I knew I was trans as a kid, but I didn't have the language or knowledge to understand how I felt I knew I was trans as a teen, but a host of trauma and indoctrination left me feeling like an abomination unto god Finally, at 44, I was able to understand and accept who I am

'But you can be a feminine man' Me, a buff man with makeup: why cant you have both?

I'm non-binary and studying Veterinary Medicine, and can't wait to graduate, as I can call myself "Dr".

One of my roommates came out as a trans woman in college during the lockdown. She told us that she knew all throughout high school that she was trans, but her parents were transphobic, so she ended up repressing her feelings to the point that she presented even more masculine and would use a deeper voice and grew out her beard. So on the surface, she "didn't show any signs as a child or teen" but that hasn't invalidated her identity!

Translation: A process or instance of rendering one language into another. Cislation: Standing there dumbfounded, unable to understand each other. Transportation: Conveyance or travel from one place to another. Cisportation: Sitting around in the same old boring place. Transaction: An exchange of goods, services, or funds. Cisaction: I take your things and run away without paying.

19:28 This is like that story about the kid who got into a fight with a trans boy and then, when the school's principal (headmaster) told him off for hitting a "woman", he got mad on the trans boy's behalf and got into another fight with the principal.

Dinosaurs are cool heck ye.

Transphobes: archeologist will tell from your bones that- Miniminuteman (archeologist youtuber): no, they wont always.

I would love to identify as an attack helicopter. Not in a transphobic way, just in a cyborg/armored core sort of way. All my trans and ally friends could ride around in my cargo bays with the transphobes below watching in envy. Fwoom fwoom fwoom get blocked get blocked get blocked get blocked.

As a cis man, I know what dysphoria is like. A woman once told me that I have nice and feminine hips/waist... that messed with me for a long time. That wasn't the only thing, but it's the one that still sticks out in my mind.

Jammidodger: "trans women aren't just cookie-cutter copies of eachother!" me, holding my blahaj, sipping monster energy, and eating a pickle: "yeah! you tell em!"

"A transphobic joke / Me trying to watch my favorite childhood show" *Sighs in Gen X...Yeah...

"you can be a masculine woman" can i though? because i seem to remember also getting a mountain of shit for being a masculine girl when i was a kid.

"Never use any kind of tape for binding" Transtape, Jamie. It is tape that exists to be used to bind.

Sign mixup over the bathroom? Ahh... I guess they're gender neutral, picks a door, walks in.

I realized not long ago that too much of my reason for wanting to go for a PhD right away (despite it being questionable whether I can afford it right now) was so that I'd have a gender-neutral title. I think I've decided "screw it, for the next ten years or so they'll have the choice to use 'Mx' or 'Reverend,' and I may eventually show mercy by giving them the option to use 'Dr'."

"You can just be a feminine man!" "No." _Thiiiis_ is something I've come to figure about myself. On principle, effeminate men are legit, in all the ranges that incarnates, but since I started medically transitioning and subsequently began concretely conceptualizing myself as a woman, I've -chocked- chalked up the occasional unease in my receptivity to such men as -- well, prolly no small part internalized toxic masculinity, but also a repulsion against that for my own self. The answer's been, I want to be feminine _as a woman,_ thank you very much~

0:47 CAINE!!!! (He’s from the show The Amazing Digital Circus on KZfaq btw)

16:54 as a non-binary person, I'd go in whichever one my trans girlfriend went in to be ready to defend her honour in a duel

I feel like you've gotten a lot happier when you can't remember what used to give you dysphoria

The character with the "NO TRANSPHOBIA ALLOWED" sign is Caine, from The Amazing Digital Circus! He's basically what happens if AM from "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" was a wacky little guy instead of a murderous, hateful AI bent on wiping out humanity. Hope that helps!

So, kinda going off of the don’t bind with duct tape, there actually is a tape that is designed for both tucking and binding. It’s called transtape. I’ve actually recently switched to using it for working out since I swim and weight lift a lot and lifting with a binder is not safe lmao. It is nice and waterproof, and you don’t really need to change it that much (probably more if you use it to tuck), and I personally find it more comfortable than a binder. It only tucks under your arms, and doesn’t compress your ribs like a binder does, so it’s a lot easier to breathe in it.

