…a whole Instagram page dedicated to this? Oh no

My grandma told me to start watching Jammidodger when I came out as non binary. 😭 Thank you for these videos, I didn't know there was a community of people like this also ❤️

The only good gender critical is when you can't decide what gender your dnd character should be, so you roll a D20 and it crits.

I'll never get over how "gender critical" sounds like a group that should be able being critical of the gender binary and how society shapes gender roles, instead they're just forcing their own version of gender on others 🤷🤦

GC's: "TRANS MEN ARE ALL JUST CONFUSED LESBIANS!!!" Gay trans guy: "But I like men." GC's: "VERY CONFUSED LESBIANS!!!"

Personally, I don't believe men and women actually exist at all, but then again, I haven't been outside the past year and half, so the existence of any other human seems pretty suspicious

I’m a cis woman and I’d heard the gender critical arguments, but they made me uncomfortable, they didn’t feel right. I didn’t have the counter-arguments to explain why ‘gender critical’ views were wrong, I just knew that it felt wrong to me. Thank you Jamie for giving me the language and reasoning to be able to uphold what I knew in my heart of hearts to be right - that trans women are women and belong in women’s spaces, not trans men, who are men, and belong in men’s spaces (where there is adequate and justifiable reasons for having gendered spaces)

the argument that transwomen are taking anything away from other women by existing as women, reminds me very much of the same argument against marriage equality: that somehow, by allowing everyone to marry, hetero couples are thereby losing marriage for themselves. Marriage equality did not, as feared by some, make marriage meaningless for hetero couples. Hetero couples went right on marrying as if nothing happened.

"I'm not transphobic, I'm gender critical," has the same energy as: "I'm not racist, I'm a race realist." "I'm not harassing or threatening you, it's my freedom of speech." "That wasn't homicide, it was self-defense."

No one has yet explained how these "women-only spaces" will be policed? How do you decide who is allowed in and who is not? Will we all be required to carry a gender I.D. card? Add to that, there are some quite macho trans-men who would be required to use women's bathrooms and allowed into other supposed "women-only spaces". Has this actually been thought-through?

I still always imagine gender critical as some kind of crit success on a gender chart in an rpg

I realised that a lot of people seem to forget that us trans men can be gay or bi

‘Accept who you are’ Trans people: okay *presents themselves in a way that’s most comfortable to them* ‘Wait, not like that’

this is really similar to what my mom always says. she’s all about feminism, but still is kinda transphobic and homophobic and stuff. I’m non-binary (she doesn’t really understand it, and says she doesn’t believe such people really exist), though I’m still trying to understand myself and stuff, but I’m scared of coming out to her some day. Edit: Thank you everyone for your kind words. I’m sorry i didn’t reply to all of you, but it really means a lot to me, since i am not doing really well right now. Stay safe and remember that you are loved too!! Much love 💕

Personally I am critical of gender critical people

A fun thing about gender criticals/terfs is that when they try and police the definition of woman so hard like this it ends up with gender non conforming women being harassed and all that. The bathroom stuff especially, I’ve seen videos of butch lesbians getting harassed outside of bathrooms cause of terfs. It ends up with requiring women to look some impossible “cis” standard that doesn’t exist aka you can’t look masculine, or TOO masculine whatever that means. So yes, transphobia hurts ALL women and ALL men as well :)c

If a woman is anyone who was assigned female, then you're okay with trans men in women's only spaces? It feels like people really haven't thought this one out.

The people getting upset about others using the word "people" instead of "women" anger me, because, like Jamie, I always think, "Women are people!" Actually, probably the first time I heard "pregnant people," I didn't even notice it's an accurate phrase. When I heard someone say, "people with uteruses," the first time I was just amused (I didn't realize it was said to be more inclusive - but when I learned that was reason, I didn't get upset about it - whatever the reason, it's accurate).

You are all amazing, strong, kind and brilliant people. You can overcome whatever stands in your way, you have so far. You can all make it, I will always believe in you all.

My big question is what gender would transphobes call a man who was AMAB but has XX chromosomes? It's not all that common but cis people can have chromosomes that are typically opposite from their sex. Would they think he's a woman even though he's AMAB and cis? If a person like that identifies as female and transitions would she be a "real woman?" She would have the typical chromosomes and that's all that matters according to them.

How DARE they use Daria for their transphobia. Daria doesn't stand for that nonsense.

Them saying 'the only thing about being a woman is being female' is making both my cis female friend and my enby ass mad lol

Jammi: does that mean I belong… in a women’s prison…? *stares into camera innocently like he didn’t just shut down their whole argument*

I never actually used to notice the language change (pregnant person, person with penis, etc), which indicates to me that it's not as socially and linguistically upsetting as some of these transphobes want to claim it is. I only started to notice and appreciate it after I came out and started working with a gender affrimation clinic.

I HAtE the whole: "I had to struggle and fight for this and no one helped me. So YOU have to struggle and fight for it as well!" the whole point of previous generations fighting for things is so that future generations don't have to! ALSO I hate "othering" - when people say: "I'm not x so it's not my responsibility to fight for x rights." You don't have to be a woman to fight for women's rights and you don't have to be trans to fight for trans rights. We can create safe, fair spaces for everyone if we stop arguing and come together.

"I am more than a vagina/menstruater/etc" *goes on to define women on their body parts and nothing else* Ah yes, no hypocrisy to see here

It's almost refreshing when transphobia references trans men, *almost*, if only because most of the time everyone acts like trans masculine people don't exist, because if someone mentions trans people everyone thinks of trans women. Trans women don't deserve the hate they get, or the negative attention. They're women and have the right to be in women safe spaces.

i mean, yeah, women should have access to spaces that are their own and haven’t been invaded by men. but also, trans women _ARE_ women, so they should have access to those women’s spaces, too.

Transgender males: Has chest binder Has masculine haircut Has boyish clothes Hips and waist: *I'm abt to end this man's whole career* (Just a joke...no hate comments please...have a nice day!)

Cis-women having had to fight for rights is all the more reason they should be inclusive of trans women and other less privileged groups.

I was at the doctors office yesterday and my doctor asked what my pronouns are. My mom shouted over me “she! It’s she.” However that’s not correct. I’m just pissed and wanted to rant into this KZfaq void about that

I feel like this is a good place to scream into the void of the internet... So, I had a few appontments with a psychiatrist who was supposed to help me start my transition, but two days ago, she told me I'll need to find someone else, because she doesn't have enough spots... She gave me some numbers, but as it turns out, none of them are actually qualified to help me with this specific issue. She didn't give me those specific numbers because she doesn't believe me, she gave them to me, because I have so much trauma from people telling me to keep my mouth shut about being trans, that I was barely abled to talk to her about it... I'm just extremely frustrated now, because I don't want to watch my body get even more screwed up than it already is. I finally want to start fixing this... I think I didn't get across how desperate I actually am and now I don't know what to do... Sorry, for venting, but I'm just so incredibly frustrated and crestfallen right now... doesn't help that my mother keeps purposefully misgendering me and trying to guilt trip me for something I have no control over...

"does that mean i belong in a women's prison" jamie did you take be gay do crime a little too literally

I can't get over the fact that the dogs sign was photoshopped. Like someone really saw a picture of what I can only assume was cute, innocent pet shaming and thought to themself "hm how can I make this fit my bigoted agenda?" Like man he probably just eats socks don't make the dog look like a transphobe

"Trans activism erases lesbians" I guess I, a transgender lesbian, don't exist. Very cool.

Theyre right, a woman isnt any body with a feminine personality, they can have whatever personality they want! WOMEN DON'T OWE YOU FEMININITY. Whether they're trans, cis or whatever! (ʘᴗʘ✿)Got it buddy?

