I'm not gay, but these stories about what some had to go through were truly abhorrent. Very strongly told by Ian too.

This address was utter personal courage, rhetorical brilliance and unadulterated charm.

Ian McKellen is a legend

"No one born prejudiced, they learn it".

"SIR" Ian Mckellen

This video has made a real impact on me. And I have to admit, it has changed the way I look at things.

He knows how to reach an audience. My spine shuddered when he stamped his foot.

He did that same gag way back when visiting my lowly comprehensive school. It was fucking brilliant.

1:20 I love it when he does this bit.. You can see his face change as he gets into character

Just want to say that having met the man twice, he really is this nice. Be prepared to discuss yourself and your doings rather than his if you have a chat, he really is interested in what other people doing far more than talking up his own accomplishments.

I think I watched the first part five times LMAO

What a lovely, lovely man. I really admire him.

A very deep message! Sir Ian McKellen is one of the best person in the Word!

This is quite possible the most effective telling of this history ever because it wasn't preachy and it wasn't accusatory. This has and will continue to change minds. It deserves a broader audience. Good on you, Sir.

What a massive lovely old darling

Wasn’t expecting him to say his famous Gandalf line.. especially in the same vocal tone and manner... omg what a time to be a live in sea of icons

What happened to the q and a part?

Sir Ian is BRILLIANT!

love him with all my heart

a wonderful human being and a fabulous actor

Is there a video of that "Q&A" (he mentions it at the end)? I'd really love to watch it.

For God's sake! I was suppose to do my homework on semantics and I ended up watching OU. Again.

I respect him and love so much

When he said "Simon Callow" I went "I knew it!" thinking he said Simon Cowell.

LEGEND!

Ian is an incredible man. I hope he knows what he's done for the gay community.

Fastastic speech/Talk from 'Sir' Ian McKellen. Gripping all the way through. So honest, real and emotional. I don't suppose +OxfordUnion that you recorded the Q&A session which followed? If so, I for one would love to see it.

Such a magnificent human being!

is there a questions and answers part to this....?

this guy is a amazing :)

Incredible man

where can i find the Q&A part of this address?

Maravilloso! Puro carisma!

Where is the Q&A session please?

Kindest man on earth

Where is the Q&A?!

I am absolutely sure he would have done a great job as Professor Albus Dumbledore!! Sir, you are AWESOME

Impressive!

My man Gandalf

The murdered man in the case he was describing was actually also called Ian, not Michael.

Sorry where can I find the Q&A? Thx

I knew that was coming lol.

how is this considered the full address if it's cut short

Fabulous outfit

好喜欢这个爷爷 啊，还有甘道夫爷爷，真的真的好喜欢

Gosh diddly darn it. I clicked on this because I wanted to know where he lives!

My goodness this man knows how to command a room.

the great shakespearean actor Sir Ian :

“ YOU SHALL NOT PASS ! “

I love vicious💕💕💕it is the star of the show☺

Years ago we took in a Young gay man whose family threw him out, his father was a doctor and his mother a mayors assistant. When the same young man's brother came to a party I instinctively knew he also was gay and told him to come see me at home and for weeks we talked it out and I assured him that he would also have somewhere to go. He said that if his parents knew it would 'kill' them !! really !! their CHILD ! When the Younger boy finally found a job I told him that one of the first things that would come up is the question 'do you have a girlfriend ( he was really handsome) and I said do not let it pass, do not lie, just say no that you are gay if not your lie will get you in deeper and deeper and when it will 'come out' they will think you are ashamed of being gay. He listened to me and told them in the canteen on his forst day that he was gay but didn't have a boyfriend. They said oh ! cool ! and that was that !! I was able to be there for them but there are so many more that feel that they have no where to turn.

Four words that have come to define his legend.

As a fan of the good Sir, listening to him was rather painful. At times you could really feel the pain in his voice as he spoke about this and that. And understand how he himself is affected of these acts of stupidity by homophobic assholes. Keep up the good work Sir Ian! You are bringing a brighter future for the next generations. The past can't be changed, but we can always do something about tomorrow.

*_Perregrine Worsthorne died in october 2020._*

Misleading title. Says full address, didn't even get a postal code.

Hehehehehehehe, “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!” I knew that was on the tip of his tongue right when I got here. Here in the United States, we should have addresses like these to the student bodies of every public school across the country. I am grateful that my own parents were the first people I told about being gay when I realized it of myself and that they have not disowned me. I still don’t underestimate that I’m one of the fortunate and that millions of teenagers are still being kicked out of their childhood homes for it.

He is a servant of the Secret Fire.

Aw. No q&a for us poor buggers who couldn’t be there? Or does that video hide somewhere I don’t know?

He looks a lot like Tolkien did in his interviews from the 1960s. Funny coincidence.

Both Ian and Derek were the first gay double actors even though they were born a year apart from each other

Magneto was right!

