"I refuse to die without being myself first" brought me instantly to tears. It's also INSANELY badass. Goddamn.

As a straight cis male, everytime you tell this story Boba, it reminds me of how much of a badass you are, and that there really are such genuinely kind people out there. I'll probably never fully understand the hardships the trans community has to go through, but I've learned so much from watching you over the years, and I hope you continue to educate and help people in this way.

As someone who has gone to Planned Parenthood for my Trans Healthcare and have seen some of these processes in place, in Michigan BTW, I believe you have done more for Trans health then most Doctors have. You have my adoration and appreciation. You went from a new member of the Yogcast to one of my favorite members in such a short time! Thank you for being so Awesome!

I knew Boba was fucking cool, but knowing all this now, she's even cooler!

Boba I’m crying. You’re honestly a such role model, I hope I can make people feel valued and cared for like you do. If more people in the world were like you it’d be a better place ❤

My son and I discovered the Yogs a decade ago, about the same time Boba did. I am (like Boba) a human Yogpedia. My son is now my daughter in her first year of college; she hasn't tracked the Yogs in years. However, the Jaffa factory remains a yearly holiday tradition. I love the examples set by Boba, Zoey, and other Yogs over the years. This video is a hug at numerous levels.

This is so fucking wholesome. Hearing this stuff makes me less nervous about starting the process myself and I'm so glad there's people like you out there 🥰

as a transwoman, this makes me so fucking emotional and happy

I rarely catch your streams live sadly. But I wanted to say as a trans woman, I watch all the vods, and they have helped me through so so many bad times, and continue to do so. The constant bombardment of transphobia in the media, the slurs, the death threats online. It can all be so isolating, and so many Cis people, especially those in healthcare, are sadly not half of the amazing person you are! You might not see this, and others have already said it. But I wanted to say thank you so so much for everything you’ve done and do. Lots of love from a trans VOD Goblin ❤️💖💜 Edit; also watching this made me cry, I wish we had a Boba in the NHS 🏳️‍⚧️

Just starting HRT at Planned Parenthood, and I'm super excited! This video made me so happy. I'm really glad there are people like you in the world!

My partner is going into nursing, possibly trans specialisation, and the work that you do is simply astounding. I'm not even sure how to word my appreciation, but it's just dope. Thanks Boba.

hearing how much you care and how much you poured your heart and soul into caring for your trans patients is so heartwarming, every doctors office should have a Support Boba, thank you for being the best ally to all us trans folk, you are amazeballs! 💜

I'm a cis male but I just wanted to say you're so cool for all of this! I'm so glad to hear trans people have such kind and supportive people like you supporting them. Also, don't feel uncomfortable about 'bragging' about this kind of stuff, as someone less familiar with the subject it's a very useful resource to learn how to help trans people more, however big or small the part I can play. Stay awesome

Boba's Southern accent gets stronger when she is excited

Oh my gosh! I'm a trans woman thank you for being so supportive and caring, especially with how things have been going lately! You truly are a gift to the world!

Boba is a fantastic lil' support creature

I've had some really horrible experiences with doctors in general and knowing that there are people out there like Boba that put that effort in makes me happy... I haven't found a new doctor since moving but my old doctor would ask *every single visit* if I was binding. Despite my top surgery being in my chart as well as pinned at the top in a little sticky note thing he wrote himself. He was really only good for getting my patches prescribed LOL. this video is so lovely though, i love hearing about Boba's history with this stuff Edit: some of this has me full on crying its so sweet,,,,

As a person who's still working on figuring themselves out, it is so so so encouraging and wonderful and beautiful to hear all this

You are awesome this makes me happy I’m a trans woman and considering you’re part of the Yogscast this makes me have a whole new respect for the Yogscast I’ve been watching them since I was 10 which was in 2011 by the way thank you for everything you do and I’m currently trying to start a KZfaq channel of my own or building off of what I already have but you give me hope thank you for what you do 💝💝 also thank you for the respect for the trans people

Thanks for going the extra mile for us Boba! It’s so nice to see people wanting to go that extra mile to make us feel cared for.

"I was a little support creature" lol. Your passion is inspiring, Boba. I started a new job recently and have only a couple co-workers. They're the kind of folk to scoff at any mention of gender draining. I appreciated this video so much more than I (a cis male) expected it would.

I find you genuinely very impressive, and even though I’m a random stranger I wanted to let you know this is the first time I’ve ever been brought to tears by pride in another person. I have enjoyed your content ever since you’ve joined the yogscast, but I am amazed and astounded by your character and it’s hidden depths. I’m not trans, but I am gay and I deeply appreciate your hard work and grace.