The whole calling trans women "males" thing is also kinda insane too cause by most metrics we aren't! (And that's before getting into the fact that sex doesn't define gender or experience to begin with anyway)

I once had a terf tell me I just needed to "embrace my femininity" Bru, I tried that for 17 years. It didn't work

I recently looked up the self-ID law in my country, well, the proposed law, and why it's been voted against. Found an article from a huge, usually reputable newspaper, where a lawyer explains the "problems that especially women would face": "What if a convicted male r-pist self-ID'd as a woman and wants to serve his sentence in a woman's prison? What if corporate executives don't want to hire women, or want to avoid being fired, so they self-ID as women?" And then the article went on to say that "these concerns are barely discussed, they are immediately dismissed as transphobic". Like. Yeah. They are. They're also absolutely asinine and ridiculous. I stopped reading after these dog whistles, but from experience, I'm almost certain the words "bathrooms" and "sports" make an appearance later on. I just want unisex toilets and a neutral gender marker on my ID. But apparently that'll bring about the downfall of humankind :/

“A woman is anyone who is a woman” is a tautology. So we get no new information about the subject from the predicate. One knows nothing more about what you are claiming constitutes womanhood than had you said nothing at all. It’s a completely hollow statement. If I say “A Kurd is a Kurd” it would be the same thing. I’ve given you no knowledge about the history of Kurds, their traditions, language, or struggle for nationhood. Why are women and their unique position to the family, society, the state, etc. unworthy of a definition that excludes non members? I can’t just up and say “I identify as a Kurd.” People would ask “in what way are you a kurd? What is a Kurd in your mind?” And then consider that I responded “a Kurd is just a kurd?” See that would make me either foolish, dishonest, or both with respect to that outlandish claim. How are male persons saying “I’m a woman” any less preposterous? A man can no more have firsthand knowledge of what is like to posses the quality of womanhood than I can know what it is like to possess the quality of being kurdish. His very idea of womanhood is, by definition, from a male perspective. In fact, it would be much more possible to become Kurdish. People have integrated themselves into communities of other people groups. There is no such possibility for men for such social integration because there isn’t really such thing as a “society of women” or “community of women.” There are communities of kurds so, hypothetically one could basically immerse themselves among them, follow their way of life, and eventually, to some extent become and honorary member. So a trans-kurd (although ‘honorary kurd’ would be a much better description/term) is hypothetically much less preposterous of a notion than that a man can become a women. Anti-intellectual, soft-brained rubbish.

It's not "inclusive" language it's *accurate* language.

Transphobe: Don't put transwomen in woman's prisons. Me: Ok, don't charge them with any crime and let them all go free, That works too Transphobe: that is not...

Gender critical is what happens when you roll a nat 20 on a gender attack in DND

Cis woman here just doing some education. Your comment at 3.20 ish really resonated with me. Just like misogyny and covert racism you KNOW when remarks are underhanded and then they weaponise you challenging it as hysteria and feign ignorance. It. Is. Maddening. This channel is lovely. Definitely gained a subscriber ❤

When TERFS start going all “WOULD YOU WANT A MAN IN A WOMEN’s BATHROOM” my gut is like “No. which is why someone like Jamie shouldn’t be there. But a trans woman like Summer Luk? Welcome any time.”

Thanks for being such a non BS , trans male, continually giving us critically important, science based information. As another grandma who has children and grandchildren who have come out as non binary, I am so blessed to have a channel like Jamie’s to direct them to for healthy information. Blessings, prayers and love coming your way💕

It makes me giggle with sadness. I came out to my family, they were accepting on the surface. Then I was diagnosed as intersex with both male and female reproductive organs. I didn't tell them about the hamathroditeism, I just said I was intersex. They went on to use it a way to validate my femaleness 😅. So I didn't tell them that I'm a hermaphrodite. I later came to realise that unfortunately they are two faced as I like to phrase it. Accepting on the surface. But didn't like the idea I used female toilets, changing rooms and competed in sports. So I removed myself from the WhatsApp family group chat. Problem solved. Remember, family isn't genetic. I'd also like to say that non-binary, intersex and trans women do fight for womens right. Equal pay, sympathy for period pains (which I do experience due to having only female internal organs), free sanitary products, fight to feel safe in the street and not be undermined by men and to remove the idea that men can have us when they want... I don't understand why some people don't see that we undergo the exact same gender inequalitys just like any other women on the planet. Anyway, Stay safe everyone! X

Has Jamie ever debated anyone with opposing opinions? I think it might be good for him. If your views are justified and withstand scrutiny, they will win in the end.