Gandalf himself

😊

You shall not passsss!!! :)

A fine man Ian. And a fantastic actor and understanding person. And by the way people are disgusting. Just because you are gay doesn’t mean you should leave your kid on the street or stomp at them till em die or anything like that. And I don’t see how that is different from isis. They both do what they belive in even though that hurts and kills people, scars them for life

Native American tribes were well aware of gay people, often referred to as " two - spirit" people. Spiritual sanction. In many tribes, two-spirit people filled special religious roles as healers, shamans, and ceremonial leaders. They were often thought of as emissaries of the Most High.... organised religions are all going to eventually have epic face palm moments for getting things so wrong.

Please i need subtitles in spanish, it doesn’t get more educational than this for new lgbtq generations don’t forget.

Being gay is another fundamental human right in a civilised community. I'm a Christian who does not practice sex but I don't harness any prejudice towards those that do. Decorum is required but one's private life is a life choice and does not impinge upon the freedom of heterosexual life. We should not need to label or segregate sexual proclivities as we should not discriminate against any social division. Being is living free of divisions which have no place in an intelligent debate. I agree that proclivities should be discreet in public but privacy is difficult within social media culture where victimisation has become a way of dividing us. Unity is procurement for rational discernment.

32 didn't appreciate this man? All done with no notes.

Ironic isn’t it actor of Gandalph is gay and Dumbledore is gay in fiction. Maybe it isn’t ironic and I’m just too nerd I dunno.

20 dislikes ? LOL

This is the type of person that the whiners - the SJWs etc - should look to.Think of his struggles, and the many like him.

a film popular in culture V for vendetta, his mask is used by many He survives in prison reading the note left by a lesbian woman ... a popular Opera "Peter Grimes" about... the difficulties of a Fisherman an and his assistants that die .... Wikipedia says ".... The work has been called "a powerful allegory of homosexual oppression"..."

I am from Iran and what he said about teenagers being hanged for homosexuality shocked me I looked it up in Google and it wasn't for being gay they were hanged for raping a little boy. I do not agree with such punishment for underage teens or execution in general .just saying it's very diffrent punishing for rape and being gay

He’s a great legendary actor Ian mckellen is even though he’s a gay man just like his good friend derek Jacobi

He's Gandalf the Gay 😀❤️

Not popular because... those "intellectual" elites of Oxford wouldn't understand Tolkien, right... (Lololol, but true. Modern times.)

I’m gay myself but remain single

I agree with McKellen that all people should enjoy equality. But, it seems the topic of gay rights is a monomania with him.

I m rather compelled or propelled to mention this ... The British govt should watch this who send back LGBTQ people thinking it's alright to go back to colonial nations which they did recklessly in such an underhanded fashion

Gaaaaaaaaaaandaaaaalf!!!!! Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Of course I would never ever buy things they are advertising within his speech. Only ignorants would interrupt his talking with stupid toothpaste etc. etc. .... KZfaq should learn to listen. People should learn to listen to each other.

Can you even rise to the occasion when you are speaking so much about gay love !

I am not gay but

I don't know Ian but I know him as a great actor not his sexual taste. Roll ye thespian lol 😆

In my country people are getting judged for being even..hetrosexual ...if u kiss eachother u should pay 80 dollar for breaking public shit or something so we cant freely do anything in public and ur complaining about gay people is even mire absurd i hope thinks get well for gays and hetrosexuals

Sure it's a nice piece of verse and well rendered by Sir McKellen. But what it does prove? One can adduce great poetry to defend just about any viewpoint! I am AGAINST mass immigration to the West, and thus hereby call upon RUDYARD KIPLING to make my case: "The Stranger Within My Gate" The Stranger within my gate, He may be true or kind, But he does not talk my talk- I cannot feel his mind. I see the face and the eyes and the mouth, But not the soul behind. The men of my own stock, They may do ill or well, But they tell the lies I am wanted to, They are used to the lies I tell; And we do not need interpreters When we go to buy or sell. The Stranger within my gates, He may be evil or good, But I cannot tell what powers control- What reasons sway his mood; Nor when the Gods of his far-off land Shall repossess his blood. The men of my own stock, Bitter bad they may be, But, at least, they hear the things I hear, And see the things I see; And whatever I think of them and their likes They think of the likes of me. This was my father’s belief And this is also mine: Let the corn be all one sheaf- And the grapes be all one vine, Ere our children’s teeth are set on edge By bitter bread and wine.

Came here for lord of the rings and gandalf, got a speech about gay boys. Goodbye

Would like to see Ian join with the LGB Alliance because he rightly recognises that more is still to be done to stand up for us Gays and Lesbians, and Stonewall UK is no longer a LGB-friendly group.

There are people who think I am a paedophile because of some of the texts I wrote. All I can say is that I would marry this man on the spot and hope that he outlives me. Unfortunately, I don't think I could hold a candle to him in any aspect to even draw attention to myself.