I wish I had someone like Boba when I started HRT. I got denied service at so many doctors’ offices

the clinic i go to for my HRT uses numbers so they dont deadname people or anything like that. Like there is a precheck in desk where you be like "yo im here" and they give you a number and the paper work to fill out. This clinic is also specifically for lgbtqia so they have their shit a bit more together than usual (Howard Brown around chicago for my fellow midwestern queers)

I think that, when I start HRT, I'm going to take a picture of me every week so that I can track my Becoming. It is hard to see changes in yourself from within, as you said. I'm really glad i watched this. EDIT: tossing this in after the customer service part. My speaking voice isn't very malleable pitch-wise, and i get "sir"ed a lot. But "sir" is the ONE pronoun/title I cannot stand, mostly because I was raised with the idea of "sir" being a knightly masculine title, and I am not male nor a knight. I know there are people who see it as gender neutral, but being called it just rubs me the wrong way. At first, I would respond with "please don't call me 'sir'" but it's gotten so bad that I now just say "not a sir."

this was my most productive therapy session in a long time thank you boba

I watched this at work and there were several times where I almost had to go in back to cry. You're a true hero to us, Boba. I haven't been able to start HRT yet because I'm still living with my transphobic parents (Hurricane Michael really didn't help the situation here), but people like you help me feel that it will be easier than my nerves make it out to be and that there's people who will actually have my back. Thank you for everything you do. It means a whole hell of a lot. 😭😭😭

Blessed boba ally 😊 even while the media and governments turn on us its comforting to know some people care ❤️

Thinking about who you really are and taking the first steps can be overwhelming. And the bureaucracy is a massive hurdle that often seems impassable. Your decision to change the operating procedures on the administration side of things has undoubtedly had a positive impact on countless people. It’s clear by how you talk about your old job that it’s something you’re still passionate about, you’re clearly a great ally and advocate.

Not me a tearing up enby Also that ask at the end really got me, bc like 80%? 90%? Of our friend group is at least queer if not gay and trans in some way- and we play online games alot so if gone up to bat to correct for them, but ive never once corrected someone for me.. its a different experience, but its odd isnt it? Bc i wouldnt hesitate to correct someone for my friends or hell even a complete stranger, but for me i hesitate (luckily they would all also, and do go up to bat for me aswell)

I just started estrogen and I wanted to say thanks for working with us I think we need more doctors who work with us

Holy shit Boba, I never knew you'd done all of this - really glad to hear you've done so much to help trans people! It genuinely seems like every time I learn more about you, you are more and more awesome.

these might have been changes that had to be made but you're the one that recognized them and put in the effort to make the changes.

Trans woman here. Thanks so much for making healthcare more trans-friendly. I figured out I was trans at 16 back in 2008 in Texas, healthcare was way too scary for me. I didn't transition medically until 2022 when I became financially independent enough, and it was such a smooth experience. While I wish our healthcare was this friendly and understood when I was younger, I am glad future generations of trans folks will be able to enjoy such a positive healthcare experience.

THank you for all of your work, you are an angel.

2:38 simon: ”i remember having biological sex. years back” XD

You’re sooo awesome, I love seeing you in yogscast videos and it’s soo fulfilling to know you’re this supporting Really means a lot to us going through these systems

Boba, not only are you a hilarious entertainer, you are a genuinely kind person and a kickass activist. I admire you, and I can't wait to see what you do next.

Never heard of you or your channel, but I'm glad that I found this clip. Today of all days, we need more people fighting in this way. Thank you for what you have done and will to in the future.

Boba, that's genuinely some amazing work you've done! Like others have said, you really are a role model. I don't see talking about it like this as bragging at all, I think it's super valuable to so many people and spreads knowledge and awareness about these topics.

Boba, I wish more people were like you. You are amazing.

Much love Boba, my boyfriend is trans and I wish there was someone like you who would be there for him at our GP's. I'm sure you've heard of how bad it is in the UK for trans people (we aren't called TERF Island for no reason) but it's honestly rage inducing to see firsthand how dehumanising the treatment trans people receive is. Wish there were more people like you in the world

I am in the process of transitioning and am finally about to go see a doctor for hrt and stuff and I really hope that the office has someone who cares as much as you

I suddenly want to work at planned Parenthood. I've already looked and I don't see any openings in my area that fit me. I am not a Boba, I cannot do some of the things she has done. But I highly value the people who do the things that she talked about here. Especially now, it just feels important.

Man, what a difference in so many peoples lives these things made ❤❤❤

Good shit boba. Thank you for helping. We love you. Edit: Five minutes in and crying. Well shit.

And here I foolishly thought I couldn't be a bigger fan

It’s really nice hearing how much people care. Thank you boba. I don’t think I’ll ever feel like I can come out, but at least the work we’re doing is for the future youth 😭❤️

Boba you are the best yogscast member I would like to be your friend I could use a cheerleader in my life (even seven years into transitioning) but, I also respect the boundaries that you're a streamer and I'm just some rando in the audience so don't feel like obligated. You rock.

It really sucks how bad healthcare itself can be for mental health. They have licenced experts who have interacted with loads of patients. They should understand the needs of people! The system practically maximizes triggers and frustration. Thank you for being considerate for patients. People like you are the only way things improve. For sure you kept someone from falling through the cracks.

Why can't I put this in my watch later. I want to watch it once a month

Hi Bobo, I called you cute and fabu earlier today on your selfie, if you remember! I’m nonbinary, hoping to some day identify as feminine presenting nonbinary. I don’t really have anything uplifting or inspiring to comment, but I did wanna say it was very nice hearing these stories. Sending my love from the frozen north of Canada 💖✨

I'm glad people like boba exist

I'm sorry yall but I'm gonna have to hit 70% of the world's population with a Bobafication ray, need more of her

i cant believe that boba isnt marked as T-friendly through shinigami eyes

Based boba. Fellow trans woman yogs member who's been watching since I was in the 4th grade back in 2011. I've absolutely loved seeing the yogs grow and get so many incredible women in the network. Thank you boba for helping the trans people!!

This is just genuinely awesome. As much as its a pain to have to be that person, im so glad that people like you exist in our healthcare Boba. We really need yall to make these innovations, because healthcare wont evolve on its own.

This is my first time on your channel, and OMG you are AWESOME! Thank you for your courage and hard work!

It always disappoints me when my colleagues in healthcare fall so far short of the bare minimum when treating trans PTs, because it's so simple. You ask them their name, possibly also their pronouns, and then you use them. If it's clinically relevant, you can ask their sex assigned at birth as part of the Hx, but continue to use the name/pronouns you were initially given. It's not difficult and there should be no excuse for not trying.

26:48 Idk how much of saying this would end up being weird but I genuinely smiled so much from hearing about how kind you were and how much you enjoyed it I feel like you've earned at least a little comparison to an angel or a goddess.

Boba is based, she puts in that extra effort because it's the right thing to do and I cannot stress how crucial it is that we find a way to encourage and reward that behavior because we've gotta help eachother through these wild times. Stay safe take care of yallselves boiz, good vibes and papa bless

Boba knows she is wicked smart, funny, and truly a kind person?

Based boba based boba based boba

You rock.. we need more people like you… you made their days I hope I have the same experience .

It's heartwarming to know there are people out there like Boba. Beautiful on the inside 💜

Bless you Bobs. You're the best of us

you are just genuinly an amazing person boba :D just amazing how much of an empath you are :D and more than anything how much you are an active and initiative and involved person

Thank you for being one of the magic people. You make the world better.

I CANNOT UPVOTE THIS ENOUGH

Boba is so cool ;-; more art for you.

Boba going the extra thousand miles

Absolute legend

Fantastic! Thank you for this!

Here before the transphobic comments flood in. 🐊🏳️‍⚧️Florida trans gang

Thank you for doing all of this 😊

so annoying, so good

Excellent work, thank you

I can relate to your dedication to excelence and to inclusion for me in my professional like tehe group I fellinto advocationg for where peopole with disapo;otties and inclsuioon of many of teh hidden non physocal diussabilities. I am also gay and was able to work with the idirector of one of teh nations first GSA;s. Are you aware of history of trans medical care not just in america but around the worlld. It os steeped in hatefull attitudes and violence against homosexuals it is sadly backed into those proceedures and the way we have even come to define who they are apropriate for. And while homosexual paersons may only constitute about 1/2 or a little less of those who get medical care to faciliatet transitioon that is a vast overrepresentation of the bublic at large, Couple that with the fact that to this day their are leading voices in thoise field of medicine and surgical care who seem to see little responcibility to distinguish if there where less invasive ways that would better serve paatients to allow them to live in tehworld as their authentic selves. We are using chemical castration medication to prevent children from the pubertal process in which most of these kids would historically in almost all cases have arrived at a firm understanding of tehir sexual interesets lessining the dysphoria as they come to uinderstand their orientation as the driver in their oother sex identification. Even Freud was unimpressed by Harry benjamine and thought he was acting out his self hatered as a represeed and frustrated homosexual on vulnerable people needlessly . It is not a cpoincidence that transitioning proceedures are most persued in countries with a traditoional concervative aproach to the role of men and women and that these countries that sdo more transitions are uber anti gay in their laws. Even the nation where yjos was all inovated in the Norweegion states and teh netherlands we in the wst assume theyare so accepting ignorant of the way the law facilitated decades of terror and threat for homosexuals who where vulnerable to state mandate ed castration or using agreement to be castrated to be released from prison or a menta instioitution practices wwhich where still in operation through till the late 70s. And in the US Canada and Great Britian the early woirk with families who such treatments where made available to or who refered their children for cvare while these families came from different places races and ecconmioc backgrounds they where joined in either seemingly intillerent and negative attitudes on homosexualuitty after all most sought a way to make tyhri child not gay or they jjust where clear that they would not have their child be gay The Aversion project in south africa seems like an outlier but I hold up the case in baltimore in 81 where a 17 year old boy was ordered against his will with the aproval oif his mother to be remanded to the vcare of the hospital for gender correction surgery in lue of jaikl sentance-- lucjkily he had ehelp evading such horrors though tragically it meant The hospital rareing to get to work on their gender ideas turned thri attention to the interesex births and found ways of expanding the number of kids so identified by calling for sex change in teh case of extreme hypospaides burried penis acended desticals micro penis and mascuulanized clitori.O fear in some ways you where not so much advocating for a group or population that has been held back al thiis time but coluding in the production of q newly minted profile of transgender person verry different in needs and challenges and best form of care than many of the trans lesbians who have led the fight and set the agenda for trans livberation for decafes .

