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  • how do you get boobs

  • I'm a transgender female. I always find it "amusing" when people mistakenly think that gender is based on what is or isn't down between someone's legs.

    when John Wayne Bobbitt had his penis cut off, did he all of a sudden become a woman until it was reattached ?? ANSWER---> NO

  • Is that a boy or a girl

  • Fucking love that,mind if I quote you on the last bit? As a married guy with unaltered plumbing,transgender people are eminently quotable.Everyone else comes off as one sided.I've quoted Candy Darling to death,rest her soul.

  • "People are dumb and need to be kicked in the nuts" xD

    Always makes me laugh if i'm having a bad day :P

    

  • You never "got to far in to this" after "examining the question." You just examined the question. So you're not on either extreme of the spectrum, but can you at least say which end of the spectrum you're closer to? And not everyone has "nuts." Maybe this is a better way of asking: Do you have "nuts?"

    p.s. Please don't get defensive. It's a far stretch to assume someone is ignorant or intolerant because they are curious and ask simple (or maybe not so simple) questions.

  • 1:44 - 1:48 is fuckin hillarious

  • He is a female lesbian male shemale gay girl

  • He/she doesnt know what his/her gender is either.

  • your an apple

  • i LOVE how so many people are responding by saying "fine i'll change is that to are you" implying (1) interrogating people about their gender is appropriate and (2) COMPLETELY missing the point that not everyone is a boy or a grrrl.

  • Lady, are your balls in a vice?

  • The ending was kind of beautiful :D Love the video!

  • soooo... neither actually a dinosaur as the final few seconds would suggest. or id=s that the third gender?

  • how about are you a boy or are you a girl? lol idc if your a boy a girl or a rabbit as long as we not fightin im treat u the same way i treat anyone else =]

    

  • totally love this video!!! get this question alot!!! now i have a great reply!!! THANKS

  • I really don't care for the word gender! In my view words like race, and gender are social constructs, I want nothing what ever to to do with!

  • i think its a boy this person reminds me of Chris Crocker

  • Lmao you're adorable.

  • Fine, we'll rephrase it then: ARE YOU a boy or girl, and i'm the ignorant one?

  • i've been asked if i was a boy or a girl before haha but now im feminine :)

  • Boy has an adoms apple or what ever the fuck. that thing is

  • @bobbycourth Girls do too actually. Everyone does.

  • if people still mistake you for a boy, your transformation is not complete, its nothing to be upset about, id take that as inspiration. you cant control people around you but you can control how you react to it. reacting negatively will not bring you peace

  • So are you female or male you are talking complete nonsense and the fact that some stupid retard that has nothing to do with english ( i not saying i have) asked that question doesent mean you cant answer mine are you female or male simple and i hope right.

  • You've got a way to take evidence into extreme complexity.

  • I get asked what I am all the time. I just respond to either one now.

  • @meep86 I usually just respond, "Yes I am"

  • <3<3<3<3<3<3<3

  • Great vid. Epistemology and Philosophical linguistics might not be most people's first choice from which to style a righteous rant, but they go together like Pate and Bourdeux, don't they? I've always considered gender to be no more than one of many physical traits that could be used to describe WHAT we are, but which reveal nothing about WHO we are. And I thought that was pretty deep. LOL. But you have shown me that have barely scratched the surface. Well done. Bravo.

  • are you a girl or a boy?

  • GGGAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY HOMOSEXUAL ASSLICKING SUPER HOMOSEXUAL GAY GAY GAY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

  • @323fql Penus? determends?, OMG lol

  • Your weird!

  • I understand your frustration. I myself have and still continue to struggle with my own confusion about my gender. It has become hard for me to tolerate other people's ignorance toward the subject. I don't like the rigid, two dimensional BS that people try to force on you to justify their own lack of understanding.

    Man or woman, boy or girl, neither or both people are okay for who they are as long as they aren't hurting anyone. Stop trying to put us in a box.

    By the way, You look nice ^^

  • Love the resolution, amen, lol. :)

  • "the resolution? people are dumb and should be kicked in the nuts."

    xD hahaha.

    I see your point. but when I ask "is that a boy or a girl" (saying "that" for lack of a better word... actually, I guess you could say "are they a boy or a girl") i often want to know what I should address them as. you know, "ma'am" or "sir" because I don't want to insult anyone.

    insulting people scares me. :(

    and not everyone is so thoughtful or sensitive about these things, so they often speak carelessly.

  • I absolutely love you for this.

    I'm in the process of going from FTM.

    And you just make me smile. :]

    Thanks for posting this!

  • wait are you a boy or a girl? lol

  • you wasted 1.51 minutes of my life

  • ok ur obvisouly gay but why wear girl clothes? why not wear male clothing just tighter?

  • @zarahxlove96 She's a trans girl, DUH!!! And yeah she IS gay, she and her lesbian girlfriend are very happy together I think.

  • OH, am I happy to hear you explain that - so many people destroy English by saying the phrase "I saw the man THAT did . . . "! Drives me up the wall!

  • a lesbian trapped in a male body??

  • @DJMapes14 Yeah it happens like anything else.

  • @DJMapes14 Yeah it happens, just like there are straight women trapped in male bodies/

  • Resolution, people are dumb and need to get kicked in the nuts. Wouldn't that be a good resolution to everything?

  • So................ you're a you?

  • @lazylank No... I'm a ME!

  • @lazylank No... I'm a ME!

  • @grishno

    Well, yes, you are, from your point of view. lol

  • Either way you are an abomination.

  • Who cares as long as your happy.

  • ur  a man

  • I LOVE THIS!! way to break it down! you so smart

  • hahaha i luv this, you're incredible lady.

  • I'd fuck you either way.

    Assuming you shut up.

    No, no seriously. I'm sorry, you're far more interesting than most people I'm sure. I mean, every fucking comment on your video is either "OMG U LUK FUNNY" orrr... "omg depp". i'm sure you enjoy the latter a bit more, which is... pathetic.

    But, this semantic crap, it's just... yeah, funny, clever, you know the goddamn english language, and the difference between a subject and predicate. You write poetry, maybe a bit of guitar? Bet you think

  • alot. Bet you like that you think alot. Great!

    GOOD JOB!

    FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC!

    WOOT!

    Point is, this didn't relay shit for information. Insulting tha masses is funny, but you haven't educated them. you don't go into hormone bathes, or the fact there are five genders, or the percentage of genders changed at birth. You should aim to freak out your viewer so that they see themselves as jeapardized. Most people are already decided, and wathcing this? Will make them laugh. At you.

    HA!

  • If you or they would like to learn more about these specifics that you mention then I might recommend one of my other 160 videos that cover those topics.

  • so the answer is no, then right? or maybe it's yes

  • =)  Exactly!

  • I have to say - I loved this video. It speaks very strongly, solidly and openly about the problems that we face on a day to day basis.

  • WTF............you look like a man

  • your mom looks like a man....

  • Everyone has an Adams Apple.

  • Are you serious? Is this person serious?

    When people walking down the street point at you and whisper the question, "Is that a boy or a girl?" to their friends they are asking if you have a penis or a vagina. You talk about there being several mediums between the extremes... but there is only one medium, that's called being a hermaphrodite. This isn't a hard question to understand... Maybe something you should have touched on in this video was the difference between sex and gender.

  • Well my question is 'What does it matter?'

    What if you saw a person and you could not tell if they were black or white and you asked, "Is she black or white?" It wouldbe considered rude and racist. Well asking if someone is a boy or a girl should be considered rude as well. And it's not such an easy question to answer, There ismore to being a boy than just having a penis and more to veing a girl than just LACKING one. Erin may have been born with a penis but she has always been a girl.

  • 1. You don't understand what racism is. It wouldn't be racist if you asked if someone was white or black, so that was a bad example.

    2. It is not rude to ask the person that question. They could generally not know. I know your question is why does it matter, but when someone is confused they ask questions. It's what we do. You just don't like being in awkward situations.

