Eddie Izzard speaks about coming out as transgender in inspiring vid
Actor and comedian Eddie Izzard is planning to run 27 marathons in 27 days for Sports Relief.
While we try to contemplate that unfathomable amount, the British star has also been chatting about coming out as transgender over 31 years ago.
In a passionate speech, the 54-year-old spoke about coming to terms with his gender identity.
"I am a transgender guy who came out 31 years ago… I've got boy genetics and girl genetics," he said in a promotional video.
"We get obsessed by it in humanity. We've been obsessed for 5000 years of civilization and people are still being murdered – in Uganda they were trying to sentence people to death.
"No matter what sex or sexuality, how you self-identify, or who you fancy, matters not one whit – what do you do in life?
"What do you make? What do you add to the human existence? That's what matters."
Watch the inspiring video below:
