Thank God for you! You're one of the content creators I have followed for years who have made me aware just how bad things are in the UK and around the world. I just thought rights were a thing that every person had. I'm ashamed that I was walking around for years not knowing how bad things actually are for minority groups but I am learning and hope more and more people will continue to do so. Thanks!
Lately I’ve been struggling not to be Nihilistic when learning how hard it is for Trans people in this country. Figuring out my gender identity is hard enough, but having to think about the fact that my country is against me in so many ways can make me feel…hopeless. Like there’s nothing I can do. But seeing this gives me a bit of hope. It put a smile on my face to hear you say trans people are wonderful. They are! They truly are. And I am wonderful for being trans. You give me hope that there’s a bright future not too far away for trans people.
I can't imagine what it's like being trans in the UK - TERF Island as Abigail Thorn dubbed it - because I don't live there and I'm not trans. But, as Sophie said, trans people are wonderful and people with trans friends know that. I would not be who I am or where I am today without my best friend by my side, and seeing them discover and accept their identity and reclaim their body has been incredible. I don't know you, but I know that if you bring even a tenth of what my trans friends have brought to my life to your own friends, then they are all incredibly lucky to have you.
I'm russian and this speech really hit me. In part because of UK terf influence our situation is really simular and yet worse in many regards. Our "feminists" want us out of existance. I refuse to give it to them. Amazing job, Sophie. You truly are a gift.
Literally wanted to visit a LGBT+ group in my city, but found a TERF in the comment section under one post. Thank goodness, one of the organizers is trans and has a different support group for trans and non-binary peeps.
So sick of seeing terfs identify as feminist, if you only want equality for *some* women, you're not a feminist. Our trans sisters deserve inclusion, not so long ago they were saying all this about gay people, and folk now see that for the idiocy and ignorance it is.
Wonderfully stated, Sophie! It's truly appalling how journalists try to be "neutral" when speaking about trans people, as though there can be a neutral point between someone existing and other people thinking they shouldn't.
I was browsing through BBC iplayer recently and came across a documentary called "transitioning teens". I immediately had this sinking feeling in my stomach and didn't even want to click on it out of fear that it would turn out to be some transphobic hate piece. Thankfully, it wasn't. But it makes me so angry that everytime I see the word "trans" in UK media, I am flooded with dread and anxiety.
Ah the part about trans joy definitely made me tear up. It's easy to feel gaslit by TERFS, to see all their rhetoric and begin thinking "maybe I'm a delusional little girl who doesn't know what's good for myself" or "maybe I'm a dirty freak who's only fetishizing my own sexuality" or "even if my feelings and experience are real, what if the 'gender craze' really does end and I have to go back into hiding as trans people become less and less accepted", to genuinely question my world and my own mind because of the hateful shit they spew. But then I remember that trans joy, our community our friends and loved ones who support us, the opportunity to live comfortably in my skin and in my world, and I think, "there's nothing these people could say that would ever stamp out our joy. we are here and we exist and we are fucking real." Thank you for your words and everything you do. 💜
Talking to a camera is one thing, streaming another, but live public speaking is a whole other challenge, and you did fucking phenomenal Sophie. Speech was absolutely electric. Solidarity from a US enby. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🚩🏴
honestly have just been clicking this link every time you tweet it because i just want to give the video as many views as possible lmao. Sophie you are truly a light in this world, you are such an important voice for trans and nonbinary people specifically and every video you post brings me so much joy. Your speaking and communication skills, your ability to form beautiful and hilarious and eloquent and impactful work, time after time, whether it's analysis of a videosgame or an incredible speech at a vital rally, are just unparalleled Like I said, I've watched this video uhhh a few times now lol and every time it still brings me to tears. Thank you so much for the work you do & the person you are, and thank you for sharing your talent and experiences and your beautiful heart with the world.
Your look is phenomenal. You battled the wind with absolute class. I was impressed with your speech when i read it the other day but hearing you give it today has been an absolute inspiration. 💖💖💖
Phenomenal speech, incredibly powerful stuff. Tying the anti-trans media panic to the Hillsborough disaster and how the media blamed and smeared the dead there was brilliant. Little bit strange seeing you speak without the skeleton crew in the background, but I suppose that would have been a hassle to bring out to a protest. RIP to uncle Francis and solidarity to you and all trans people, especially in the UK.