  • I'm just saying if I asked "Is he black or white" People would MAKE it into racism, people would respond with "What the hell does it matter? WOuld you treat him any differently if he was black *or white*" And also I'm just saying most people don't ask this question out of geniun curiosity as you say, most people ask it to be a smartass. Like I say anytime someone asks it, they usually WHISPER it but they say it just loud enough to make sure you hear it.

  • I mean if I see someone dressed like a girl, with a girl's personality and presenting themselves as a girl, I'd think sh'es a GIRL. No matter what she's got between her legs I'm gonna respect her as a lady.

    And again I don't see what it matters to people WHAT I have between my legs.

  • And plus there are things you just DONT ask people, I mean do you verbalize EVERYTHING you think? If you saw an extremly fat woman do you think it would be acceptable to ask her how much she weighs?

  • And WHY do people whisper this question BUT they make sure they say it right in your earshot where you can hear them?

  • @ouchmypouch Having a female brain could be another medium between the 2, can'tyou atleast be open to that possiblity? I know tis is late, but sometimes I go back and read through ignorance.

  • well what is it? chick or a guy?

  • well said.

    are you going to reprise your little act in Hell too? Just curious.

  • Why would god care what clothing I wear? Doesn't that just seem like micro-managing and petty? Oh, you were born with a penis so you can't wear scoop neck shirts or tight jeans.

    Honestly, if your version of hell and heaven WERE real, then I'd going to heaven and having people like you there WOULD be hell.

  • sevenonpaper CERTAINLY NOT IN YOUR PANTS!! IM GUESSIN 5 AT BEST!

    Get educated man, although you do wear ignorance very well

  • This. Was. AMAZING. xDDDD

    *Thumbs up*

  • Thank you for this post. Well done and you are a beautiful soul.

  • That resolution is good life advice,: when someone being closedminded and a dumbass kick 'em in the nuts !XP ur frigun awesome!!

  • Jrsbarker, you're absolutely right.

  • This was hilarious. Thank you for this video.

    Also you have /great/ hair. *unrelated*

  • born a man always a man

  • you are so wrong my man i was born female, but im more man than you`ll ever be. Why? i am secure in who i am, no need to be rigid , ignorant, and judgmental. I most likely get more "trim" by accident than you do on purpose.

  • @TheBrandon7055 Born a dumbass biggot, always a dumbass biggot.

  • Well, You do look suspiciously gay or Trans.

  • Well done. Whoever left that comment just got told.

  • best video about transidentity, ever

  • It all depends on the tone and intent that is used while asking the question. This phrase is constantly used to put down people who may not fit into social norms of gender... and while there may be certain times where it IS an appropriate question to ask, more often then not it isn't.

  • Excellent Resolution!!!!

    xoxo, ciao

  • LOL ITS BLACK OR WHITE

  • yeah i am no object yeah i am a complex human being yea i am a boy.end of story.

    p.s. you never cease to amaze me.amazing video,not for closed minded fuckers to understand

  • remember that whilst it isn't right, for the majority of people its ignorance and not ill-meant

  • "people are dumb and need to be kicked in the nuts"

    lol best part of the video

  • u didnt answer the question!. is that (you) a boy or a girl????. IM STUMPED. n clean ur teeth!! yellow as fuck

  • @kippz2 You just proved the ignorance she was talking about.

  • "Substantial evidence suggest that gender identity, gendered cognition, and sexual preference are shaped pregnatally by genes and exposure to testicular and estrogenic hormones (Brizendine, 2007; GIRES, 2008). In this model, the body and brain of the fetus are by default female, and are then either "virilized" or not."

  • This is a great video. The other day at school I was walking in the hallway when I heard a girl say really loudly "That's a girl". Then I hear her say, "Well, he asked if that was a girl or a boy!"

  • okay, your both

  • i call you transgender so your are which ever you feel

  • You rock! You are so smart. This video means so much to me. Thank you.

  • Erin? You win the internet, simple as that.

  • I love this

  • I still think this is one of the best videos ever. I mean, just the way you dissect the question is brilliant!

  • u're great

  • im guessing on face shape thats a guy? but the voice would imply that he/she could be a hermaphrodite?

