 It seems like whenever Ben Shapiro is reminded that transgender people exist he has another meltdown So whenever there's some sort of news related to transgender issues or a transgender celebrity comes out He freaks out and he reiterates to everyone why he is a terrible person and doesn't want to respect who they are Now we'll talk about Ben Shapiro But let me just weigh in and give you my opinion Usually I don't care about celebrity related news, but I think that Elliot Page coming out is really important because Culture matters and there's like no representation for trans trans people So if you're like a young trans individual or non-binary individual you have nobody to look up to Nobody who you know you see reflected in media and that really does matter because we haven't had that Cultural revolution when it comes to transgender issues and non-binary issues So whenever there is a celebrity that speaks up or comes out as trans I think that that really is significant culturally because that That gives trans youth who are statistically more likely to do self-harm Someone to look up to someone like them, you know and to see the positive response to Elliot Page coming out I think that that matters and it seems trivial if if you don't know You know how important this is if you're not trans yourself, but it really does matter I promise you it does matter like seeing gay celebrities as a child that really that was important Even if back then when I was young I didn't know that I was gay or identify as gay You like you know, I knew I was different but seeing that it helped me to grow and become the person who you know I ultimately was which is a gay dude. So Elliot came out and Ben Shapiro responded As we'd expect Ben Shapiro to respond. He was offended at the fact that Elliot page decided to come out So we're gonna talk about what he said, but first of course, let's watch Ellen page can identify however. She wants. I don't care Really it makes no difference to me. She is an adult human. She can do whatever she wants. It is a free country However it being a free country I am also free to point out that Ellen page is was and shall remain a woman because Ellen page is in fact a woman Now I'm happy to call Ellen page Elliot if she wants to be called Elliot because people change their names all the time And you can in fact change your name by declaration You cannot however change your sex by declaration or your gender by declaration. That is not how this works There is no other area of life in which people simply declare themselves to be a thing and everybody goes. Oh, okay Right and objectively verifiable thing right there You can declare your sexual orientation where you can declare a thing that you like You can declare that you're a fan of this particular band You can declare that you have a sexual attraction to x y or z right That's all subjective and all we have to go on is your behavior, which is objective and your subjective self-assessment However, when you're declaring something as core as your sex, there is no objectifiable and no objective measure What's however whereby Ellen page is a man none right? She is a woman And yet we are immediately told by the media that you even address Ellen page or Elliot page as a she is discriminatory It's very bad and very discriminatory and so you end up with complete inanities and insanity's Okay, so Ellen page declared that She is now a man Okay, but she also declared that she is a queer man Now this is confusing because if she were a queer man, this would mean that she is attracted to men Which would technically mean that she's a straight woman Because if she is a natural woman attracted to men this would make her a straight woman But we know she's not that because she was a lesbian Right, so she is married to a woman as far as I'm aware and that means that she is a lesbian But now she is a man And according to her this means that she is a white straight male So how she queer she's a white straight male So here is how wikipedia tries to sum this up. You ready for this? According to wikipedia In in In january 2018 page publicly announced his marriage to dancer and choreographer. I'm a partner So this means that ellen page is a gay man married to a woman according to wikipedia Which makes no sense at all Like in any way shape or form it's irritating to me because he's trying to prove to people that he's not an asshole That he wants to respect elliot But he goes out of his way to dead name elliot page and misgender elliot page throughout the entire video See if elliot wants to be called elliot, that's fine I'm just going to keep dead naming elliot and misgendering elliot on purpose And if you watched the interview that he did with uh, joe rogan when he was talking about laverne cox He had to go out of his way to misgender laverne cox and he accidentally At least accidentally to him used the correct pronouns, which are she transgender woman from uh, orange is the new black I never watched that show. I've never watched that show either, but she's on the cover of time magazine Oh, or he's on the cover of time magazine. Gotcha, bitch trans people exist That's the bottom line and you can either choose to acknowledge that fact and get over it and try to treat them with respect So that way they don't want to hurt themselves So society becomes more accepting to them or you can continue to be an asshole and throw a temper tantrum Whenever somebody else comes out as transgender Or trans transgender people or non-binary people make any sort of progress whatsoever But it's been Shapiro. He is a regressive and um, he he doesn't want to see Anyone who doesn't fit into the box that he has created culturally to succeed. So that's why he throws these temper tantrums That's why he's triggered by the thought that trans people exist now He says you can in fact change your name by declaration. You cannot however change your sex by declaration or your gender by declaration Um, actually you can and what he is refusing to acknowledge is the difference between sex and gender And this is what republicans do they pretend as if sex and gender are the same