Transbian Eddie Izzard on "learning how to perform his gender in the public eye"

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[–]reluctant_commenter 34 insightful - 4 fun34 insightful - 3 fun35 insightful - 4 fun -  (8 children)

The fear of being stared at, which I knew I would be. This was partly because I wasn’t that good at applying makeup. I’d bought a book about how to do it and then tried to teach myself, but I didn’t have older sisters to practice with, or on.

Dude. Many women don't, either. And is that really what you were afraid of?

I shouted back, “You want to know why I’m wearing a dress? I’ll tell you why.”

But before I could say anything else, the girls just screamed and ran off in the other direction. I was stunned. Wow. That wasn’t as hard as I thought.

I think that was the first time I was overtly intimidated because of my sexuality.

I don't understand what he means by this. Cross-dressing is a sexuality? Or is he referring to a paraphilia? That would require a level of self-awareness that I am inclined to doubt this person has.

[–]MezozoicGayoldschool gay 36 insightful - 10 fun36 insightful - 9 fun37 insightful - 10 fun -  (7 children)

He is proud that he can make teen girls afraid and run away? Will he will be proud as well, when he comes to women's toilet and all women will start feeling uncomfortable and run away? Why his comfort more important than theirs?

I don't understand what he means by this. Cross-dressing is a sexuality? Or is he referring to a paraphilia? That would require a level of self-awareness that I am inclined to doubt this person has.

By his wording it looks like he thinks that he is attacked because "he is lesbian".

[–]ChodeSandwichtender and moist 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

One of the questions that therapists use to screen for personality disorders and psychopathic tendencies is, roughly, "do you feel good when people are frightened or intimidated by you?"

[–]LeaveAmsgAfterBeep 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The people I am least afraid of being attacked by as a lesbian is generally teenage girls. Unless you’re still in middle or highschool and you’re being bullied, generally the people who post the least amount of threat to you are teenage girls. If you are yelling at teenage girls and they are not harassing you: you are the harasser (and their being afraid is not harassment, even if teenage girls were afraid of me as a butch lesbian in a bathroom or changing room I would not yell at them or be mad! I would calmly ask them if my leaving would make them more comfortable, and generally I’d expect them to say no based on my voice, but even if they said yes, I’d leave. That’s what non-narcisistic non-fetishist non-predatory non-bullies do. I can’t say all GNC women would do the same, and really we shouldn’t have to, but I believe this is one thing we can do.)

[–]MezozoicGayoldschool gay 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He identified as "I am in girl mode", so he is younger than teen girls in his head. It is very stupid, I know.