This video’s being buried. You try to search for it and you can only find it by searching for the direct title. Disgraceful. You inspire me, Sophie. I’ve been struggling to come out out of fear of the current climate, but people like you make me feel such pride and bravery that I know we’ll win and that I will be happy in the end. 💖
Late to the party, no one is ever going to read this comment, so I guess this is solely for the algorithm. However, I had to say something. That part about looking in a mirror and seeing yourself for the first time... that hit me rather hard. I've spent all my life (well, okay, the thirty-odd years I can remember) avoiding mirrors because I didn't know what I was seeing. I've joked for over twenty years that I live like a vampire because I never see my reflection, and I have always felt totally cold looking at photos of me - they weren't of me. Since finally coming out to myself this year I have seen myself, actually me, in the mirror. It's not solely joy - as you sum up with your tone and speech. It really, honestly, gut-punched me in the emotional heavy-hitting way that is positive rather than, you know, a gut-punch. And, well, I wanted to let you know what you did there. And praise you for it. Like I say, this is too long, no one is reading it, but I'll feel better knowing I wrote it and that I thanked you for sharing this speech on your channel.
So much of the trans “debate” echoes earlier attacks on gay people, but somehow people who wouldn’t dream of attacking gay people this way (and would, importantly, recognise it as an attack) feel justified in their bigotry.
Indeed. A dear old friend of mine said of this: "of course, most allies of trans people are, themselves, hypocrites because they wouldn't support trans people if they were their husbands and wives." This old friend was my married partner at the time, and very much in the QUILTBAG (they "gave it up" for me), and was saying it to explain their own antipathy to my own leanings toward what I confidently told myself was simply a 'genderqueer-ness' rather than full-blown trans (not to denigrate or assume any hierarchical difference between the two). In short, an anecdotal example of exactly what you say.
Watching your joy blossom since "Being Seen" has been one of the highlights of subscribing to your channel, and this speech was so powerful to watch. Solidarity, and thank you for sharing your beautiful self with the world
I used to be fairly ignorant about trans issues. The more I learn, the more I'm fascinated. But this fascination comes with quite a bit of appalment. The fear mongering about trans people is borderline depressing. Now if I were actually trans, I'm pretty sure I would be an anxious and depressed mess all the time. I would like to reach a point in time where saying that non-conforming people are valid is a cliche. But we are not living in that time yet. For that reason, y'all are a valid AS FUCK! Take care of yourselves and don't let bigoted assholes get you down. Love ya (platonically, I feel like this needs to be pointed out).
Hey, anxious depressed mess here, also trans, deffo related, and comments like this help provide some hope for us that one day we all can be seen as valid for just being us. Thanks for raising your voice.
There is almost a grim humour to the first part of this comment. Basically because, based on every trans person I know, "anxious and depressed mess" is such a strong running theme that it's basically an assumed default and the basis of not a few in-jokes. But the reality is that it's not funny, it is appalling, and everyone - particularly journalists - need to do better.
When I was closeted (before I started living my truth), I was in emotional pain constantly. Living a split life (out at home and closeted at work) was one of the worst years of my life. But now, while the world scares me, I've never been more strong emotionally
@@RiverWilliamson I was/am living a split life, as a temporary educator in the south US. I'm going back to school soon, but don't know if I want to come out, even if my city is one of the more liberal ones. Living that double life for a year while working under a very catholic principal was awful, and both transitioning while down here, and the thought of not transitioning are painful. Is there any advice you can offer to make it less terrifying?
The trans joy part literally made me cry tears of joy. Thank you
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AT LAST I could see the speech! thank you for this brilliant exposition and insight into the mechanics of power applied to the oppression on trans people. we stand with you, comrades! big hug!