22:30 Jaimie's *gasp* "I'm a doctor!" is low key adorable that said, I too have a doctorate, and although I honestly don't really like being called Doctor as it seems too egocentric however I WILL use it as a tool against transphobes them: "ok SIR" me: "it's Ma'am if you please" them: "no, it's SIR!" me: "ok fine you wanna play it that way, it is in fact DOCTOR and you WILL address me as such!"

Just realised, in Harry Potter it is TRANS-figuration, the best part is that you can use TRANS-figuration to transition 😮

The transformer meme made me think of this sweet anecdote. Warning, I’m dyslexic, and AuDHD so this will probably be long-winded and full of typos. I think it’s worth it though. I used to teach English as an additional language at a secondary school. I was one of several openly queer teachers working there (I was out to other staff but not to the kids), and the head teacher had recently sent out an email to all staff saying that we could not have any pride displays or teaching materials, because “students learn about the equality act in PSHE (Personal, Social, Health, & Economic Education)”. I’m not even sure if he was allowed to do that by law, but many of us were afraid of losing our jobs. This was around the time that Lil Nas X came out, and Caitlin Jenner was a contestant on I’m A Celebrity. My year eight students (aged 12-13) were all obsessed with old town Road, and one of them asked me if I’d heard that Lil Nas X was gay. I said yes. One of them said that they thought it was really cool that a Black gay man was making country music. Then another kid asked me what the word was for when someone likes boys and girls. I said “ bisexual”. It turned out that his friend had just come out as bi to him, and he wanted to know the English word for it so he could be a supportive friend. I had to try so hard not to cry. Then the same kid asked me about Caitlin Jenner. He said “ she used to be a man, and now she’s a woman. What’s the word for that again? I know it’s something like ‘transformer’, but that’s not it. I said “transgender” and he laughed because he was embarrassed that he got the word wrong. I said he had nothing to feel embarrassed about, and that it was good that he was so respectful and wanting to learn about different people. I kept trying to think of how I could change the subject, but the kids kept asking really thoughtful questions. Some were wanting to talk about LGBTQ+ laws in their home countries. I was anxious that the kids were asking me all these questions about sexuality and gender identity. On one hand, I felt really emotional that they felt comfortable enough to ask me these questions, and I was also immensely proud that they were so inquisitive and respectful, but on the other hand, I was worried about the email we’d received, and I was cautious about safeguarding guidelines and overstepping boundaries even though it was the kids who brought up the subject. I said “I want you to know how proud I am of you all, but I’m not qualified to have these kinds of discussions with you, so I’m afraid I’m going to have to end this conversation. I’ve been told you learn about these kinds of topics in PSHE, so I suggest that you write down any questions you have, and ask your PSHE teacher in your next lesson.” One of the kids said “but we never learn about bisexual people or transgender people in PSHE!” and another kid said “yeah! All they teach us is “don’t do drugs and don’t meet strangers off the internet”, and we knew that already!” I quit teaching in 2020, and with the current moral panic against queer teachers, I am so relieved that I don’t teach any more. The Tories and the media are pushing this narrative that LGBTQ+ issues are being “forced” on kids, when in reality that’s not the case at all. If my students had been receiving adequate social education, they wouldn’t have needed to ask me what words like “bisexual” mean.

I used to get dysphoria from the feeling of jeans on my legs. Not leggings, or sweatpants, just jeans. So for like, a year, I didn't wear jeans at all. We're good now. Jeans are comfy.

Some people: (trying to unscrew a jar lid) "I need a mans help" Me:

My worst dysphoria, oddly enough, comes from my feet. Any time I look at my feet I get dysphoric, because they're larger than the average woman's. It really sucks when I'm trying on shoes, and someone points out how big my feet are. I'm just sitting there like: "Thanks... I really needed to be reminded of that."

My mum kept on saying “you’re just a tomboy” Fun fact: From the age of like 3-10 I had a FEAR of wearing skirts or tights!

"I used to have a bunch of other ones *that I can't even remember anymore*" Made me do a little squee there Jamie. :D

19:50 The pronoun-respecting bully actually reminded me of in 8th grade how these two kids at my table would try to make fun of me for not wanting them to kill tadpoles, but were still respectful of my preferred name, haha. Very strange way to get gender euphoria.

The one I get as a nonbinary person is " But you have on a dress and makeup. Shouldn't you be wearing pants?" Cloths don't have a gender. People make that up. If its cool and I look good, I am going to ware it.

There is tape for binding. I've been using it for the past 2-3 years because I need to be able to play hockey without crying in the locker room. Obviously, don't use duct tape.

How dare the meme at 11:54 call me out so hard I was _fine_ with myself until puberty hit

I'm non-binary, but I'm a bit older. So, I don't think I'm quite up to getting a Ph.D at my age. I think I might just carry around a toy sonic screwdriver and say that I'm The Doctor. That should work too. Also, I think I would go with the sign over the door. It's probably faster and easier to put the sign on the door itself, so that seems to me to be the easier mistake.

Years ago, pitched in to get a Satanic Temple member card, a design with the Seven Tenets on the back. I'd lost it by now, but with a week of me taking a look to the site for a replacement, there's a site-wide sale! So, will have a new card with my new name embossed in golden sheen~

As for the reversed signs on the bathroom doors, I agree. It's more likely the signs on the doors were correct and someone mixed up the hanging signs after installing the brackets. I thought this just before Jamie asked so I thought I'd comment and feed the algorithm...

I'm a med student. A while ago, some of my fellow trans students and I were chatting, and it seems we all coincidentally had the thought at some point that going to med school -> being called "Dr." -> never having to use our assigned gendered title again. You know, as cis people think.

Yay! My friend got me a "Dinosaurs are Cool. Homophobia is Not" T-shirt for Xmas. I love it loads! xox

I'm trans and I knew since I was around 10-11 that I wanted to be a girl, that I was a girl. All of my life I would wear women's cloths, I finally was diagnosed with gender dysphoria and stared to transition. Several months ago I asked my mom if she would have let me transition when I was 13, she told me NO and that I was a child and that I didn't know what I was. I'm living as my true self and I looked at her and said "Apparently I did know, just look at me now!". The problem with most people is that they don't think that kids are self aware. If an adult can be self aware, so can children. Parents need to listen to their children.

"I see you're using attack helicopter as your pronouns, is that because you want two airmen inside you at the same time?"

16:17 Finally, a set of bathrooms for bigender people!

There are tapes that can be used, because they have body-safe adhesives. DUCT TAPE IS NOT ONE OF THEM

"Why didn't you transition when you were younger?" "Because I feared for my life in my town." My own (mtf) granddaughter declared at 6 years of age.

Dude! you have to put a spoiler warning on the doctor who bit... I've been waiting for my niece to catch up so we can watch it together, and it's killing me that I haven't seen it yet lmao 😂😭... I'm probably the last whovian that hasn't watched it, but we sacrifice for the niblings lol

Perfect timing, I was feeling down on transphobia and needed some wholesome trans memes c:

Omg I relate to the "I didn't understand the assignment" meme because I'm autistic but diagnosed later in life and I literally did not comprehend until I was an adult that gender norms are also a social expectation and not just a description of averages. I knew that sexism and gender stereotypes existed ofcourse but like I did not comprehend that most people genuinely identify with their gender and were expecting me to as well. Like I basically thought gender was only sexism and oversimplification and not something people actually experienced, so I just escaped the feeling of being pressured to conform to one because any effort to instill that in me went over my head 😅

Was originally gonna talk to my doctor about starting hrt next month but I knew I was gonna psych myself out before then, but on a whim I checked out my local planned parenhood's website to see if they did hrt a few days ago and now I've got an appointment tomorrow morning!!!

WE HAVE TRANSLATE!!!!! You forgot TRANLATE!!!!

People are allowed to have preferences when dating, but if that preference is ONLY because someone is trans, that's ridiculous. Trying to separate cis women from trans women without singling out a lot of other cis women in the process is funnily sad in it's own right

I did finally come out as trans at 25. but I grew up in "tomboy" time so I had no idea being trans could be a thing.

