Executive Transvestite

World-renowned comedian Eddie Izzard proving that some people can’t help being wonderfully visible.

Posted by XylophoneGender on April 14th, 2009 at 04:00 pm

Quil
April 15th, 2009 at 1:37 am |
I find it really, really cheering that a public figure is able to be open about these bits of his identity. Someone funny, someone smart, and yes — someone who can talk personally about having a blurry gender — not always stamping us into academic or sexological frameworks.

I do find it kind of offputting that one might separate "weirdo" (and therefore "weirdo genders"?) from "okay" (people/genders).

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Anja Flower
April 15th, 2009 at 8:47 pm |
Quil, I don't think that he's saying that -he- separates transvestites into "weirdo" and "executive" classes, but rather that others might. Essentially, he's saying that he gets a "free pass" because (a) he's a comedian and (b) he's making MONEY off his dressing. Of course, he doesn't exactly reject said free pass, but he's a comedian, not a gender scholar.

And yes, Eddie Izzard is truly a treasure. I believe he does a lot to bridge the gap of understanding between transgender/genderqueer people and the rest of the population.

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AgentRusco
April 15th, 2009 at 9:27 pm |
I really appreciate Eddie Izzard. In more ways than gender.

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Taylor Trash
April 16th, 2009 at 5:51 am |
I think what he's saying is being a transvestite doesn't make someone a weirdo. Being a WEIRDO makes someone a weirdo. I have always loved this particualr DVD of Eddie Izzard's stuff.

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