Sophie this was incredible. You are absolutely correct that you are a joy and a blessing to follow and we are lucky to have trans people and this fucking country doesn’t deserve you. I’ve followed you for a few years now and at a point when I was questioning my own sexuality, I watched on of your videos and commented and you made me feel seen and welcome. So thank you and I’ve been so happy to see you become who you are and who you were always meant to be 💕💕
Thank you for that bit at the end about trans people being beautiful. I feel like we focus so much on like this fight for liberation, I see so many of my trans siblings forget just so much of a gift they are , not just to me as a dear friend, but to the world as something truly and utterly divine.
what an amazing speech, i just started HRT 1 1/2 months ago and the line "...The joy finding your authentic self; the joy of reclaiming your body..." hit me so profoundly that i am in tears. thank you for this, sophie. you are an inspiration. i am very touched, and i wish you and all other trans people in the UK the best. your public servants and journalists are all ghouls 😔 💗 from america
"But for the mainstream and left-wing journalists, making tolerance and acceptance unpalatable, is a little more difficult" Exactly, deplatform bad faith bigots and institutions like the Sun newspaper, don't make it a debate with Nazis or to debate basic rights. Deplatforming WORKS! Great speech!
“Trans people are a gift! Trans people are a blessing!” These are such beautiful sentiments and it makes me tear up. You’re amazing Sophie! You are a gift! ❤️❤️❤️
Wow. I went from clapping in an empty office to almost crying at the beautiful and truthful words you spoke. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart
Thank you for uploading this. Thank you Sophie for your wonderful and striking words. I don't live in the UK, but we Americans need the strength of your words, and I'm happy to say that a speech heard anywhere in the age of the internet is a speech heard everywhere, and I only hope the truth seekers will find your words
it's so irritating when people treat trans people like we're the ship of theseus rather than actual human beings. thank u for this speech. it was v good
Thank you for standing up and being seen for us even though it's very difficult. Especially for those of us who can't go to protests for various reasons. You are brave and your words need to be heard. I hope you have a good rest after all this.
When I realised I was transgender it changed me to become a more empathetic person, it made me light up inside, I’m proud of who I am, great speech 💙💓⚪️💓💙
Wow! That was one hell of a speech! 👍🏽 I applaud your courage, may it inspire other British trans people, for the situation in the UK is pretty dire. Let's hope that in the near future it won't earn the name "terf Island" anymore, thanks to a great uprising for trans rights! ⚧🥰🧡💛💚💙💜❤️
Sophie this was an amazing speech, and the issues you highlighted are so important. I had no idea the UK media was so biased and not even the labor party actually supports trans people. Amazing speech. Sorry about your uncle, that is really sad.
I've been watching your videos for AGES but omg this is phenomenal. I (parasocially) love you. Also, if you ever want to wear a very flowy dress on such a blowy day, napkin weights... I've literally sewn napkin weights onto the hems of my dress so I can wear it on a blowy day. Join me, in my fun/weird thing. It's breezy, but well shielded from wind, in my corner.
This was such an excellent speech! Thank you, Sophie. Wishing you and all of us trans folks so much respect, solidarity, and love. Trans joy will never be extinguished. Trans people are inevitable and we make the world a more beautiful place. I love you.
I wanted to come say hi and tell you how much your speech moved me on the day, but social anxiety is a motherfucker. A UA-cam comment will have to do: You rock Eric Sophia, I'm learning not to have my life ruled by fear thanks to beautiful, proud, trans people like you.
What a beautiful speech. Thank you for getting up and speaking truth when the world wants to shove us down. You're beautiful and proud and it helps me feel proud too.
Good speech. I always wonder if transmasc and NB perspectives are ever addressed by the "concerned feminists" in the UK media, who seem to solely beat their one drum for public panic.
This is a beautiful powerful speech. I wanted to go to the protest but unfortunately couldn't, and I'm glad that I was able to watch this speech - I only just saw that it had been put online. I'm still not sure if I've ever really seen myself in the mirror, but it's getting closer. This speech was powerful and wonderful and I agreed with all of it. There is no 'debate'. It's only ever used to platform bigots and never to help us, the people suffering. The UK needs to be better, needs to do better. This speech is really great at talking about how and why things need to change. Thank you.
So well put. I love the choice of Suzanne Moore at the start to show off her hypocrisy, I love the discussion about medical crap, ugh your power is so good too holy crap
Fucking power right there. I didn't know when I subscribed a couple years ago that I would get so much more than interesting media analysis. You're an inspiration.
Beautiful speech.
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Oh cool, both the trashgirls are here.
Thank God for you, JS Sterling!
Wonderful lookin' Dress on top of that.