  • It'sMePgy002, but you know it doesn't make a damn bit of difference.

  • Brava!! Great rant

  • OMG! you are my hero!!! YOU'RE FREAKING AWESOME! Whenever someone asks me "Is that a boy or a girl" I'm making them watch this video.

  • people should keep their noses out of other people's business! weather he's a boy or she's a girl doesn't! and to people who don't like transgenders/gays and bis.

    FUCK YOU!.....FUCK YOURSELVES AND ROT IN HELL!

  • doesn't matter to anyone else*

  • You are so sexy! xx

  • Holy crap. How many ignorant bigots responded to this video? It is completely biologically possible to have a female brain and a male body or vice versa. It is also completely possible to have a different gender identity, sometimes conforming to neither. Aiden is right, us FTMs are more men than anyone who will spout such nonsense. Whether or not any of you understand it, Erin is a woman. And as she has said before, her fight for her own womanhood only proves she is a woman. More than many.

  • if you're a boy and you dress like a girl, you're still a boy. ha there is no "gender spectrum", it's just the two options. except in very rare cases where the subject is biologically male and female but in most of these they are predominantly one or the other anyway.

  • You're talking about sexes you idiot.

  • So is she, as much as she would deny it. Gender is not in the mind, it's on the outside. Just because your thoughts are atypical or not standard in regards to your gender, doesn't mean you are a female if you have male parts. I don't have a problem with people who feel like they were born into the wrong body, but until they have that changed they are what they are. As I said before, there is no "spectrum" when it comes to gender.

  • Stop being ignorant and realize that sex and gender are entirely different things. Unlike sex, which is determined by a very specific chromosomal pair within the human species, gender HAS a spectrum. One that stretches far and wide, and encompasses and contains several terms, words, and definitions. Also, I find it appalling that you think it is required of people to have SRS in order to be determined, or even seen, as the opposite sex.

    ugh.

  • I'm not being ignorant, I just don't agree with you. Excuse me for having a different view. I suppose you think I'm a close-minded bigot as well.

  • Yourwife-She might have male parts BUT if she is a girl mentally, emotionally and psychologically, that's what she deserevs to be treated as and NOT held to the standards of a birth defect.

  • @yourwifecalledagain

    "I suppose you think I'm a close-minded bigot as well."

    Uh, yep...

    I was just going to say that but you said it for me.

  • Well calling anyone who disagrees with you a close-minded bigot is ridiculous and close-minded yourself.  In my mind there are only two genders, and that's just how I categorize people. If you can't accept that that makes YOU close-minded. Not everyone HAS to think the way you do.

  • @yourwife- I dont see what there is to disagree about? Who are you to agree or disagree about who Erin, or ANYONE else is?

    Again I'll go back to the race thing, what if someone disagreed that the N word was a horrible word, and they chose to use it, do you think they would be accepted if they said, "Oh I'm merely disagreeing with you and i thin kthe N word is TOTALLY OK!" No they'd be called a racist bastard!

  • I simply don't think there is a gender spectrum. And don't you dare ask me if I think there's a color spectrum as well, because they're obviously different. I don't care what people want to call themselves, I just don't like it when other people try to force me to do it too.

  • @yourwife So would you have problem calling Erin "Miss" or "ma'am" or by female pronouns? If yes, I guess I'm just saying I don't see what it would matter to YOU. I don't believe EVERYTHING is one extreme or the other, I think there CAN be inbetweens and grey areas. I mean a person's whole entire being is NOT determined by a penis or a vagina. There are a number of things that make up a person to take into consideration not just 1 organ.

  • No, I wouldn't. Don't make stupid assumptions. I would, however, have a problem calling her using masculine pronouns.

  • @yourwife *continued* Erin is trying to enlighten people that there IS more differences between a man and a woman than just physical sex organs, and there is more to being a woman than just NOT having a penis. And it's not so out of the realm of possibility that a baby CAN be born with male body and a female brain.

    People who choose to totally deny this and won't even listen to it *especially without even knowing what we trans people feel* in my opinion are ignorant.

