are always an issue. It's one of my biggest sources of anxiety. I use the Gents, but regardless of how Male I look, I'm still not super confident using them. I much prefer to use a Gender Neutral / Disabled Loo. Far less stressful. Transitioning is not for the faint of heart. It's a lifelong process and it can be a bumpy ride, so the idea that a person would fake being Trans to abuse Women or Children in the Ladies loo, is just so preposterous that it makes my eyes bleed!!!!. I mean, seriously, Sex Offenders do not have to identify as a Woman to Sexually abuse Women and Children. They can do that just fine as they are! It's damaging, hateful and so disrespectful to even suggest it, let alone to pass laws based on that belief. Now I'm getting side tracked, lol! I came here via a link that was posted on a Trans Support Group that I belong to, because I said I didn't know who John Oliver was. Now I do and I couldn't love him more for this video. Anyone who has a negative opinion of a Trans Person, should be encouraged to watch this. Maybe then they'd come to think differently.

[@MuscleCarLover]

This comment needs a LOT more love and attention. This should be a lot further up on the comment feed

[@kleeamd8274]

@@MuscleCarLover No his comment is actually pure 🐃💩 Plenty of news articles reporting children/women being assaulted in the bathroom by trans folk

[@1BuFo]

Its the trans people that have the fascination and constantly talking about their junk not the other way around! Take a look at all those groomer teachers talking about their sex life to pre-pubescent children! its sickening.

[@j4jools292]

@@1BuFo Ahhhh, I didn't realise you were Transgender, and so had a personal, lived experience of what it's like to be Trans, and the recipient of the said fascination regards one's 'junk' .

[@MrCmon113]

>Sex Offenders do not have to identify as a Woman to Sexually abuse Women and Children Yet that happened in the past. >Maybe then they'd come to think differently. He didn't even address any controversial demands made by trans activists or why people disagree. He just framed anyone being against any sort of demand by trans activists as against "civil rights".

[@robinmoreau6668]

I have been in the bathroom with a trans woman. Do you want to know what she did? Well i dont know because she was in her own stall and i was minding my own damn business! She did wash her hand by the way.

[@maslaxali1171]

thats a lie. Because transgender people have to use the bathroom designated to their birth. you shoulda called the cops

[@some-one-else]

Maslax Ali Not everywhere, you have no idea where OP lives or where this interaction took place.

[@merriwynneevans5582]

Robin Moreau That's surprising. I hardly ever see anyone washing their hands. 😁

[@joshuazwrld]

@Maslax Ali No they don't. They use the bathroom of whatever they identify/pass as.

[@sunnysside6709]

She's better than me because I'm a cis woman and sometimes i forget

[@blu2759]

i’m a trans guy, and watching this cis male (john oliver) defend, protect and understand us is so empowering. i’m tearing up writing this, it’s genuinely so refreshing and gives me some hope

[@owo-py9ug]

Charming Person Emotions DONT define gender. That’s the furthest from it. Men can be emotional and Women don’t have to be very emotional. Not all Trans Women are aggressive, in fact little of them are, and same can go for Trans Men.

[@kellylevans7482]

@@charmingperson5280 I think you may want to choose a different username, yours isn't very accurately descriptive.

[@blu2759]

Charming Person i honestly do not care if you view me as a woman because i know what i am. it’s sad that you feel such hate and are so ignorant to something so harmless and has extensive scientific research backing it up. i also have a question for you! if you’re so transphobic when why are you watching this video? sounds a bit counter productive to me :)

[@redrooster3420]

@@blu2759 Nonbinary trans man here to say I'm proud of you and wish you so much happiness :)

[@whatever8228]

@@charmingperson5280 I was born whit a penis in my pants, yet little things can make me cry for hours. How do you explain that?

[@glenmarques1568]

Rest in Power Henry. You deserved far more than this shitty world gave you. 🏳️‍⚧️

[@vaibhav.dvd55]

Transgenderism can be treated, you know that right

[@skittlemilks1614]

@vaibhavdeshpande3129 No it can’t. Unfortunately for you, your stupidity can’t be treated, either.

[@mofik26]

@@vaibhav.dvd55 Do you have a source or is the cure just some old book?

[@vaibhav.dvd55]

@@mofik26 Yes. It's called 'Growing Up'.

[@Watburnt]

@@vaibhav.dvd55 If someone has an anxiety disorder do you just tell them to “grow up” or do you get medication for them? It’s the same thing with gender dysphoria if you know the solution to something that is causing distress in a persons life then get that solution

[@PresCreed]

I’m here to remember Henry…. I’m sorry the world made you feel so alone. RIP Henry I’m sorry America failed you. You died too young.

[@MidnightmoonRR]

i lost it at "medically speaking, its none of your f$@&#ng business" because its so true.

[@yannmc2290]

+MidnightmoonRR I have to disagree partially. I think it should be allright to ask those questions if they are talked about in preparation of a show and if they are on topic. We have refused to talk about LGBT people in the media that I can understand the public being curious now that we open up to talking about it. Just prep on them.

[@RowanMolloyPlus]

+Freddy Meyer While I understand where you're coming from, talking about what is below someone's clothing can be VERY uncomfortable. Even if prepped, I don't think many people would want to talk about this reassignment. Speaking from experience, those questions are weird and unpleasant.

[@MidnightmoonRR]

+Rogerandi Noire problem?

[@MidnightmoonRR]

+Rogerandi Noire that escalated quickly.

[@Kenpokid4]

+Rogerandi Noire Said the one whose picture is Shadow the Edgehog...

[@opheliaismyname9180]

To quote a tweet, "if you can call Brendon Urie Panic! at the Disco, when we all know it's just him, you can use people's preferred name and pronouns"

[@sunnysside6709]

🤣🤣🤣

[@xxXthekevXxx]

People have pseudonyms all the time I don’t see why so many cis people have a problem calling trans people by their names lol

[@alionus6783]

Northern Downpour intensifies

[@GolDRoger-kn5kw]

Very good point. and I certainly don't say this because I love his music.

[@ForrestFox626]

Yeah, he is pretty much using the name to keep his fame.

[@spook4756]

i thought this was gonna be a hateful video by glancing at the thumbnail. im pleasantly suprised

[@group555_]

ikr, I got so little faith in celebrities these days

[@galaxymarshall1197]

Rest in power Henry. You deserved so much fucking better.

[@noteliassmith]

I'm so mad. I can't believe the amount of pain he was in for years. Furious doesn't begin to describe how I'm feeling.

[@haichie1341]

I was coming here to say exactly this. Rest in power Henry, I hope you found peace. I'll remember you this November 20th.

[@MsBrendalina]

She deserved to get actual help instead of a double mastectomy and being used to further her mother's political ambitions

[@its.evviii]

@@MsBrendalina jesus christ a kid commited fucking suicide put your bigotry on hold and realize you're the problem

[@lorrygeewhizzbang9521]

Do you think if "Henrys" parents had been stricter and guided her to live a more normal life she'd be alive. Do you think that mental problems were the main factor here, 1. thinking she was male 2. being depressed enough to commit suicide, and why should everyone else bend over backwards for people who don't try to live normal lives but basically punish everyone else for their delusions and are still not happy when they get what they want?