Thank God for you! You're one of the content creators I have followed for years who have made me aware just how bad things are in the UK and around the world. I just thought rights were a thing that every person had. I'm ashamed that I was walking around for years not knowing how bad things actually are for minority groups but I am learning and hope more and more people will continue to do so. Thanks!
Lately I’ve been struggling not to be Nihilistic when learning how hard it is for Trans people in this country. Figuring out my gender identity is hard enough, but having to think about the fact that my country is against me in so many ways can make me feel…hopeless. Like there’s nothing I can do. But seeing this gives me a bit of hope. It put a smile on my face to hear you say trans people are wonderful. They are! They truly are. And I am wonderful for being trans. You give me hope that there’s a bright future not too far away for trans people.
I can’t say I don’t still feel nihilistic and hopeless, but ngl its comforting and validating to hear someone voice how I feel
I promise you there are people in our country that support trans people! ❤️
tbh woman are woman, trans woman are trans woman
I can't imagine what it's like being trans in the UK - TERF Island as Abigail Thorn dubbed it - because I don't live there and I'm not trans. But, as Sophie said, trans people are wonderful and people with trans friends know that. I would not be who I am or where I am today without my best friend by my side, and seeing them discover and accept their identity and reclaim their body has been incredible. I don't know you, but I know that if you bring even a tenth of what my trans friends have brought to my life to your own friends, then they are all incredibly lucky to have you.
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I'm russian and this speech really hit me. In part because of UK terf influence our situation is really simular and yet worse in many regards. Our "feminists" want us out of existance. I refuse to give it to them. Amazing job, Sophie. You truly are a gift.
fight the good fight, and stay safe out there.
Literally wanted to visit a LGBT+ group in my city, but found a TERF in the comment section under one post.
Thank goodness, one of the organizers is trans and has a different support group for trans and non-binary peeps.
@@mallmoss3554 well sucks about the terf thing but im glad you stilk found a safe support group! there's one in my town but I havent been there yet
So sick of seeing terfs identify as feminist, if you only want equality for *some* women, you're not a feminist. Our trans sisters deserve inclusion, not so long ago they were saying all this about gay people, and folk now see that for the idiocy and ignorance it is.
Wonderfully stated, Sophie! It's truly appalling how journalists try to be "neutral" when speaking about trans people, as though there can be a neutral point between someone existing and other people thinking they shouldn't.
exactly
Forgot to comment the first time I watched this, but this really was so well executed ❤
this was honestly so powerful and especially animated there on the day
woman are woman, trans woman are trans woman
@@imShlievenhien tall women are women, short women are short women.
An adjective doesn't change the fact that they're women.
I was browsing through BBC iplayer recently and came across a documentary called "transitioning teens". I immediately had this sinking feeling in my stomach and didn't even want to click on it out of fear that it would turn out to be some transphobic hate piece. Thankfully, it wasn't. But it makes me so angry that everytime I see the word "trans" in UK media, I am flooded with dread and anxiety.
this is AMAZING. you're a really powerful public speaker
Right? When I imagine myself giving powerful speeches, this is what I imagine.
Ah the part about trans joy definitely made me tear up. It's easy to feel gaslit by TERFS, to see all their rhetoric and begin thinking "maybe I'm a delusional little girl who doesn't know what's good for myself" or "maybe I'm a dirty freak who's only fetishizing my own sexuality" or "even if my feelings and experience are real, what if the 'gender craze' really does end and I have to go back into hiding as trans people become less and less accepted", to genuinely question my world and my own mind because of the hateful shit they spew. But then I remember that trans joy, our community our friends and loved ones who support us, the opportunity to live comfortably in my skin and in my world, and I think, "there's nothing these people could say that would ever stamp out our joy. we are here and we exist and we are fucking real."