Some of these are only transphobic because you know what they're trying to say.... Like yes female bodies come in all shapes and sizes with lots of overlap with the shapes and sizes of male bodies.... It's just that they don't really believe that.... They just maybe disagree with some of the restrictions that impact them personally. And also the "I'm not a vulva" is coming from somebody who thinks their vulva and uterus are one of the most defining characteristics of women....

GCs have gone full circle and started using "female" and "male" like incels

They come from a place of hatred and fear. We come from a place of love, empathy and inclusion. I know which side I would rather be on.

"transactivism erases Lesbians" me, a trans lesbian: *guess I'll die*

I had a bit of a shit day, I was thinking a lot about self harming again. Your videos never fail to make me smile and you have taught me a lot. Thank you for making these amazing videos I really appreciate you educating people and making us happier. P. S, if you see this drink plenty water and have a good day!! :) Edit: thank you so much for your kind words, you lot are awsome:)

5:16 So, does that mean literally no woman is a woman and at the same time every woman is a woman? I'm so confused with this one!

Anyone saying that “we had to fight for our rights so should you” are doing such a disservice to the world. All human rights efforts overlap. It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that they are maintained even if they aren’t apart of the group being targeted. No one wins by making a different minority the target.

It’s so sad that I’ve seen transphobes in the comments already. Keep doing what you’re doing Jammi! As a Trans man, I appreciate you so very much 😌

I wonder what they would see in me. An afab gynosexual enby. I wish I was cis, I wish I had a more common orientation. But I'm not and that's okay. (But honestly it took me way longer to accept that then I would want to admit.) Let's define people by their character, not their gender, pronouns, partner or genitals. Is it that hard?

"female body" xD I'm a cis woman and got read as trans woman or guy more than once because of my build.

Me (non native english speaker) reading the title "Wait I am gender critical to myself!" Me after listening to the explanation: "Oh wait again... thats just some terf stuff. I thought it was about insecure genderfluids like myself." *sad genderfluid noises*

i honestly don't understand this 'human fe/male' thing? like, especially if you're on htr, your biology literally changes? so, biologically, a trans person on htr *is* literally biologically the gender they are? what am i missing? are they supposing biology=chromosomes? i just don't get their thinking ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm honestly so fucking tired of people who can't take any criticism or backlash whatsoever

Thank you for this! The whole thing that got JK Rowling started on her transphobic rants was a post that said “people with a uterus.” As a nonbinary trans person I was so angry that JK was acting like people like me, trans men or intersex people don’t exist. Then she started attacking trans women in her next tweets & made her horrible essay & book. I was a huge Harry Potter fan growing up, it’s so disappointing the writer turned out to be a horrible transphobe. That’s actually what prompted me to come out as gender fluid because I wanted to show people like JK that people like me do exist. I’m trans & I’m valid. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Using your dog to act transphobic is the lowest of the low. It’s like they couldn’t find a person willing to hold that sign so they used a animal that can’t make a choice for themselves to do it

As a lesbian, trans people don’t erase us. Stop speaking over us.

Petition to save the poor doggy that was forced to hold a transphobic sign

Trans women are not women.... If they are, then the word woman doesn't have any meaning...

These people really think we're arguing that men and women are personality types, when that's... honestly so far from the truth. Gender, gender identity, sex, personality, and gender presentation are all different things with different definitions and can happen with a myriad of combinations. Gender nonconformity and being trans sometimes intersect, and sometimes don't.

The only thing in this video that sticks out to me is: "you have to accept that you are trans." Because i am trans as well but i never wanted to be trans and i still have issues to accept that. I always think: "Life would be so much easier if i were cis". I just hope it gets better, for all people.