[@NaiveCynic]

"When I was in Vietnam I got a medal for killing two men And a discharge for loving one." Epitaph of Leonard Matlovich. Made about as much sense as the military trans ban now.

[@SirCap15]

I am all for it. Lets turn fearsome and mighty US army into snowflake freakshow.

[@ayanmohamedjameel3750]

@@SirCap15 please tell me ur joking

[@tiufyedcegstwdfv]

@@SirCap15 I have one question are you a Soviet spy

[@neigeepierrot4694]

NaiveCynic that’s insane hope we keep moving forward on this issue

[@amila_]

Being gay is so different from being trans

[@amsnek6162]

A trans girl at my school was physically attacked by other students. She was given a week’s suspension alongside her attackers and she spoke about the incident so nonchalantly, as if it were a normal thing, as if it’s happened to everyone at some point. It’s heartbreaking.

[@oxybrightdark8765]

Am snek 616 it sort of has happened to everyone at some point.

[@chair547]

Unfortunately our schools are just garbage at handling bullying in general and that sort of experience is in no way unique to trans people.

[@venangoproductions]

That's upsetting

[@muratguler6592]

​@Tsar Nicholas II No, actually, they either suspend the attacked person to cause less drama in school for a bit or they do it because they want them to be safe at home, mentally resting. There's an underlying reason as to why they are suspended and it is usually because they want to make safe choices and most of the times it is to suspend everyone regardless to shut up both sides and all the discussions related to them.

[@MrHistory269]

The anti bullying system in schools are terrible

[@ViewerJubberGubb]

As a cis ally, this is the greatest thing I’ve seen in a while. Not only does he tell you trans rights, he tells you WHY trans rights. Bravo.

[@sashmcflash1]

You know the term 'cis' was created by a German sexologist, Volkmar Sigusch who was a eugenicist who pushed laws to legalize pedophelia? Good thing it's being labeled a hate slur nowadays.

[@sashmcflash1]

His predecessors were all eugenicists leading back Irwin gDorbrant, a sex change surgeon who did freezing experiments on Nazi concentration camp prisoners.

[@pound4pound380]

You a fucking idiot you let these people give you the term Cis lol! You've never called yourself Cis as child, teenager or an adult but now you are a "cis ally" . You can't be an ally to someone's identity you idiot. That's a personal issue. All you can do is respect their privacy but live your own reality. I will never ever care about someone delusional thoughts. I will mind my own business and live my life only. Wtf I look like being an ally for a mental disorder.

[@thetangaledbug7670]

Bruhh this shit was up like 8 years ago now😅 Where were you 8 years ago?

[@ChaseVaccaro-ge3gk]

​@@sashmcflash1The genetic fallacy, judging something purely by where it comes from. Hell, that might not even be true, but let's assume it is. Doesn't automatically mean trans people don't deserve rights. That's like saying dogs are assholes because Hitler had a dog. He did, by the way.

[@gabemckelvey6779]

Crazy shit, when this first aired I was firmly down the alt right pipeline and was very transphobic, but now I'm trans! Time makes fools of us all

[@vannavee3]

same, i was the worst of the worst. all the phobics and ists you can think of. now i realize how stupid and misinformed i was. being trans has probably been the nest thing to happen to me tbh

[@Cieln0va]

This is an oddly common experience... It wasn't Oliver who firmly kicked me off the pipeline, it was someone else. My drama teacher. I was one of those Ben Shapiro debate bro asshats who loved to own the libs with facts and logic (talking really fast until my opponent gets confused, frustrated, or gives up) My drama teacher noticed this kind of stuff and basically told me "Debating is fun, but this isn't how you do it. You need to learn your interlocutor's points before engaging with them" and since I respected him, I took that to heart. Eventually I realized I related a bit too much with the trans people I was ragging on not even 6 months before, and subsequently concluded that something was up. Then just like that, my egg cracked. A good 5-6 years later and I'm out to my friends, gathering the courage to come out at school, and still wondering if I should come out to my family before securing a place to stay during the fallout. Overall, a much happier person.

[@Dumb_Killjoy]

Same for me. Went from being horribly hateful at 13 to a trans guy now.

[@tymera]

Congratulations :), I know that feeling too. I wonder if its something we did to try and fit in

[@NiekGAE]

Look, I'll be honest. I wouldn't know how to react if someone told me he/she was transgender. I know how I should respond of course, but how I'd really feel about it; idk. Because its not natural to me, I can't fully understand it. Attempting to deny this is in my view hypocritical. BUT I would go through any length to ensure that this person has the same rights as me and is not discriminated against. Especially in legal matters. My personal feelings should not have any impact on this persons life and I'd still treat them with the same respect I treat any other person. Its disgusting that the US allows shit like this in the law. I'm not sure how it is here but I believe transgender people have the same legal rights as anyone else, as they should.

[@maxaustin3377]

+NiekGAE I'm transgender. How did that make you react?

[@NiekGAE]

Max Austin Don't care. You're a name on the internet. I meant someone I've known for a while in person.

[@maxaustin3377]

NiekGAE Well here's a tip. If someone you've known for a while in person tells you they're trans, get over it

[@NiekGAE]

Max Austin O piss off. I don't think they're abominations or anything, I was just being honest that I wouldn't know how to react. I'm pro-LGBT. I wouldn't shun a friend if he/she told me he/she was transgender. But acting like I'm 110% comfortable with it and that I fully understand it would be hypocritical. But I guess thats not enough for you. You'd rather have me act all PC. Well too bad.

[@maxaustin3377]

NiekGAE if you want to be pro-LGBT the first thing you should do it stop saying "he/she"

[@milascave2]

Yea, we have gender-neutral bathrooms all over the place in San Francisco. And here is a list of problems it's caused: none.

[@legendofFranktheTank]

Only issue it's caused me is that for some reason places use this as an excuse to only have one bathroom! Like seriously no, just still have 2 bathrooms but make them both gender neutral how hard is that

[@LucasBurrell]

Opinunate ted usually in England If you don’t feel comfortable in genders bathrooms you have to use he disabled bathrooms

[@nelliewright5832]

@2manynegativewaves you can check out their crimes on transcrimeuk.com there are quite a few bathroom assaults actually (one near me involved a transwoman trying to get a 10 year old girl to take her pants off in a supermarket toilet, luckily the girl managed to fight him off). It is causing issues for women and girls, many girls are now staying away from school because they don't want to use mixed sex toilets whilst on their period and that's just not fair.

[@milascave2]

@@nelliewright5832 Did you think I would not click the link? It was some trashy UK tabloid, and the headline was "inmate guilty of two rapes changes genders between trials." That is not remotly related to anything you said, so I call BS. Posting multiple copies of the same headline does not make it any truer, either.

[@milascave2]

@@legendofFranktheTank Agreed.

[@viggocrise]

"Everyone poops but the queen, she has people do it for her."