Thank you for your words and everything you do. 💜
so powerful. I started to cry at the bit about trans joy. Thank you for this
Talking to a camera is one thing, streaming another, but live public speaking is a whole other challenge, and you did fucking phenomenal Sophie. Speech was absolutely electric. Solidarity from a US enby. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🚩🏴
Proud to be trans. This makes me even prouder. Thank you for your defiance and truth.
honestly have just been clicking this link every time you tweet it because i just want to give the video as many views as possible lmao. Sophie you are truly a light in this world, you are such an important voice for trans and nonbinary people specifically and every video you post brings me so much joy. Your speaking and communication skills, your ability to form beautiful and hilarious and eloquent and impactful work, time after time, whether it's analysis of a videosgame or an incredible speech at a vital rally, are just unparalleled
Like I said, I've watched this video uhhh a few times now lol and every time it still brings me to tears. Thank you so much for the work you do & the person you are, and thank you for sharing your talent and experiences and your beautiful heart with the world.
Your look is phenomenal.
You battled the wind with absolute class.
I was impressed with your speech when i read it the other day but hearing you give it today has been an absolute inspiration.
💖💖💖
Phenomenal speech, incredibly powerful stuff. Tying the anti-trans media panic to the Hillsborough disaster and how the media blamed and smeared the dead there was brilliant. Little bit strange seeing you speak without the skeleton crew in the background, but I suppose that would have been a hassle to bring out to a protest. RIP to uncle Francis and solidarity to you and all trans people, especially in the UK.
This video’s being buried. You try to search for it and you can only find it by searching for the direct title. Disgraceful.
You inspire me, Sophie. I’ve been struggling to come out out of fear of the current climate, but people like you make me feel such pride and bravery that I know we’ll win and that I will be happy in the end. 💖
Late to the party, no one is ever going to read this comment, so I guess this is solely for the algorithm. However, I had to say something. That part about looking in a mirror and seeing yourself for the first time... that hit me rather hard. I've spent all my life (well, okay, the thirty-odd years I can remember) avoiding mirrors because I didn't know what I was seeing. I've joked for over twenty years that I live like a vampire because I never see my reflection, and I have always felt totally cold looking at photos of me - they weren't of me. Since finally coming out to myself this year I have seen myself, actually me, in the mirror. It's not solely joy - as you sum up with your tone and speech. It really, honestly, gut-punched me in the emotional heavy-hitting way that is positive rather than, you know, a gut-punch. And, well, I wanted to let you know what you did there. And praise you for it. Like I say, this is too long, no one is reading it, but I'll feel better knowing I wrote it and that I thanked you for sharing this speech on your channel.
Thank you for being you
I didn't know about your uncle. Solidarity from Belfast, we too know what its like to be lied about. XO
fuck the british media
So much of the trans “debate” echoes earlier attacks on gay people, but somehow people who wouldn’t dream of attacking gay people this way (and would, importantly, recognise it as an attack) feel justified in their bigotry.
Indeed. A dear old friend of mine said of this: "of course, most allies of trans people are, themselves, hypocrites because they wouldn't support trans people if they were their husbands and wives." This old friend was my married partner at the time, and very much in the QUILTBAG (they "gave it up" for me), and was saying it to explain their own antipathy to my own leanings toward what I confidently told myself was simply a 'genderqueer-ness' rather than full-blown trans (not to denigrate or assume any hierarchical difference between the two). In short, an anecdotal example of exactly what you say.
Yep. It's reheated 1990s (and earlier) homophobia
Watching your joy blossom since "Being Seen" has been one of the highlights of subscribing to your channel, and this speech was so powerful to watch. Solidarity, and thank you for sharing your beautiful self with the world
I used to be fairly ignorant about trans issues. The more I learn, the more I'm fascinated. But this fascination comes with quite a bit of appalment. The fear mongering about trans people is borderline depressing. Now if I were actually trans, I'm pretty sure I would be an anxious and depressed mess all the time.
I would like to reach a point in time where saying that non-conforming people are valid is a cliche. But we are not living in that time yet. For that reason, y'all are a valid AS FUCK! Take care of yourselves and don't let bigoted assholes get you down. Love ya (platonically, I feel like this needs to be pointed out).
Hey, anxious depressed mess here, also trans, deffo related, and comments like this help provide some hope for us that one day we all can be seen as valid for just being us. Thanks for raising your voice.
There is almost a grim humour to the first part of this comment. Basically because, based on every trans person I know, "anxious and depressed mess" is such a strong running theme that it's basically an assumed default and the basis of not a few in-jokes. But the reality is that it's not funny, it is appalling, and everyone - particularly journalists - need to do better.
thank you and I appreciate your personal growth its so hard to admit you used to have hurtful views!
When I was closeted (before I started living my truth), I was in emotional pain constantly. Living a split life (out at home and closeted at work) was one of the worst years of my life. But now, while the world scares me, I've never been more strong emotionally
@@RiverWilliamson I was/am living a split life, as a temporary educator in the south US. I'm going back to school soon, but don't know if I want to come out, even if my city is one of the more liberal ones. Living that double life for a year while working under a very catholic principal was awful, and both transitioning while down here, and the thought of not transitioning are painful. Is there any advice you can offer to make it less terrifying?
The trans joy part literally made me cry tears of joy. Thank you
AT LAST I could see the speech! thank you for this brilliant exposition and insight into the mechanics of power applied to the oppression on trans people. we stand with you, comrades! big hug!
Sophie this was incredible. You are absolutely correct that you are a joy and a blessing to follow and we are lucky to have trans people and this fucking country doesn’t deserve you. I’ve followed you for a few years now and at a point when I was questioning my own sexuality, I watched on of your videos and commented and you made me feel seen and welcome. So thank you and I’ve been so happy to see you become who you are and who you were always meant to be 💕💕
I'm not usually one for liking speeches, but I definitely liked this. Keep up the great work. 💜
We stan an Enby Queen.
Proud for this march, is incredible seeing first world countries like the UK struggling with humanitarian issues like this
Thank you for that bit at the end about trans people being beautiful. I feel like we focus so much on like this fight for liberation, I see so many of my trans siblings forget just so much of a gift they are , not just to me as a dear friend, but to the world as something truly and utterly divine.
Incredible words 💜
what an amazing speech, i just started HRT 1 1/2 months ago and the line
"...The joy finding your authentic self; the joy of reclaiming your body..."
hit me so profoundly that i am in tears. thank you for this, sophie. you are an inspiration. i am very touched, and i wish you and all other trans people in the UK the best. your public servants and journalists are all ghouls 😔
💗 from america
I love you for calling out the press and politicians, you're extremely brave, this is so important 💕
"But for the mainstream and left-wing journalists, making tolerance and acceptance unpalatable, is a little more difficult" Exactly, deplatform bad faith bigots and institutions like the Sun newspaper, don't make it a debate with Nazis or to debate basic rights. Deplatforming WORKS! Great speech!
“Trans people are a gift! Trans people are a blessing!” These are such beautiful sentiments and it makes me tear up. You’re amazing Sophie! You are a gift! ❤️❤️❤️
here for soph's badassery ^_^
You were so courageous and unbothered you stayed on message and even made jokes about the wind! You are a very skilled public speaker!
Wow. I went from clapping in an empty office to almost crying at the beautiful and truthful words you spoke. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart
💜💜💜 solidarity forever!
as a young trans person in the UK, I cannot overstate how big of a positive effect everything you do has had on me
This was so powerful and inspiring. TYSM Sophie ❤❤❤
Wonderful work, thank you. And let's hear it for dresses with pockets. Even if they can be a bit treacherous when the wind blows.
Pocket are divine, they deserve to blow free in wind
You're wonderful!
Very powerful, I got goosebumps listening especially at the end.
Holy heck what a powerful speech, I can't even articulate the feelings you gave me, but I know there were tears involved. Truly amazing
Thank you for uploading this. Thank you Sophie for your wonderful and striking words. I don't live in the UK, but we Americans need the strength of your words, and I'm happy to say that a speech heard anywhere in the age of the internet is a speech heard everywhere, and I only hope the truth seekers will find your words
it's so irritating when people treat trans people like we're the ship of theseus rather than actual human beings. thank u for this speech. it was v good
Thank you for standing up and being seen for us even though it's very difficult. Especially for those of us who can't go to protests for various reasons. You are brave and your words need to be heard. I hope you have a good rest after all this.
When I realised I was transgender it changed me to become a more empathetic person, it made me light up inside, I’m proud of who I am, great speech 💙💓⚪️💓💙
Late to watching this but just...so beautiful, I love it. "Trans people are a gift." 100% agree. Sending so much love to all my trans siblings!
Excellent work, Sophie
imagine listening to this powerful speech and wanting to do anything else but cry and be at awe at how good your words were
Gods I’m crying. Thank you for this.