thing They might be related, but they are not the same thing sex refers to what is in between your legs Whereas gender is your expression, right the expression of masculinity or femininity or none of the above You could be non-binary. There are people who I know who don't fit into either of these two binary, you know gender systems So it's not as easy as he wants you to believe he's oversimplifying it and he's saying look All this comes down to is do you have a penis or a vagina if you have a vagina? Then I have to refer to you Using a she her pronouns if you have a penis then you're a man I'm going to refer to you as uh, you know having He him pronouns, but it's not that simple because let's assume for a moment that Ben Shapiro had a vagina If that were the case then wouldn't it be weird using his Measures to like refer to Ben Shapiro as her because he's a father. He's a husband He is heterosexual he identifies as a male because I mean think about this in public You don't assess whether or not someone is man or woman Based on if they have a penis or vagina because you can't tell because human beings wear clothes if they are normal So, you know, we base our judgment on these issues on gender cues You know the way that someone looks or acts their clothes not their penis or their vagina Yes sex refers to biology gender does not refer to biology. It is an expression So he tries to like narrowly define what it means to be male or female When that's just that's not reasonable just simply saying well, you're a man or a woman depending on what you have between your legs That's not realistic. It's not realistic Life is more complicated than that. It's not just about biology. That's not what gender refers to hence why there's a difference between sex and gender Which conservatives refuse to acknowledge. They say well, you know, it's the same thing Sex is a synonym for gender when in actuality. It literally is not facts. Don't care about your feelings. Sex is not the same thing as gender That's a fact. Um, now he he says that um, actually I should be misgendering Ben Shapiro since he was doing that to Elliott So, uh Ben Shapiro she said that um, he doesn't she doesn't know see how difficult it is to misgender someone on purpose Uh, she doesn't know whether or not Elliott is straight or gay because Elliott is married to a woman But still identifies as queer and he bases this off of the Wikipedia page Look at the end of the day. This is my response. Why do you care so much? Stop caring so much. Like it's so weird to me that he focuses on this so much and spends so much time Trying to think about somebody else and what they identify as who they sleep with what they have between their legs If you're not transgender or gay or non-binary Get over it. Like that's that's the easiest thing that I can say to maybe ameliorate your you're suffering right now Stop thinking about it But I suspect that the reason why individuals who are like openly homophobic or openly transphobic Like Ben Shapiro Steven Crowder is because there's some struggle going on with them And of course this this is just speculation But there was an article that recently dropped where a Hungarian politician who was anti-gay Was caught attending an orgy with 25 men And I think that that story is relevant because usually the loudest homophobes and transphobes Are usually in the closet, right? They're projecting uh, their Denial onto the rest of the world, right? And so maybe it's the case that Ben Shapiro is transgender and he doesn't want to come out as transgender, you know So so he will completely Tell himself like I can't be a woman. I can't be a woman. I have a penis I have a penis I have a penis and like he has to say that over and over again And it's almost to the point where it's like, well, who are you trying to convince? Are you trying to convince us or yourself? and the same is true for Steven Crowder where he Like was harping away at how bad it is to be gay and was harassing carlos maza for over a year And you've got to ask why do you care this much? It quite literally does not affect your life Again gay and trans people are going to exist like it or not Are you going to choose to let them live in peace and give them equal rights? Or are you going to go out of your way to dead name them and misgender them just to be an asshole? So you can smugly say well, I'm correct because I am I'm citing science Like what you're saying is not just dickish. It's incorrect They use the science argument, but then they purposefully omit key details that sex And gender are not the same thing and then they talk about this way more than any normal person would Like i'm sure that transgender people haven't thought about trans issues as much as ben Shapiro has So that that begs the question like are you Suffering yourself. Do you need to come out as trans or gay ben? Like I just I don't understand it Like I as a gay dude have not thought about homosexuality as much as some of these conservatives have Right. So you have to wonder why do you care this much? And I'll leave it at that because I think that a lot of this is projection Like they're trying to convince themselves rather than their audiences That or they're just assholes, but regardless it doesn't matter I'm really thankful that elliott came out because again, this is super important trans youth They don't have many role models, especially ones who are transitioning, right? They learn that someone is transgender usually but coming out as transgender or non-binary That's something that still isn't normalized in society. It's very uncommon. So to see this this is important Like of all the celebrity news This is the only thing that actually can have a meaningful impact on people's lives in a positive way Because trans youth need to see themselves reflected in people who are popular and famous and this is this is important So, you know ben Shapiro can shit on it all he wants But I think that more people need to question why he thinks about this so much why every time there's transgender news He gets so mad like that's not normal to be that mad unless it affects you personally