I didn't figure out I'm trans until into my 30s. And it's not that there were no signs: it's that no one recognized the signs. I never identified as a girl as a child, but I was quite feminine. Oh! Your assessment of The Meep is actually really interesting. I hadn't thought of it like that before.

"I don't know where this thought process comes from..." Very generous of you to label it "thought" or a "process."

My favorite comeback to the "my pronouns are attack/helicopter" meme is simply... respecting those pronouns and seeing how fast it takes the transphobe to get fed up. If attack wants to be referred to with attack/helicopter pronouns, then who am I to deny helicopter that?

My earliest memory of dysphoria was my armpits

When Jammi talks about people referring to him as a woman I get so confused because it's like,, HOW??

I don't misgender horrible trans people because being identified by your correct pronouns is not a privilege that can be taken away, its a right everyone has. Unless they're transphobic and you're doing it to make a point, you'd never normally misgender a cis person just because they do something awful, so why would you ever do it to a trans person? And like, its not even about the awful person, its about telling the trans people around you that you respect their pronouns unconditionally. Misgendering trans people if they've done something awful is just like saying that you don't actually recognize them as the gender/non-gender they identify with, and that you only recognize them as their preferred identity if they're 'good' in your eyes. At least, this is how I've always thought about it. TLDR: Correct pronouns are a right not a privilege.

I didn’t have my glasses on and thought this thumbnail was a really old dantdm video because of the blue hair 😭

RAR. Grog want homework. Give homework to Grog for grading. Grog will return grade.

Gotta love Jamie not knowing who Caine is and asking if it's something he should know, and then later in the video goes on a whole ramble about whatever "the Meep" is like it's something that everyone knows about and needs no explanation.

me as an 8-year-old: screaming and crying about being forced to wear girls clothes and play with girls toys my mom when i was 24: "i accept trans people but i don't believe that you are trans"

The t-shirt is very good Jamie, and I bought the hoodie version for my trans friend in the US. We love dinosaurs! No transphobia!

Also, as for the toilet signs, I'd go by the on door sign. It would be the most obvious one and the one you see last as you enter. Unfortunately I'd probably still go in the male one though as I got a long way to go before passing yet and kinda scared lul. (but I WILL get there)

My meme was in the video!!! The platform-boots were mine :DDDD

There's a local socialist trans group that I'm in the Discord server for, and it feels like most of the active posters are transmasc, and my endocrinologist had even remarked about more people getting testosterone treatment, but I don't clearly remember if that was an anecdote for that practise, in which case maybe it's skewed by D.I.Y. availability between estrogen and testosterone? I'unno, I jus' eat them blue pills~

OMG! Over been talking about those 'no heel' boots, casting my social spells, for a year now! Yay! Maybe now we'll see some hit market. 😎☺️

You have no idea how quickly I bought that shirt so rahhhhhhh trans dino T-Shirt

I'd go by the sign on the door too. I love that you know about The Star Beast! I'm a lifelong (48yo) Doctor WHO fan so cool to see that referenced here. If you hadn't already obviously seen it I'd have wanted to see you and Shaba react to it.

8:13 TRANSTAPE THO!!!!!! binding with trans tape (when done correctly) is super safe!!! ive been doing it for almost a year nearly (every 6 days not in the night) and my skin is perfectly fine!

with the stuff about the meep, i havent read the original comic yet, but the star beast was adapted from a comic of the same name from a dr who magazine from the 70s or 80s. idk if the meep was written to be an allegory for a bigot then but 100% was adapted into one (even makes a transphobic remark against rose after revealing the meep was evil)

A technique I'm itching to use if/when I interact with someone who claims to be anti-pronouns is to use their name. For example, "Bob's birthday party is at Bob's house this weekend. Bob has promised Bob will not get as drunk as Bob did at Bob's work's Christmas party". See how long it takes them to back down.

my parents said they didn't care when I came out bc "I was their kid" it took a lot of arguing, but I think they understand now that I care about being recognized as their daughter

For me, most of my dysphoria is from my hands and body weight.

20:50 As a student in wisconson, i can confirm that schools have NOT banned pride flags and pronouns, i see pride flags quite often

Any plans for kids sizes in these tees? My wee one would love one. We may end up twinning.