  • yourwife-Oh, shut up!

  • what about "Is that person"....give me a break, i understand what you're trying to do but seriously...looking too far into it. It's like someone saying to me, is that a gay? I don't get offended. really now...

  • wow there is so much hate in the comments on this video, but i really did like your video...it really did give me a whole other perspective on that sentence and language in general...thanks again

  • why comment? why not just go away?

  • thanks but i know the english language already

  • ur a very pretty tran. i'm not insulting u. i'm saying that ur pretty. just 2 let u know:)

  • Great video!

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  • playing drums has nothing to do with helping society. im working on a chemistry major. douche.

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  • wow... not only are you fucked up enough to pretend to be a girl... you are a fucking retard.

  • fuck you

    what do you have against transgender people

    We are normal, every day human beings just like you

    SHE is not PRETENDING to be anything

    she is a woman whether you like it or not

  • and no you dont.

  • I think you are a useless member of society because you are a close-minded bigot

    the world would be better without you

  • Since when has closed-mindedness, unjustified hatred and intolerance made the world a better place?

  • excuse me douche, I AM one of those people you would refer to as a "freak"

    My name is Aiden

    I am 17 years old

    and I am a Female to Male transexual

    and I am more of a man then you will ever be

  • ... Is that a BOY or a GIRL?

  • lame

  • Someone really pissed you off... :P Your A GIRL...

  • First of zll i suggest u do some researcg beforeu start making stuid comments about our Community second, thats a matter of your opinion and noone asked you! and to be frank your braincells must be really small if your that limited. Like Erin said some people are dumb and need to be kicked in the nuts!

  • you pleb. I mean honestly. why don't you keep you ill formed cretinous thoughts yourself?

  • I hope you burn in hell for being such a bigot

  • you're so damn good

  • "and no adams apple"

    Lots of women such as Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts ect... have prominent Adams' apples, so I guess THEY must be men then by that logic! Also, There are MANY genetic males who do NOT have prominent Adams' apples, in fact I have a guy friend and you would think he has NO Adams' apple, you can't even SEE it! so I guess he's a GIRL! So some guys have less of an Adams' apple than some genetic females.

  • lol :-) i prefer German :-) hey neutral cool !

  • So all people have nuts? Where are these nuts all people have? Speaking for myself, being a person, is that singular for people? Speaking for myself, I have no nuts, never did have nuts, well none that I'm aware of. It may be that you're referring to body parts not all people have? Body parts often referred to as balls? If true I prefer balls over nuts as nuts seems so diminutive and balls are so much bigger. I don't have any balls either, thus I can prove all people do not have nuts or balls.

  • This f***king rocks. enough said.

  • i've asked that before. i'm sorry. :-(

  • Very well said indeed

  • Ah yes, the all too familiar question. Due to social conditioning, people CRAVE compartments; Safe little boxes to put people in. Understanding that gray areas exist takes effort and actually stopping to get to know an individual. Its so much easier for them to say "boy or girl" & "gay or straight", because then they can move on with their meaningless day comfortably. They don't have to waste another moment on wondering.

  • Well said, unfortunatly that's how most people think.

  • hahahaha lovely

  • this is just fantastic

    well, i always have loved Erin

    she's is absolutely stunning woman

    I showed this to a lot of people, they all love it

  • ugly girl, or pretty boy.

  • Epic Win!!!

  • This is something that has bugged me for a long time. Why in most cases does it matter what the gender of a person is.

    As far as I can tell the sex of a person only comes into play when the possibility of the addition of one more human on this already over stressed planet comes about.

    Instead of asking that question, have the guts and go up to the person in question and politely ask them.

  • Well said.

  • who the hell cares!?

  • a gay boy

  • Ched-She's not attracted to guys and doesn't have a guy's brain so isn't she missing the 2 thigns it takes to be a "gay boy"?

  • dude, she acts like a boy ok? for me "it" is HE, any problem? anyway, my english sucks so, please make me stop talkin -.-

  • A lot of girls "act like boys" too so I guess that makes them men, and either LEARN English or get off the board.