Why Did I Choose? | Valentijn De Hingh | TEDxAmsterdam

[@Space_Princess]

You can see the judgement on the crowds faces :/ this hurts a lot because they are not willing to understand the way she has felt all these years. She is so brave

[@Dolfinarium1]

Very good and inspirational speech! I saw the documentary when I was about 12 and have never forgotten the impact it has made on me nor her as a person. Also, a very high level of English, much higher than that of most Dutch people.

[@beeswillinherittheearth5084]

That audience seems cold

[@hahdhsjsjrkfn]

Fools

[@kartondoos2729]

Amazing , wat kan zij ontzettend goed verwoorden wat haar verhaal is, en dan ook nog in het vloeiend Engels . Wat een ontzettend voorbeeld. Ik denk dat zij een engel is om bewustzijn te creëeren . Apetrots op deze mooie en ontzettend lieve vrouw.

[@Grnwng]

This is amazing and so is Valentijn. She is more fabulous than any Disney princess I know of. I'm so glad you've found yourself and are sharing that with the world.

[@opaldragon75]

Great talk. maybe it was me but I think some of the people in the audience seemed uncomfortably quiet. I guess there is still a ways go before people are fully excepting!

[@andalora91]

This is such a great talk but the audience was lame!

[@antonnieofzo1992]

She really is a remarkable person

[@NisahPooh]

The audience look freaked out

[@HeyItzRosie]

Her speech was great and I really am upset with the audience, they should've been more supportive.

[@LG-qy3gv]

She reminds me alot of Taylor Swift 😂

[@yaizaindy8789]

SAME

[@chloealexa189]

YES again, as all we can ever be is our True Selves. Thanks for yours.

[@pkluyt]

Great speech, Valentijn!! And seeing the facial expression of the public very much needed! Thanks, you're great!

[@freditor2007]

So well spoken and inspirational!

[@potatomo9609]

This is the coldest crowd I’ve ever seen. Like c’mon! Her jokes are fire!

[@luna_arrow]

Wonderful! She is freakin' gorgeous!

[@luna_arrow]

Jan Valach She is a beautiful transsexual person inside and out. Too bad you're too judgmental to see beyond your critical view of people trying to live their lives with happiness.

[@ludovicusvolker5878]

+Jan Valach Transgender= Someone who mentally sees themselves as the other gender (They are biologically born this way, IT"S NOT A CHOICE) Just like you didn't choose to be tall or short, born with or without arms, or have a dick or not have a dick. The may make the personal CHOICE to have gender reassignment surgery or might not. But we have no say on what they do to themselves since it doesn't affect us at all.

[@JMLCK78]

Ludovicus Volker "“To argue with a man who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead"

[@ludovicusvolker5878]

+Jan Valach Transgender= Someone who mentally sees themselves as the other gender (They are biologically born this way, IT"S NOT A CHOICE) Just like you didn't choose to be tall or short, born with or without arms, or have a dick or not have a dick. The may make the personal CHOICE to have gender reassignment surgery or might not. But we have no say on what they do to themselves since it doesn't affect us at all.

[@ludovicusvolker5878]

Jamie Khan ~Thomas Paine

[@xxRooz]

I watched the documentary and this is very well spoken. I really like her message. :)

[@pien6136]

Prachtige uitspraak!

[@erajazz2134]

Yes, we will always be ourselves. That's an important point to remember. No surgery required for that. Playing with Barbies should not be indicative of the genitals one should have.

[@wesandaprilweaver4015]

well spoke

[@JeroenCoelen]

I have a feeling after most of the world will accept homosexuality this will be one of the next big topics.

[@erajazz2134]

I watched this years ago and was very impressed. You're a very impressive person. Today I read your well-written essay "I’m trans and I understand JK Rowling’s concerns about the position of women. But transphobia is not the answer" and have this to say: Women who are not trans are not like you and you are not like them. That is really the bigger issue in the controversy. Under the guise of inclusion, women who are not trans are now asked to accept a redefinition of themselves imposed from the outside. That won't fly. It has nothing to do with transphobia but with women's right to their own identity, issues and shared experiences. When trans women say that they are women, they're appropriating/redefining someone else's identity. How is that gonna fly? Trans rights, of course, but should we go Israel on Palestine to get them?

[@polariscoutinho]

I loved, a bigger class of genre.

[@HeyItzRosie]

4:30 the audience was so rude omg.

[@siZeDcuBe]

She had just said "My pee pee had gone bye bye" and started to explain the details it's not rude lmao

[@HeyItzRosie]

@@siZeDcuBe The audience most likely knew ahead of time what the talk was going to be about so they shouldn't be complaining.

[@siZeDcuBe]

@@HeyItzRosie They didn't complain. And a talk about gender does not have to involve descriptions of the genitalia. Particularly badly injured genitalia, the audience are wincing and cringing out of empathy as any normal human would.

[@cvs1237]

Great talk, Valentijn is a smart and energetic person. But some people in the audience, shame on you as some look disgusted..

[@madhuzeeuwen6376]

I don't know if they look just disgusted. Maybe maybe more puzzled and struggling to understand.

[@fabianuitdenbosch1411]

Wauw, super gesproken valentijn!!