At least they recognised trans men. Also im trans masc and still use the women's room and almost everytime i do i have transphobic people glaring at me despite me using the "right bathroom" by their standards

No explanation over how or why a trans-woman is a woman or how or why a trans-man is a man. No such explanation is given at any point in this video. Mostly it is just insulting people and calling them transphobes. And what is NOT transphobic anyway. Further no explanation is given why the term female doesn’t count to make a person as a woman. I acknowledge that if a person has a REAL penis(not the fake one from bottom surgery) that person is a man and I don’t care if I am called a transphobe for it.

I'm not a vulva. I'm not a vagina. I'm not a cervix. I'm not a menstrator. I'm the trouble starter, punkin' instigator. I'm the fear addicted, a danger illustrated! I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter!

I'm a vulva-curator, but I'm also a man (since surgery is expensive and may not be safe for me, and a nice stand-to-pee packer is enough to sooth my bottom dysphoria/phantom limb issues. People are not their genitals! People are not just their ability to reproduce! Biological sex is complex, everyone has the complete compliment of genes to be male and female. Everyone produces both "male" and "female" hormones as they're used for more than just sex differentiation. "Sex" hormone levels fluctuate over time, even just within the course of a day. What is normal and healthy for one person may cause a hormone imbalance in another. Some healthy cisgender women have higher testosterone levels than the average cis man. These hormones play an important role in physical development, which gives us the wide variety in body shapes and sizes we find across humanity. Cis women can have broad shoulders, large hands, be taller than the male average, have Adam's apples, dark obvious body hair, a large protruding clitoral glans aka a big "clit", etc and be perfectly healthy. Cis men can be short, have tapered fingers, have wide hips, grow sparse facial and body hair, have high voices, a short penis with a separated urethra and ejaculatory duct, and still be healthy. Unfortunately we put all the weight on genitals to separate the sexes when, if you take the whole body into account, there everyone has a complex assemblage of biologically male and female traits. This is why science says that physical sex is a spectrum. Unfortunately we generally only count people with ambiguous genitals as being intersex, and try to lump everyone else into discrete categories. Another funny thing, testosterone is actually just a modified progesterone (one of the important female hormones best known for regulating menstruation in tandem with estrogen). So cis men have to produce plenty of a "female" hormone in order to have high T. Anabolic steroids can be converted in the body into estrogen, which leads to breast growth in cis men. Cis men can naturally lactate thanks to increased prolactin levels associated with frequent nipple stimulation, especially in response to continuous contact with a newborn (which triggers hormone level changes in male fathers too if they are present), though it is rare because it can be difficult to trigger thanks to the work and time involved. It can be hard for cis women post-pregnancy to lactate too despite their normal prolactin spike. Human bodies are amazing and complex. We are massively complex biological machines with incredibly complex software powerful enough to alter the physical body (eg the placebo effect). We are a beautiful intersection between nature and nurture.

I... honestly am for changing "breastfeeding" to "chest feeding", even for cis women, and hear me out, because the word breast is so sexualised. I believe that the whole "breast is best" partially caught on in such a big way, because breasts are considered so "sexy". As a mother who wasn't able to breastfeed, for various reasons, I caught a lot of abuse for formula feeding. Especially when I had a woman telling me how my youngest would hate me because I had to feed him lactose free formula pretty much from birth. The phrase "chest is best" doesn't have the same "sexyness" as "breast is best", and I think people would be more willing to hear that formula is just as healthy, and sometimes the best option, if the "sexyness" was removed from the biological feeding method.

It’s not transphobic to ask questions. It’s not transphobic to have a different opinion.

"gender critical" "feminists": "i'm not a vulva!" also gcfs: "i define a woman as a human with a vulva"

I’m a pansexual trans nonbinary masc. I’m not a “runaway lesbian”

It’s so trippy because a lot of these on first read I’m like “yeah, empowerment!” But like, the context really ruins it.

I love (hate) how they refuse to just come out and say they think womanhood is solely defined by reproductive function.

I'm so bored of transphobia that the thing that really got me riled up about this was the misuse of the word "curator". People use this word without understanding what curation means.