[@deavannoah1273]

Wow, seven years later and it’s gotten a lot worse for the trans community

[@trevorchester4439]

It's almost as if trans women aren't women or something and being a total bigot to everyone who disagrees with you (90% of mankind) is bad public relations :D

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

@@trevorchester4439 90% of man mind? For a stat for that cuz 20% of Gen z ARE trans or gay. That’s at least 80%

[@trevorchester4439]

@@avacadomangobanana2588 Gay people don't view transgenders as the gender they claim to be

[@colonelcorn9500]

Still not as bad as the starving children in Yemen and Burundi

[@theblazingpearl1067]

@@trevorchester4439 sources or its not real facts. you can pull numbers all you like, without scientific backup and data no one in there right mind would believe you

[@GreatBigRanz]

Sex: What you physically are Gender: What you mentally are. Orientation: What you like to snuggle with.

[@stuffedcrustpizza]

Suppose that is true, but if sex and gender don't match, why always change the sex and not the gender?

[@GreatBigRanz]

The mind is stranger then the body, there are people who are born that are mentally wired to view themselves as the opposite gender of their sex.

[@syn010110]

GreatBigRanz Sex: medical information that should be protected under HIPAA. Gender: A facet of your personality. Orientation: A facet of your personality.

[@Ultramilkdude]

Pizza Pie Because you only see the sex change. You never consider that maybe some of these people are in constant conflict with themselves over their gender identity and some do go back and forth. It's not exactly a hot conversation starter.

[@syn010110]

Pizza Pie Outcomes. Changing the body is easier, less risky and far more effective. Changing the mind has been shown time and time again to fail.

[@flowergiorno]

I always get called “it” in my class, like “oh is *it* a boy” and “is *it* mentally stable?”

[@rubenh8069]

I'm sorry you have to go through that... That can push into isolation, please know that you're not alone ! Take care of yourself, you deserve it. A lot of us have been through the same thing or similar ones. We understand, you're not alone !

[@aliceslab]

Chin up, remember that they don't get to choose you. You are what you already are. they only wish they could change that but they know they never will be able to. If you do what they want you'll never be happy. I feel sad for those without inner peace that strike others with hate.

[@alecnolastname4362]

My only question is, how old are you?

[@xxXthekevXxx]

Take it from me, people in high school will always be mean no matter who you are. Once you graduate, you are free to pick your own friends and you never have to deal with a bully’s intolerance ever again. You can just ignore them and walk away with your true friends that love you for you :)

[@alecnolastname4362]

@@xxXthekevXxx Well if you are going to go that route I'd say drop out of highschool and get a GED instead (it'll take a couple months but that's better than 3+ years right) then get a Job

[@seronimo__7735]

RIP Henry Berg-Brousseau

[@BRiMtheBot]

seven years old and this video still bangs. I'm gonna be honest I saw a dude in a suit in the thumbnail and I was expecting bigotry, but was pleasantly surprised with humor in good taste and dunking on transphobes if only we had more shit like this today.

[@nondescripthandle212]

john oliver is brilliant

[@ronniejanuszki]

Weatherman: "Aren't you just saying a woman, then?" *YES.*

[@GalaxyGal-]

Ronnie Januszki That erases the excuses of alt right dickwads of “mental gymnastics” or whatever. The first time this guy ever heard of the concept, and he acknowledges that trans women are women.

[@hazukichanx408]

That deer in the headlights look on his face while he's trying to figure it out... but yeah, he does seem to arrive at the best possible conclusion in the end. A transgender woman is a woman. She would never go through all the very considerable tribulations of transitioning physically if she had not *always,* on the most fundamental level (personal and emotional) been a woman.^^

[@Mackenzie_EV]

The problem is that, honestly, "transgender woman" could mean two things. To me, that could mean "a man that became a transgender woman", or "a woman that became a transgender man". The wording is slightly confusing.

[@GalaxyGal-]

SeaBear Transgender woman means a women who was assigned male at birth who identifies as female.

[@Mackenzie_EV]

Ah

[@wouldntyouliketoknowweathe9145]

Imma get a “its a boy!” Card to come out to my mom Edit:I came out and my name is sam. Edit: Guys i’m getting a binder!

[@garemy3237]

lol that'd be amazing, and if u haven't come out already (take your time) then good luck my man

[@leenie6810]

let's hope she doesn't think you're pregnant °~°

[@zomboy9816]

Good luck!

[@TadanoCandy]

Good luck, I'm sure it'll take lots of talking and maybe some arguing but hope you're able to get on the other side and maintain your relationship (which shouldn't be hard because you are you no matter your gender) :)

[@juliameyer10313]

My mom would panic thinking I got pregnant :D But good luck.

[@the_weird_one6472]

JOHN OLIVER YOU DROPPED THIS: 👑👑👑

[@nanyubusnis9397]

12:35 So basically the haters are saying "We don't want to see gritty men in woman's bathrooms!" but their bathroom bills are forcing exactly that. Well done.

[@Psiberzerker]

"Are you circumcised?" is my standard answer for questions like that.

[@bojangles9665]

That's awesome

[@davidpaul6290]

@Bo Jangles It’s really not. In fact, it’s not much of a comeback. If you asked a male that, they would probably just look at you weird and say yes or no. Edit: Sorry, it appears I have r/wooshed myself.

[@Yahriel]

other replies include: "why, you gonna suck it?" "So how big is yours?"

[@cheeto.burrito]

@@davidpaul6290 I knew a cis male who got really defensive about it, m8

[@verifiednobody1107]

@@davidpaul6290 The edit made me laugh out loud, thanks for that

[@vcvcc6187]

I think that weatherman didn't understand why they said transgender woman instead of just woman

[@chasebarker224]

Yeah, I think he was genuinely confused lol. Throwing his arms around didn't help though..

[@juliea3936]

I agree

[@kalloused]

Exactly, I think he should be applauded for that, he thought using the term "Transgendered woman" instead of just calling her a "Woman" was dumb.

[@user-bo1fg6tw5e]

well transgender things can be confusing for people who don't have much information. when I was just discovering the lgbtq community, it confused me as well, and took me a while to figure out that "transgender woman" meant a person assigned male but became female, rather than a woman who transitioned to male. assuming the weather man knew as much about the issue as I did back then, it's easy to see how it couldve been a bit confusing

[@brandenharned7004]

I agree. It seems like he was actually being the opposite of "ignorant." Like "Why say transgender? She's just a woman, or am I wrong?"

[@isabellestanley3082]

I'm the big scary trans girl who is using the ladies room. Thank you for putting a light on this, Jon Oliver! 💜

[@Agent234sp]

Cis dude-bro here. Came in not being a fan of John Oliver, worrying about his (possibly archaic) opinions on Trans people. Left with a lot more respect for the guy. 7 Years ago these concepts were way~ more new to the majority of people and many I knew personally were much less aware of trans issues. I hate that Transgender people still face discrimination in the ways that John O pointed out, but I'm glad he did such a researched segment to bring awareness when there wasn't much.

[@troyterry6919]

You can't actually change your gender.

[@tauenjoyer305]

​@@troyterry6919 wittle baby needs booba 🍼

[@milomassacre]

@@troyterry6919Genuine question: How does it impact you? What other people are doing with their genders, I mean. I don't care if you think it's "weird" or "gross" or whatever, I'm curious to know why you actually care.

[@troyterry6919]

@@milomassacre it is contrary to a free society. You can't force someone to call you what you want to be called. People are being arrested in California for misgendering people. That is fascism.

[@troyterry6919]

@@milomassacre transgender people can do what they want but the moment the insist I believe what they are saying is when I say no

[@LoveLee_Dreamer]

The guy who was confused about trans women and was like "A woman who used to be a man? Isn't that just a woman? I'm so confused." Is an accidental ally and I'm here for it.

[@cosmofox]

That ally would be entirely deluded to believe that, though. An ally in ignorance.

[@justanotheraltaccount7821]

@@cosmofox you're right, they were never a man :)

[@cosmofox]

@@justanotheraltaccount7821 You're nuts.

[@icedmi7255]

@@cosmofox says the dumbass who went on their way to reply to a 2yo comment just to spread transphobia

[@symoneprice798]

@@justanotheraltaccount7821 your wrong, im sorry but if you are born male you grow to t be a man no matter what happens.

[@TheBizzle1984]

To be fair to the weather guy, he did say "Isn't that just a woman then?", which is actually correct.

[@robinburt5735]

Indeed, it might be that is was more astonished by the others. but i fear he wasn't.

[@suzanvaughn4522]

TheBizzle1984 Tell that to a straight man when he hits on it. NOT a woman and can't bear a child. No

[@Sammakko7]

TheBizzle1984 no it’s not

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

well, yes, but so is a black or white or asian woman. Just because there's an adjective in front doesn't make someone not the noun

[@oliviadrinkwine1411]

ok so you know that some biological women can't have children right? So what you your saying is that women who can't bear children aren't real women. and if that is the case wow your ignorant

[@aeternalslime9670]

love that the very confused weatherman is like "wouldnt you just say 'a woman' then?" before absolutely melting down. underappreciated clueless ally lmao

[@FluffyEnbyneering]

About the first couple interviews, I do believe if they asked a cis man or woman that, they would be reported for sexual harassment. What made them think it’s okay to talk about someone’s fucking genital on air?

[@flyboymike111357]

At least that weather guy said something like "wouldn't you just say woman" give credit where credit is do.

[@thelinedrive]

That's kind of the problem I have with this segment it just comes across as preachy. He's basically asking for progress without people who have questions, no matter how private in nature, just want to understand how it all works. This kind of thing only recently became a big public issue, and most have never knowingly interacted with a transgender individual. So yeah there are going to be questions. You might as well go and take a top of the line PC to Victorian England with some sort of magic wifi connection to our present, and tell them with this box the sex deprived individuals could get porn. Then proceed to get mad at them when they don't understand how use a plug and they ask you how to. It's something understandable if you are a private individual, but if you are a public individual like the women at the beginning who are trans, there are going to be questions and the sooner they are answered the sooner we can all go back to not giving a fuck about what someone does in their personal life. Which I wish the world would let me do. It can never just be simple as accept and understand and move on. No we have to spend the next few decades listening to the bitching and moan of two self-righteous groups of asshole. Also on a side note, Oliver's definition of trans is wrong, that is gender identity in which all of us fall on a spectrum. Trans is someone who suffers from gender identification disorder in which they can't accept their gender identity being so far away from their sex they think that they are freaks. Because of this they feel the need to have gender reassignment surgery in order to accept themselves.

[@NoxintheBox]

thelinedrive Another comment about: *He's basically asking for progress without people who have questions, no matter how private in nature, just want to understand how it all works.* It's called the internet - google and educate yourself, why encroach someones privacy when the tools and info are already out there? Plus your analogy about taking a computer back to the past is dog shit.

[@christiantsches7126]

thelinedrive It was a joke and afterwards he even said himself that people might just need some time to wrap their head around it.

[@doxandra4376]

thelinedrive He's doing us the favor of answering the most common and uncomfortable questions that transppl face on a daily basis from otherwise well-meaning people. Look. We know most of you aren't trying to offend or be rude. We understand that until recently a lot of people had no idea what a transgender person was or why it mattered that you give a shit. We know all of this. But, it's all of the time. It never ends. All Oliver is doing is giving you the rundown and saying what most transgender people wish someone like him would say so we can stop dealing with this. Part of being transgender means you usually have to also become an expert in gender identity and exhibit supernatural levels of patience for this constant barrage of incredibly personal and inappropriate questions. And like I said, that's from people who aren't even trying to be assholes. Combine that with everyone else who are either asswipes to us, outright violent towards us, with only a very few who are cool and just treat us how we present and maybe you can begin to see why so many transppl just can't deal with it anymore and commit suicide. Nobody chooses this life and when a transperson says "I've always felt this way inside" they aren't just making that up. There really is such a thing as Gender Identity and all of the peer-reviewed research is heavily suggestive of it being the result of a non-plastic structure in the brain that forms in fetal development in response to whatever hormones are present. Conversely, there is a ton of evidence that rules out gender identity as "learned," socially constructed, or otherwise programmable. The John-Jane-John case was what finally caused the medical community to come around and put serious effort into figuring this out so there has been some pretty compelling research done in the past 15-20 years. Like I said before, I've had to become an expert on gender because I field a never ending line of the same questions, so I've had to actually look at the science. Unfortunately, the implications of this research haven't really diffused into the mainstream culture yet and we still have this "you get assigned a team at birth and that's it" attitude with gender. Doctors have stopped assigning gender to intersex babies as a direct result of John-Jane-John. But, it's up to the parents mostly with transgender babies and while things are a lot better off for transkids now with all the new awareness and focus on dealing with it early-on, there are still a ton that don't know/care/reject the whole idea that a kid could be transgender. Which means a lot of transppl don't have the luxury of transitioning before puberty and just living their lives with minimal turbulence. Different people have different bodies, and sadly it is your outward appearance that most people will judge you on when trying to place your gender. Behavior/speech/mannerisms are all part of it and sometimes more than compensate, but hey I'll be real and say some transbrother/sisters got a shit hand genetically and/or transitioned later on and didn't get the most ideal results. Personally, I lucked out here and now you'd never know IRL unless I told you. Which is good and bad. It's good because I'm free from a lot of the day to day looks, questions, reactions, etc. It's bad because the number one killers of transwomen is trans-rage from straight men. I don't even like dudes and I have been with my GF for almost a decade, so it's not like I'm even going out on dates with men or anything. Just walking to the train stop on a friday/saturday night and being cat-called by drunk dudes has led to life-threatening situations when they realize I'm trans. Look, I hate all these labels and definitions for transppl. I generally agree with that Weather-guy "Isn't that just a woman?" Because that's what I am. (the same can be said for Transmen. Isn't that just a man?) But, we also have a unique set of challenges that non-trans people do not. It's one thing if you are trying to add to that and just a piece of shit. If so none of this matters to you and you're still gonna try to harass/rape/murder me or other transppl so whatever. But, most people are not. Unfortunately, it's the confusion or curiosity from these well-meaning people that drain us emotionally on a daily basis. Oliver is trying to lift that burden by giving you the same talk we would otherwise have to give to several people everyday or go to some great lengths to avoid having. It's doing us a favor, and it's doing you a favor as you won't be unintentionally throwing additional weight to our burden.

[@matthewlegrand1025]

Mike Mac I agree, I thought that would be better. Why did the headline have to read "Transgender Woman", instead of just woman. I can only imagine that transgender people would rather just be called a man or woman.

[@joeydaboi4386]

I don’t even know if he realizes how much this meant to the trans community, especially at the time this was aired. Even now it still holds up, he a cis man did an entire segment on why we, some one he didn’t need to care about deserved to be respected. And he articulated things in a manner that were respectful and understanding of the issues we face while still being witty and funny as always. And he was able to create one of the best quotes for the trans community that I still personally love today. He did an amazing job all around.

[@whawhawhawhaaaa]

@@khanofkhans5750 Fucking *WHAT*

[@khanofkhans5750]

@@whawhawhawhaaaa I’m talking about bathrooms

[@sunnydasheep]

@@khanofkhans5750 U know where the door is, get tf out

[@khanofkhans5750]

@@sunnydasheep Wow I can’t believe someone disagrees with you

[@Alex-RealApplebees]

@@khanofkhans5750 Odds are you have been in the w.c. at the same time as a trans person, and you never knew.

[@23pounce]

I almost cried when they said 41% had attempted suicide. People are awful. Some are okay, but in general- people are awful. Why do we treat each other like garbage? I'm embarrassed to be a human.

[@english3082]

it's a you problem

[@23pounce]

@@english3082 No; it's a human problem.

[@english3082]

@@23pounceown it

[@scappley1735]

7:42 imagine... IMAGINE... Imagine having to go to bloody war just to live an authentic life as yourself. I've never heard something worse! Ideally, this man should be able to live an authentic life at home, and not in a bloody warzone.

[@Amarianee]

Actually, possibly unpopular opinion, I don't think that weatherman faux paux was that bad. His mentality behind the question was exactly what transgender people are striving for, "...why don't we just call her a woman?" I don't know the rest of the convo (if there was more) but he wasn't asking to try and put her down, he was asking because in his mind it didn't make sense to single her out as being transgender, if she's a woman call her a woman. I actually have to respect that. Granted, shouldn't have been a conversation during a news broadcast, but still the thought was there.

[@nattyfeatureseverything297]

well he even said like even when the responses are positive they can read wrongly but i agree i think he was just confused like wait but if you have transitioned and your not in transit now wouldn't that just ..... make you a woman ? like why do you even need to have the trans label is what i think he was confused about

[@nattyfeatureseverything297]

@Pez oh boy seriously ? ya know a woman if it looks thinks feels and acts like one it is one make sense ???? its not a hard concept to grasp

[@nattyfeatureseverything297]

@Pez just like you know when it looks like a duck and acts like a duck its a duck

[@nattyfeatureseverything297]

@Pez i m sorry but if your a grown adult and you have to ask a stranger online what a woman is then we have bigger issues lol and maybe you need to go back to first grade

[@nattyfeatureseverything297]

@Pez you know boobs vagina likes chocolate lol i dont know anyone who defines themselves feminine or what could be categorized as such

[@nylahimari5849]

Why are people so obsessed with each other's genitals? Like, chill out; it's none of your business.

[@irllcd13]

It's not just that. People with the most interest in other people's sex lives do so because they don't have one of their own.

[@therealist158]

So I don't end up in the situation where I think I'mma about to smash a girl but I find a dick instead cause that would be disappointing

[@biraptor6205]

This could be one of many reason's why being friend's with a asexual is a good idea

[@LunaTulpa]

@@therealist158 give it a shot sometime, a good suck, fuck, and swallow can change a "straight" man's life ;)

[@pimentejm]

You dont get it

[@superuserabuser]

RIP Henry

[@orangetangyvideos]

Oh boy, I clicked on this preparing for transphobia. And I'm so glad I was wrong! Thank you talk show man. Thank you for making my "for you" page a lil brighter

[@odessawales]

SAME

[@linear5695]

To be fair, that weather man did say "Aren't you just saying a woman then?" Whether he meant it or not, that was a very forward thinking statement.

[@GisleAune]

@Kaladin Stormblessed What is your goal with this? Why is your mind so important that you spam this at every comment thread here?

[@mikeaft3585]

@@GisleAune I appreciate Kaladin's informative comment. Also, truth is omportant.

[@twiggyjali]

Diego Brando 「ТӤЄ шӨЯLD」 Nobody was saying it *was* a biological change, and fyi people who get sex-change surgery know they've just sterilized themselves. They just wanna make their bodies look the way they think they should. It's not much different from piercing your ears or getting a tattoo. People who are perfectly ok with their natural bodies also sterilize themselves with vasectomies/hysterectomies, and I've seen some fat dudes with far bigger tits than mine. As for suicides? Lots of natural-bodied people off themselves for a million different reasons. As for kids? Yeah, maybe some of them get hormone replacements, but that's the parent's call. Kind of like if they needed a liver transplant or chemotherapy. It's not your kid, and it's not illegal. So really, why do you care? It really has nothing to do with you. Don't worry so much about it, none of it is about you o directly affects your life in any conceivable way. I'm not into dating or fucking a trans person, so I don't. But I also really don't give a damn how they choose to live their lives, either. I think I get where you're coming from, but you need to chill, man. You're clutching those pearls far too tight.

[@ryanluther5785]

@@Errenium Ah, I see you are a triple-headed hyperdimensional god-being of culture as well.

[@JadedLibs]

@Diego Brando 「ТӤЄ шӨЯLD」 It's biologically impossible to change sexes. Gender isn't even biological. You did, albeit incidentally, make a good point. It perhaps IS impossible to change genders, but it IS definitely possible to come to the realization that your sex organs don't match your gender. You can then opt to surgically alter your genitals to match the genitals of the genitals of the sex that best matches your gender if you wish. As I said, this doesn't change your sex, or really change your gender either, however it seems to provide some transgender people with a more acceptable sense of identity. I honestly don't see why people like yourself would choose to make petty criticisms that are almost always inaccurate to a degree just to make others feel bad about a personal decision. You need to reflect a bit.

[@ashnelson5562]

"Some transgender people do undergo hormone therapy or sex assignment surgeries as part of their transition, and some do not, and interestingly their decision on this matter is medically speaking , NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS!" best thing I've heard today.

[@ronan8627]

exactly this 👏

[@southsiren]

I don't wanna hear any specifics about anybody's sexuality or gender because I can't help but think about what's in their pants. So what I'm human. An animal. Screw off with your business

[@Mopark25]

Translation: there is no medical basis for these decisions.