[@sanjoosh]

Bravo mam well done :)

[@jagoz7465]

I think we need to look past the "GOOOD FOR YOU" attitude and get these people the real help they Need

[@radjafan]

dutch people have the tendency to be informal when presenting something

[@arsaeterna4285]

2:50 wow they were NOT receptive haha

[@hello_kitty_is_my_religion]

yea omg, they look so freaked out and disgusted aaaa

[@odiledijkstra3433]

How tall is she?

[@Larkos212]

ze lijkt een beetje op taylor swift

[@leonlee6832]

Ze lijkt op Taylor Swift!

[@anaalst]

Aarzel niet lang en grijp deze unieke kans met je 2 handen!

[@gailgunderson5163]

Yes, body parts and LOTS more..

[@cafeta]

3:03 women with bigger boobs catch men with bigger wallets.... that is the whole point.

[@Rainbownosehair]

1,85 according to google.

[@ceceo9480]

The women in the audience don't look impressed and I share their dismay.

[@Pooyuck]

As do i with your comments on this video and others like it.

[@ceceo9480]

@@Pooyuck your dismay is welcome if you are spreading untruth and disinformation to the harm of the basic human rights of women and girls!

[@verywarybear3588]

She sounds like a woman too.

[@verywarybear3588]

You are right. Thanks for correcting me.I didn't mean to be offensive though I guess I was. I apologize to anyone I may have offended. ,What I was trying to say is that in some cases the individuals look like a woman but have a deeper voice. Again I don't meant to let my ignorance offend anyone but I am thinking that as her transition started so early her voice may have never changed with male puberty.*****

[@haydeedekeyser5184]

She got to take women hormons when she was 14 :)

[@Dutch3DMaster]

+Haydee Dekeyser : 16. You can only get a treatment with cross-sex hormones from your 16th (at least in The Netherlands that is). At 12 you can get puberty-delaying medicines that postpone male (or female) puberty so you have some thinking time extra. Not developing secondary male (or female) gender characteristics help make the transition (female or male hormones after all cause a female or male puberty, in a way) to a more female/feminine (or male/masculine) body easier.

[@virginiahall9054]

+Dutch3DMaster And then there's the gray market where we got estrogen without a script. I don't know the laws in the Netherlands all that well, but isn't it odd that a 15 year old cis girl who is sexually active can get on the pill here in the States, but a 15 year old trans girl can't get those pills. The medical world, thankfully, is cautious but sometimes over cautious.

[@Dutch3DMaster]

I understand what you say (allthough I read "the gay market" at first which I thought was pretty odd, it must have been the bright fireworks here that troubled my vision (you are allowed to light your own fireworks at New Years Eve in The Netherlands) :P). Allthough I'm unsure what the real reason is I think it has mainly something to do with the fact that the contraceptive pill doesn't have permanent/life changing effects (or at least, not immediately) where as the female hormones (or male hormones for that matter) do. Doctors are becoming slightly hesitant to give girls the contraceptive pill at a young age here because it wreaks havoc on a body that is still heavily under the influence of certain hormones that the pill represses. In the Netherlands you can get female hormones from the moment you have turned 15, (so what I said before wasn't completely correct) or so I have heard. The rule is so that in the upcoming 12 months before you turn 16 you can get a prescription for hormones, or so I have heard from a very nice colleague from my voluntary job who has a stepson (who is still a biological female but is now taking testosterone). The trouble with these treatments I think is that the National Health Authority and health care insurance companies are watching over the shoulders of these gender clinics in the two hospitals in my country that treat transgender people. The National Health Care Authority doesn't want a high number of people who regret transitioning and since most insurance companies pay for surgery and hormones they don't want either. (Weirdly enough they usually do not pay for plastic surgery in case you do not develop (big enough) breasts as a female, causing some people to start campaigns to raise the money needed, or en masse write protest letters to the insurance company to make an exception.) Happy New Year!

[@julianzuno8656]

In the minut 2:54 that woman why she have this fucking face? :S

[@ozgekim010]

+Yayo Zuno She has Resting Bitch Face Syndrome. She was born this way :p

[@ExilePG]

Wat is de geschatte waarde van die Giant?

[@alisonbrouwer]

scherp

[@anaalst]

vieees

[@anaalst]

Ze gaan nooit meer hetzelfde smaken ....

[@fienkaas1292]

She was a boy

[@fionaros_]

Yes, that is true, she was born male but is, in fact, a woman

[@nicolaranno]

Giant? Nee hoor, de operatie is gebeurd in de Mc'Donalds. Haar Mc Wrap is omgevormd tot 2 hamburgers he. Als ge wilt kunt ge er van proeven? Er heeft nog nooit iemand aangezeten. :)

[@thebambolo]

I think your bigger problem is your diet!

[@dianegriego1709]

The audience is acting like 98% of normal folk. He will Never Ever be a woman. He will always be a man scientifically.

[@elysianberries5242]

If we are speaking scientifically, she is a woman. Not gonna take my time explaining it to someone with the likes of you, but if you really wanna prove that you’re close minded, there’s a video by ASAP Science that explains it.

[@jdl2180]

@@elysianberries5242 I believe that reproduction is the only practical reason for different genders. I have never felt like a man or a woman.

[@ta_nya5240]

Science determines by multiple factors. And science has already proven that any one thing cannot always be pinpointed as solely one specific thing, or the other. Schroedinger or Doppler ring a bell? I doubt it, but yeah. But that aside, science always works in favour of progression, so it will never support your case.