One thing I learned in history was how women have spent centuries (if not millennia) fighting to not be reduced to biological function. I wonder what Emmeline Pankhurst would make of the Gender Criticals?

I'm so grateful for this channel and the education it provides. My son is trans and I'm learning so much here. Mostly I caught (and was disgusted by) the transphobic connotations in these posts but am ashamed to say there was at least one I would have missed. The cartoon woman lying on the couch wishing for a male free space, my mommy brain translated it to her wanting her bf, sons, brothers etc to give her a break, but yes now you've explained it I can see it. I'm so sorry that any of you have to deal with such negative and judgemental people. I think you are all amazing. Stay strong and true to yourself. Sending love to anybody struggling today 💖

Hearing Jamie say that he accepts himself actually added 10 years to my lifespan 🙌

"Its Just another way of saying transphobe" mic drop

It's easier to adapt everything else to fit neurology, than to adapt neurology to fit everything else. The specific function and brain activity for trans people is closer to their identified gender than the one assigned at birth. If people use biology as an excuse they ignore a major branch of it, the branch that supports trans people. When it comes to gender the neurology us what matters, because it can contradict the rest of our physical forms. It is safer and easier to change the physical representation that some one has, than it is to recreate someone's nervous system in an image that match's what terfs think they should be. A saying my psych professor would tell us is "everything psychological is also biological", there is a physical cause to being trans, and transphobia seem to ignore that. There is a physical cause for someone to be the way they are, in personality, identity, and whatever else is found in our psyche. If biology is so important to them then why are they ignoring the system of it that allows us to be who we are?

As a feminist-- all I can say is if someone who calls themselves a feminist can't support and stick up for ALL women, cis, trans, Asian, black, skinny, fat, disabled, etc- Do better. Like seriously.

They really are saying like "I'm a woman I'm more than just my biological parts!! >:((" And then say "trans women aren't women because they don't have these specific biological parts!!" Like make it make sense

I'm a trans woman and I know that not all trans folks feel a need for gender affirmation surgeries but I do (for myself) and I can't wait for after my recovery to confuse the transphobes on another level 😅

I am a feminist but not transfob. Born women and trans women deserve the same power. Trans men also.

i remember when i first came out to my mum and i was showing her trans videos and trying to explain to her why i wanted a binder and what dysphoria was and she said over and over “i don’t understand why these people cant just accept themselves as they are.” four years later she still says things like this and i still argue with her about why its bad to say those things

0:00-0:05 is a whole ass mood that I fully embody on a daily basis.

we as humans gave gender names to genitals and chromosomes. And now we know that not how it works,we have to change it. hope we understand this one day❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍

Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Let trans people pursue happiness and be treated equally. This should not be a debate.

Today I got told my pronouns are weird and that I can't expect people to change their grammar and language to include me. I usr she/they. Also, someone said I can't be lesbian because I don't look gay???

6:08 Accepting yourself as you are includes accepting that you're not you AGAB if you're trans. Because otherwise, you're just fighting against your true nature by trying to confine yourself to your body. To reject yourself is torture. Also, it is ridiculously frustrating when these people will reduce a person's existence to the chromosomal level, and yet STILL don't acknowledge intersex people who are born with different chromosomes or combined sex traits. Like, biologically they are neither strictly male or female, so if an intersex person with a vulva and a penis identifies as a woman, according to these people she doesn't count. But also wouldn't count as a man if that's how he identified. And if a person with traits of both sexes identified as nin-binary like... what? Do they not exist?

Lemme say this one more time: If you exclude trans women from your feminism, then you are not a feminist

So glad I finished that geo homework early

"gender critical" accounts/people : **exists** me : ma'am, your transphobia is showing

It makes me laugh a bit to think about how many times these people have been in women's spaces with transgender women and didn't even know it. And how often these people forget that by their logic transmen should be allowed in women's spaces...

I used the words "gender critical" the other day to mean "criticizing gender roles" and QUICKLY corrected myself

Gender criticals do mean chromosomes but they refuse to believe there is anything other than XX and XY or that those two combinations can lead to male and female secondary characteristics in certain cases anyway.