Yaaaay I got an ad with a German petition for LGBT+ rights (which I signed last time I saw it). Good job for once, YT ads!! Can't you blasted keep it up and let me say "no" to all of the triggering n creepy stuff for myself already? surely there's more AWESOME ads like this in the repertoire?!

18:46 you just perfectly described Satanism! Welcome to the club!

2:20 if they think we're on easy mode then they must be on peaceful

Somebody attacked me for having preferred pronouns in my Twitter bio yesterday (just standard he/him/they/them to help make others more comfortable) and then blocked me when I pointed out their bio started with a pronoun. These guys don't know what a pronoun is and just think it's some kind of thing they can throw out and win any argument. The more we normalise people listing their pronouns the more our friends whose pronouns may not be obvious can feel comfortable. It's not hard to be nice so all the pronoun attackers do is show they aren't nice. It's an easy win for us because it means we can spot arseholes really quickly :)

As a 5'5" trans guy, I rarely feel height dysphoria because men are so short where I live I'm just kind of average height, especially among other French Canadian men in the area. (I'm not from Québec, those mfs are tall)

My (trans woman) weirdly specific dysphoria was from the first time I shaved my face after coming to teens with who I am. It was such a rush of so many emotions all at once. The next day, it was better, and now I hate it when I have any visible facial hair, but shaving it off that first time made it so real that I could barely manage.

oh god i'm just imagining a trans man using baby powder to dry himself off before putting the binder on and ending up like ross from friends in the leather pants... tugging on it and whacking himself in the face, "the powder and the moisture have made a PASTE!" i hope that never happens to anyone...

"Dinosaurs are cool, transphobia is not" Me, a trans guy sitting here in my dinosaur pjs, looking at my shelf with my dinosaur figurines: :) **adds to cart*

I will say for binding, there is KT tape, which is meant for binding, but, and this is important, you don't go all the way around with it. The technique is completely different. (I don't have room to talk though, because I used to use masking tape.) Also, shadow euphoria/dysphoria. If your shadow looks particularly masculine or feminine when you look down at it, you tend to fixate (at least I do).

Meanwhile, nobody ever told me I was too young to know I was cis.

23:10 to quote Ghandi: "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"

As a closeted trans, these types of videos are the only things that bring me joy. 😅

Jamie, I like how you say "official binders," with the weight and authority as if there is a national league of binder experts who are going around cerifying the things. That said, as a transmasc who is only discovering myself in my 30's: I love my binders! They are incredibly comfortable, easy to wash, and don't cause me any pain when used correctly. Worth every penny. Bind safely, friends!

Let's all thank Dr. Jamie for a lovely video🙏🏻🙏🏻

0:53 that's Cane from hit internet show "the amazing digital circus"

im transmasc, and the weird thing im really dysphoric about is the size of my feet ☠️ they just feel too small y'know

I’m 53 cis woman. I’m a nurse. I go in the bathroom that doesn’t have anyone in it. If it’s a single toilet I don’t care what sign is on it when I have to pee! I’ve survived many dirty looks and a few nasty comments from all kinds of people when coming out of a men’s toilet.

18:01 Can you imagine billions of Luxerias? The idea is both awesome and terrifying.😂

Jamie’s hair looks so cool in this particular video

the part about there not being a "right age" to be trans genuinely made me so happy. Because these are the same internalised issues I have with myself. I feel like I'm too old to come out as trans (I'm 25) and if I actually were trans I would've known earlier and shown signs growing up. It really helps hearing that that argument is nonsensical

I can highly relate to the people wanting to be offended of transphobia on my behalf, its like "Were you offended" "should we be offended too" "Who do we need to kill to fix this". Hilarious but still nice that people do care. 😂

1:13 This is basically the difference between Gordon Ramsay as a character and Gordon Ramsay as a person.

4:07 lol I feel that. For some reason, the dysphoria kicks in when I’m not allowed to play a flat-chested character/male option in a video game. Real life? Nah. Video game? The world is ending.

I have ran into transphonia with one of my favorite childhood animes. One character is a trans woman, she is referred to by he/him and is called 2 common trans slurs. And no one, including the character, acknowledge it as a bad thing.

0:59 Their name is cane