[@tron101276]

Rest in peace Henry. 😢

[@alexonline2340]

i'm so tired of dealing with transphobia that im watching this video in 2021 just to hear _someone_ talk about trans issues rationally 🥺

[@electronics-girl]

You should watch "Ponderful". She's cis but she's a great ally, and she's extremely rational. She totally eviscerates the TERFs.

[@sleepingguard01]

and 7 years ago at that!

[@kleeamd8274]

Trans issues rationally?? All you listened to was LIES🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PixelBytesPixelArtist]

As a transgender woman, this comment section really warmed my heart. Thank you ^-^

[@ilmu011]

Are you sorting by new or by top Because oh boy I think you are sorting by top

[@PixelBytesPixelArtist]

@@ilmu011 yeah by top

[@junkoenoshima7368]

Pixel Bytes Don’t sort by new

[@neigeepierrot4694]

Pixel Bytes your welcome you deserve it

[@PixelBytesPixelArtist]

Tamahina Pierrot I can’t tell if you’re saying I deserve the comments sorted by new or the comments sorted by top. Because either you’re being really sweet or being an asshat

[@alyxandrawells4560]

As a transgender woman I love to see that my favourite comidian cares about our issues. Thank you all for reading this.

[@alyxandrawells4560]

Just gonna add a little note here becuase why not, my chosen name is Alex and I'm 16

[@nia.r5988]

AND this was in 2015! Like woah 😳

[@smooglibear7628]

@@nia.r5988 Not all “progressives” are equal. 🤷

[@smooglibear7628]

@@alyxandrawells4560 .........GET EM

[@davidt8087]

Grundy Fundy that's when Kaitlyn Jenner KILLED A PERSON TOO

[@pumpkinpartysystem]

I hope a second one of these is coming soon because we need one.

[@MegaForrestgump]

"and interestingly, their decision on this matter is, medically speaking, NONE OF YOUR F*CKING BUSINESS!" Well said, John.

[@rayb63]

Things that are okay: Accidentally dead naming someone, then apologizing and correcting yourself. Accidentally using the wrong pronouns, then apologizing and correcting yourself. Taking a while to get used to a friend or family member's new name and gender. Things that are not okay: Purposefully and/or repeatedly dead naming someone or referring to someone's previous gender without apologizing or correcting yourself. Cutting someone off because "they're turning away their true selves" or for any other reason connected to their new identity. Refusing to accept someone's new name and preferred pronoun(s).

[@vik.2560]

It's also not ok to make a big deal when you dead name someone. For example: "Hey [deadname] how- oh my god I am soooo sorry it's just taking me a long time to get used to I'm so sorry I'll never do it again!!!" Just say: "Hey [deadname] how- sorry, [correct name] how was your weekend?" It makes us feel like we're burdening you by asking you to use our correct name and pronouns.

[@sotsu618]

Preach 👏👏

[@pineapplefrostyfruits9225]

There's a line though. I can only listen to my parents deadname me so many times a day. Especially when they shout it across a room or a building, and then after I correct them or glare long enough they mumble the correct name under their breath. I am tired of it. Far too tired.

[@AvNotasian]

@@vik.2560 "Correct" what are dem chromosomes buddy? Its not a matter of correct, its a matter of not using the name and pronouns you tell others to use.

[@vik.2560]

@@AvNotasian Oh, you're right. Next time someone tells me to call them Emily and use she/her I'll just call them Ethan and use he/him. Tf are you tryna say?

[@shushuchan2913]

I'm a woman and never in my life have I felt uncomfortable meeting a transwoman in the girl's bathroom. Children don't even take notice of things like this and molesting someone in a restroom is a crime and entirely the fault of the criminal and not to be used against transpeople.

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

Shushu Chan Tbh, as a trans girl I only even go in public bathrooms if I'm basically about to have my bladder explode anyway.. I can't imagine easily getting over that anxiety if you're nowhere near passing tbh.

[@shushuchan2913]

Oatmeal I understand why this is a cause of anxiety for any transperson and I'm sorry that you have to go through this, just want to let you know you're welcome in the women's restrooms ♡

[@laviniafitzgerald5136]

Oatmeal I have been in the ladies room and seen trans women who are not exactly passing but are trying their best. No one batted an eye. I do live somewhere that is known for being very accepting of everyone though. Hope you get over your anxiety soon.

[@Call-me-Al]

@@laviniafitzgerald5136 you could have seen e.g. ciswomen with a bad case of PCOS, and not transwomen. Without talking to them there's no good way of knowing if their obvious anxiety and discomfort is because they're terrified of being bullied for their transness, or if because they're terrified of that someone will mock them for "being such a disgusting excuse for a woman" that they even have a more masculine bone structure and male pattern body hair distribution because of their fucked up hormones. There are even butch ciswomen who don't have hormone disorders but dress androgynous, have an androgynous face, and carry themself in a butch manner so they just aren't obviously female, despite being very cisgendered. Point is, you think you saw transgender women, but you have no way of knowing if you actually did instead of e.g. a ciswoman with bad PCOS.

[@Kiriuu]

Shushu Chan it’s the bathroom there’s stalls it’s not like you see people going pee or poo

[@GHOSTPLANEtable]

Hearing her say, that being called it at the DMV in front of everyone was the worst thing in 52 years of her life put a lump in my throat - that shit hurts

[@fwsimon110]

“Aw, your dog’s so cute! Can I pet him?” “Actually, it’s a her. But go ahead!” “Oh, my bad!”

[@SarahDarkhand]

Sexual orientation is who you go to bed with, gender identity is who you go to bed as.

[@baileyrose6459]

Island Insanity sad

[@baileyrose6459]

Trying to delegitimize a serious issue by mocking them is sad. Cat isn't a gender. You can't identify as a cat anymore than you can identify as a train, an age, or potato. You're sad, so please, don't be a bigot

[@RileyTheLongboarder]

Island Insanity I mean, it kinda is, except it's honestly mainly over my primary and secondary genital characteristics. Gender dysphoria isn't always physical too - it's pretty much the feeling that one was born in the wrong body. Like, being called 'sir' or 'mister' or my old, male deadname is quite distressing. Working towards presenting more as my gender identity (female) can help reduce the discomfort I feel over myself and the fact that I was born with the wrong genitalia.

[@RileyTheLongboarder]

+Island Insanity (Islandinsanity) it's totally okay to ask me :) Yeah, I don't associate my gender identity with my genitals - I essentially feel I was born with the wrong genital characteristics (sausage and no pancakes, as I've heard it jokingly put). My sexuality and attraction hasn't changed, really. I've always been romantically and sexually attracted to women, which means I've gone from technically straight to a lesbian. However, I struggle to feel sexual attraction to a person if I lack a strong emotional bond to them, so my sexuality and gender identity can be described as a Demisexual Lesbian Transwoman.

[@MrinalPatnaik]

Things can get really complex though. What if you're a person with xy chromosomes without male genitals who likes male genitals on people with xx chromosomes who are attracted to people with xx chromosomes and female genitalia?