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POG Boba.

bayzed transed up shawdy

hero

Amazing 🤩

I have no issue or axe to grind with trans people or anyone similar, however, if you are electing to be the kind of person who is outside of social norms, shouldn't you expect to deal with being mis-gendered? I mean, I know people who were cis gendered, but, others had periodically mistaken them, from the back or side, as the opposite sex. They didn't get that mad about it... All I'm trying to say. Have a wonderful day, regardless of my opinion.

"Biological sex" is kind of a dirty word these days but I really think if people say things like "learn the difference between gender and sex!" they should just be fine using it in a context that matters like medical records.

It's much easier to have a language that doesn't have gendered pronouns at all.

Is Boba trans?

So u work in mental health?

Thank you for the perspective. What do you think trans teachers should be teaching our kids? other than the subject they're hired to teach? I don't believe trans teachers should be speaking on their anecdotal transition experience during History class. I also feel for primary teachers, kindergarten to 5th grade, teachers should not reprimand children that use the incorrect pronouns. The children that respond yes sir, or yes ma'am, that's manners too. Treating people the way they want to be treated is mostly polite with in reason. But to be shaming kids, punishing kids or even trying to persuade Children into using pronouns when they barely know the truth in science vs feelings. Sorry I know I sound anti trans. I'm only asserting that id prefer if we didn't add this to the primary school curriculum. I also think it would be beneficial to our pubescent children have the option /Opportunity to speak to some one like u. around my personal experience with feelings, when I went thru puberty I briefly felt I didn't want breasts and hair to grow, I even wished I was a boy. I'm grateful at that time trans wasn't the hot topic. I grew up when bisexual was the in thing. Thought I was for a second too. But it passed. Had I had professional guidance to reach out to about these feelings, I may not have struggled with it as much. Maybe in middle school we could have a sexual Identity guidance counselor. Instead of trans teachers speaking their anecdotal truth.

#BobaSaint These stories brought non stop tears to my eyes. Touching, moving and compassionate. I could go on forever.

This is a really long video for me but I need to watch this because... Thank you Boba. This is very near and dear to me and just. Thank you Boba. You're the best 🫂🫂🫂

When I was homeless, I was an annoying boba to the staff there. SO many transphobic practices, punished for dressing femme, ignoring safety concerns like taking proof of safe space stickers on my room door that were slashed with knives and stuff, threatening to kick me out if I didn't get a job, but telling anyone who called for an interview with my chosen name that I didn't exist (also against their EXISTING rules of protecting who lives there and not). Just so so many more things, to the point one staff quit over it (we reconnected YEARS later after I was finally housed). But i'd sit in front of manager's doors all day, when asked if I had anything better to do be like 'nope, i'm homeless, where do I need to be?' I'd approach them at holiday parties in the shelters, one of the few times I could actually connect with some of them, i fought tooth and nail. Every time a change came they'd tell me 'oh that wasn't because of you, we were doing that anyway' but YEARS FUCKING LATER I make a video about my experience (vimeo.com/64807024 ), and they comment on it, all buddy buddy, saying how I helped. I was SO pissed, and I knew they did it because I trashed them in the video... This video went on to become training material at a lot of shelters, and at a few presentations, which is how I reconnected with that staff member! I went on to try and work in the field, to be frontline staff in the way those who saved my lives were, but my god that field is hard to break into if you LIVED in it (restrictions are understandable, they don't want me seeing the files of people I know, but still). BUT I did get to do some educating at YMCA places, as well as be a part of an LGBTQ2A toolkit used to stop shelters from being able to say 'oh, we don't have proper training because we can't afford it', WELP HERE'S A FREE RESOURCE BITCH XD. Too many times I had to educate my intake staff while having a panic attack about being homeless and in a shelter... If you know any shelters or staff who might be able to make use of this toolkit to help LGBTQ and especially the T (What? I'm trans and I got to make a big chunk of it XD), PLEASE feel free to pass along this (entirely free) resource