Truly an icon.
Wow! That was one hell of a speech! 👍🏽 I applaud your courage, may it inspire other British trans people, for the situation in the UK is pretty dire. Let's hope that in the near future it won't earn the name "terf Island" anymore, thanks to a great uprising for trans rights! ⚧🥰🧡💛💚💙💜❤️
incredible speech. it is a joy to listen to you speak sophie, thank your work and for being a beacon of hope in our community, xo
This made me cry in a good and healing way
Sophie this was an amazing speech, and the issues you highlighted are so important. I had no idea the UK media was so biased and not even the labor party actually supports trans people. Amazing speech. Sorry about your uncle, that is really sad.
I've been watching your videos for AGES but omg this is phenomenal. I (parasocially) love you.
Also, if you ever want to wear a very flowy dress on such a blowy day, napkin weights... I've literally sewn napkin weights onto the hems of my dress so I can wear it on a blowy day. Join me, in my fun/weird thing. It's breezy, but well shielded from wind, in my corner.
This was such an excellent speech! Thank you, Sophie. Wishing you and all of us trans folks so much respect, solidarity, and love. Trans joy will never be extinguished. Trans people are inevitable and we make the world a more beautiful place. I love you.
I can tell you, way more powerful than this freaking wind, awesome job Sophie!
This is so incredibly powerful and it made me cry, thank you for speaking up
YOU WERE SO GOOD!! 💖💖💖💖
Heck yeah
What a beautiful speech, so proud of our community today ❤️
Great job! Thank you for doing this.
Thank you for doing this. And all your other great work.
Much love and solidarity ❤️❤️❤️
I wanted to come say hi and tell you how much your speech moved me on the day, but social anxiety is a motherfucker.
A UA-cam comment will have to do:
You rock Eric Sophia, I'm learning not to have my life ruled by fear thanks to beautiful, proud, trans people like you.
Such powerful words Sophie-- you are such a beautiful person inside and out. Thank you for all you do!
Sophie speaking truth to power on terf-island. Keep it up and keep strong!
Go curio what a speech
Amazing job!
What a beautiful speech. Thank you for getting up and speaking truth when the world wants to shove us down. You're beautiful and proud and it helps me feel proud too.
Incredible words to power here, Sophie. Well done.
Excellent speech!
Btw, someone posted in a fb group that you were 'doing something cool'. I responded "Sophie is ALWAYS doing something cool"
This is amazing! Hope it gets bumped
Great speech. Love and solidarity.
I said it before and I'll say it again: Fucking fantastic!
I needed this :) she’s a vision
yeah they really are
That was so inspiring, yet, so sweet.
Thank you Sophie, this is amazing
Incredible, powerful and moving speech
That was a really good speech, well done.
Also that dress is lovely.
Good speech. I always wonder if transmasc and NB perspectives are ever addressed by the "concerned feminists" in the UK media, who seem to solely beat their one drum for public panic.
I parasocially love you Sophie
Brilliantly said 🔥
This is a beautiful powerful speech. I wanted to go to the protest but unfortunately couldn't, and I'm glad that I was able to watch this speech - I only just saw that it had been put online. I'm still not sure if I've ever really seen myself in the mirror, but it's getting closer. This speech was powerful and wonderful and I agreed with all of it. There is no 'debate'. It's only ever used to platform bigots and never to help us, the people suffering. The UK needs to be better, needs to do better. This speech is really great at talking about how and why things need to change.
Thank you.
So well put. I love the choice of Suzanne Moore at the start to show off her hypocrisy, I love the discussion about medical crap, ugh your power is so good too holy crap
Really powerful. Thank you for saying this!
Thank you for this, Sophie. You're amazing and brave.
Fucking power right there. I didn't know when I subscribed a couple years ago that I would get so much more than interesting media analysis. You're an inspiration.
All my love to you and the trans community 💖
My friend was at this protest
I am so fucking proud of you.
Sophie we fucking love you. Thank you for being so amazing at what you do
As a proud scouse trans woman, thank you, you're right, and this needs to be heard 💜🍄
Cool to hear this story! Thank you for sharing
This was very well said, and brings up some very good points. Thank you.
Trans rights are human rights!
Thank you so much for your words