[@drewthistlethwaite8909]

I came here expecting TERFy shit. Got an actual ally vibe instead

[@ashenrose2262]

John oliver is really awesome about using his privilege to help minorities. He also doesn't speak over them and invites advocates onto his show.

[@soverytired6152]

69th like

[@EW_CP]

He's a good dude

[@r3m221]

John Oliver is very good. I don't think I've ever seen him use bias as an argument, which is more than you can say about a lot of people.

[@eclipsedsynthony]

vibe check

[@SuzukiYNathie]

Rest in peace, Henry Brosseau.

[@Al-go3tc]

We should do an update on this bc some stuff just went down where I live in Missouri and now I won't be able to get in testosterone for at least three years

[@imnotnotgameiacmaniac5327]

@@trevorchester4439 it absolutely does make sense

[@trevorchester4439]

@@imnotnotgameiacmaniac5327 No it doesn't. It doesn't work

[@charliesullivan9211]

@@trevorchester4439 how do you know

[@charliesullivan9211]

@@trevorchester4439 Again what sort of experience are you speaking from? And how can you possibly speak on behalf of all trans people?

[@nyctomint]

@@trevorchester4439 I'm trevor chester and I definitely am a qualified source

[@coena9377]

Things I don't want to discuss with strangers: 1. My plans for the future 2. Sports 3. My genitalia

[@Dichtsau]

The X chromosome is one of the two sex-determining chromosomes (allosomes) in many organisms, including mammals (the other is the Y chromosome), and is found in both males and females. *It is a part of the XY sex-determination system* and X0 sex-determination system. The X chromosome was named for its unique properties by early researchers, which resulted in the naming of its counterpart Y chromosome, for the next letter in the alphabet, following its subsequent discovery.

[@martingammill-beck5846]

@@Dichtsau That entire paragraph has no relevance in this conversation.

[@Gantiz]

But the point of sports is to be able to talk to strangers about it.....

[@ozymandias6511]

Then don’t shove it in people’s faces

[@basiclee5770]

4. Drag Races 5. Pride Parades

[@doverpetersen8098]

My cousin is trans, those statistics really do scare me. I love him to death and have looked up to him since I was little, and I can't even think about him getting hurt or hurting himself.

[@marcusgarvey8388]

What was it like to fight in the emu war of Australia?

[@sarcasticnotsad5155]

Aw

[@coena9377]

FWIW, based on my anecdotal experience as a trans person and on statistics on the matter, acceptance from family makes someone a lot less likely to have those negative experiences. Your support of your cousin is probably doing a lot to help him.

[@Willie5000]

If you and your family accept him, then he'll do well. The main reason for those statistics is because of a lack of acceptance from wider society and the people around them.

[@KatieTheDev]

And the suicide rate is high as hell for us because of bullying

[@waspwrap1235]

Forcing kids to be part of some social experiment Hass to be the lamest excuse I’ve ever heard for demonizing transkids

[@nickronca1562]

Not going to lie, I was expecting transphobia clicking on this. But what I got instead was making fun of transphobia and frankly, it's hilarious. I'm only 2 minutes in so far and I already can't stop laughing.

[@puppyqueen5688]

Same here

[@jacksonfuller8158]

wait.....you clicked on a John Oliver video thinking he would be transphobic?......is this your first time watching his videos?

[@nickronca1562]

@@jacksonfuller8158 How'd you know?

[@nickronca1562]

@@jacksonfuller8158 that last comment was a joke btw

[@jacksonfuller8158]

@@nickronca1562 my bad XD

[@Realisticallyliteral]

My favourite thing about the bathroom bills is that if a guy wanted to go in and sexually assault a woman in the women's bathroom that's possible. Like, regardless of the bill. BATHROOMS AREN'T LOCKED

[@theviewer6889]

This is why we need single stalled gender neutral bathrooms. Just put everything needed in there; toilet, sink, bin, etc. and put a door in front.

[@Realisticallyliteral]

@@theviewer6889 That's literally the only type of bathroom we have at my school, far superior

[@MrEvodio65]

In NYC they are locked.

[@Realisticallyliteral]

@@MrEvodio65 wild.

[@catherinestickels2591]

That and it's already illegal to assault someone in a bathroom regardless of which bathroom you are in

[@xGimpyx]

There's no doubt in my mind that with time and persistence, transgender people will gain full equality in the U.S. If LGB people can come as far as we have, so can T people.

[@ryshep3588]

***** I've honestly never understood how the gay and lesbian community sometimes has trouble wrapping their heads around bisexuality and pansexuality. Just...you're already personally aware that liking the same gender is a thing for you, and the larger public likes the opposite gender, can it not be at all conceived in your head that someone could like both? Have you not heard of the Kinsey scale?

[@ryshep3588]

***** I'm aware plenty haven't. I'm not bi or pan myself, but I hear *loads* of what my friends that are have to put up with. I just don't get why that small leap is so hard for many already IN the lgbt+ community. As for some of the less-than-savory comments, I will at least say it's far less than I was expecting. Seeing vitriol in the comments of a youtube video is, sadly, par for the course, and one on transgenderism magnifies it, so all in all this is just mild so far.

[@xdeser2949]

Fuck yes!

[@naantjez]

talesin- god of the internet Take a few steps back son, you're arguing pedophilia should be legal. Don't.

[@ricancira]

Gimpy i don't get this country. we say FREEDOM, EQUALITY, JUSTICE...LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. when really it's a bunch of faux outrage and phony christian morals. as the great wrestler, The Iron Sheik would say: "FAAAKEN BULLSHIT, MAN!"

[@dungeonmama1590]

I’ve attempted suicide 3 fucking times and I’ve been raped SEVERAL TIMES because I was seen as a fetish. I’ve had to limit my contact with family to text only and I have so much mental trauma from all the shit I’ve been through that I almost have a panic attack whenever I’m in public surrounded by strangers. I’m stuck as a stay at home mom because my chances of getting and KEEPING a job are so low that I have a meltdown whenever I apply to a job. Thank you John Oliver for defending trans people.

[@r-platt]

Love, I pray you find what you need. These ignorant fools think they understand complex medical issues without ever opening a book or asking a single question. Instead they use (un)common (non)sense. Stay strong!

[@aguy481]

you live in a third world country

[@flyingthroughwind]

@@aguy481 maybe but maybe not.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

i hope you can get help

[@dungeonmama1590]

@@aguy481 I’m glad I’m not the only one who considers the USA to be a 3rd world country.

[@rachelmartino9018]

as someone who has lived in florida my whole life, gainesville is literally klan central, are we really surprised they would release a campaign video like that….

[@liquidwood4064]

I really don't understand what everybody's problem is with bathrooms. "Oh no! Think of the children!" When there's a mother with a little son and the son has to pee, she will go into the women's bathroom with him. Same situation, but it's a dad with a daughter and they will use the men's bathroom. Does this traumatize the child? No, it doesn't. You wanna know why? Because in a bathroom people are minding their fucking business.

[@thetrueglasses]

ok not gonna lie the men's restroom KIND of traumatized me but i'm still trans! (nonbinary)

[@blueheartsystem1502]

exactly! it's not like you're waving your genitals around in the bathroom publicly.. the only difference is urinals (and not even that's in every men's bathroom)

[@C-eg8cm]

@Tsar Nicholas II because they use the bathrooms that correspond with their gender, not their 'birth gender' which you would actually refer to as 'biological'. They use the bathroom of their gender, the one which they identify with. Because that's what they are. Period.

[@manyerrors3719]

I'd say a TERF pulling the pants of a 9-year-old Trans girl in a public bathroom is exponentially more likely to traumatise a kid than any of what you've just described. (This was a true story, for anyone that didn't heard about it)

[@metalDCM8]

@@blueheartsystem1502 speak for yourself

[@mcfrog5473]

As a trans guy, I can confirm that I’ve gotten a ton more weird looks when I was still in the closet but already looking masc using the women’s bathroom than when I came out and started using the men’s bathroom. In fact, I haven’t gotten a single weird look in the men’s room ever, opposed to when women would give me weird glares and whisper about how there’s a little boy in their bathroom. I’m pretty confident in saying that I make more people uncomfortable by going into the bathroom assigned to my biological sex opposed to the one assigned to what I actually look like and identify as.

[@pedestrianwolf]

Same!!

[@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty]

That's because they think all trans men and women just wear bad drag costumes.

[@hannahbanana7723]

I've never understood getting upset about who uses the bathroom. I had a transitioning peer in school, Mac now MacKenzie, used the women's bathroom. Never once had an issue. 1. Because it's not my fucking business, and 2. It's not my fucking business. The only problem I had was that she was infinitely better at makeup than I. Bitch looked absolutely stellar at prom.

[@yaboi3929]

I kept getting asked if I knew that I was in the women’s bathroom lol, kinda makes me feel good

[@EveryThingGirl238]

Feel that, I am female, I idetify as such. But I also find I don't give a shit if someone calls me male. My friend tells me that I might just be Gender Fluid, and possibly They Them pronouns would fit me. Though, I find I don't care if I am called male or female. Due to my short hair and flat chest with my love of boy jeans because damn well they are comfortable. (Like seriously, why do women jeans have to hug the area that heats up easy?) I get mistaken for a male alot, but I laugh it off because I know if you don't look at me in front and up close I look like a guy. But someone mistaking my gender is the least of my worries in life between school, finding work, getting a car, and among other things. I don't have time to worry about it, and I don't get upset by it. I guess that also because my name gives way for many nicknames, so I got used to this fact. At a young age I never understood why calling someone a different gender was seen as an insult, at least in the sense of little kids teasing or name calling. I was called mockingly a male once or twice, and just gave a confused look at the kid as if to as if that was the best they could do. (I also get called 14 when I am actually in my 20's, due to have a younger looking face and being short lol)

[@kortmann9]

Whilst I was first watching this episode all those years ago, I was panicking because I realised that I might be trans. I was very scared about what that meant for me. Now I'm a proud trans man whose been out for some years and on T over a year. JOHN OLIVER TRANSED ME!

[@nuclearbiologist]

King shit

[@hedgehoginacanoe5838]

Good for you

[@catherinestickels2591]

Quite the place to figure that out... But who am I to talk, I found out I was trans a couple hours after seeing a post on r/dndmemes

[@AlexMourning5635]

I've been holding off rewatching this one for a while. There has been such a push towards anti-trans legislation this year, it's been so tiring. I hope we get to see a followup to this at some point in the future.

[@Darkhelmet56]

There already is a follow up

[@CrispySenpai]

Maybe we should just have one bathroom for every gender, because, that would end all disputes. Make the stalls more private, and without the huge gap between the actual door, and the fucking door frame. Problem solved.

[@yanDeriction]

Crispy Toast or make all bathrooms unisex. cuts costs and achieves equality, lol.

[@Hailfire131]

Crispy Toast And then we would have just one massive line to the one bathroom, because some women don't know how to just go to the bathroom and leave; and yes, I have seen this happen in real life, women left the women's line and went in the men's line (the bathrooms were one toilet/sink bathrooms).

[@shai5651]

Crispy Toast You really want men right next to half-naked women?

[@hardave]

Hailfire131 you could/would still have multiple bathrooms/stalls to meet the demands of the buildings occupancy

[@FlinckShinesOn]

Crispy Toast This is a thing I've never experienced apart from change-rooms in clothes-stores. All public toiletts that I've come across in Sweden are *separate fucking rooms. with fully functioning doors, and walls* Why.... Why would a bathroom ever need holes on the floor, roof and on the sides of the door? Are they designed by and for sexual predators? Is privacy a sin in America?

[@jzpevow]

I remember when my friend came out to me as trans, and according to her I had the best response; “Hey, I’m trans.” “Cool, wanna play CSGO later?”

[@colleenlaw199]

I love you

[@gamesatflames1450]

I love you

[@vwertix1662]

I love

[@communistloser3182]

Now that is pretty epic

[@pigeonite]

you

[@elliecore]

Gonna need an update video soon

[@TheAtomicCatastrophe]

I would love if they did a part two of this topic, especially with how much material they could get via Texas, Idaho, and JK Rowling's anti-trans tirade.

[@eruditecaptain3117]

As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez once said to a British man playing Donkey Kong: "Trans Rights are Human Rights."

[@frankegordon326]

Hell yeah Hbomberguy!

[@isafuertes9197]

We stan Harris

[@emeraldaly7646]

I've never quite understood the whole "say trans rights" thing. As if just saying those words had some incantatory power.

[@isafuertes9197]

@@emeraldaly7646 Its about people in power recognizing the existence and rights of trans prople.

[@shadowboxing7029]

It's sad that needs to be said. Of course they're human rights, they're human.

[@TheFPSman1]

"JAYSUS SAYZ ITZ WRRRRONNNNNNGGGGG!..." Is not an argument.

[@1994CPK]

I don't get it, are you illiterate or just an atheist?

[@blah55044]

1994CPK he's stating people who are against it are illiterate retards

[@1994CPK]

irish god well that's just pitiful.

[@Arrakiz666]

Ouroboros Jaysus didn't say a word about it. Like, an argument could be made that he spoke against homsexuality, but when it comes to transgender issues he was as bamboozled as that weather man, if he existed at all that is.

[@Arrakiz666]

1994CPK To be entirely fair, I've yet to meet a person who is "against" it and has no reading comprehension problems. Not saying they're all illiterate... But they seem to be closer to being illiterate then people who aren't "against" it, is all I'm saying.

[@Spirit_Of_Wrath]

"What are you in for?" "Murder, you?" "I used a bathroom that didn't align with my baby genitals."

[@mousearson9053]

I was kind of worried how this would play out when I saw this was posted in 2016, very pleasantly surprised! I almost started crying when I realised he was on our side even back then

[@Cyberweasel89]

Hey. I know times are tough these days, but I just wanted to tell you... You're valid.