Dame Edna doubles down on anti-transgender comments
https://www.queerty.com/dame-edna-doubles-anti-transgender-comments-20190318
Barry Humphriesbetter known as his drag alter ego Dame Ednahas refused to apologize for comments he made about transgender people, even after a public backlash.
Humphries, who began performing as Dame Edna in the 1950s, claims comments he made in 2016 deriding transgender women were misinterpreted, though he did not offer further clarification. Nothing has been more grotesquely interpreted, Humphries told The Sunday Times Magazine. Edna carefully said she thought that men who had themselves castrated did not become women, and that got taken the wrong way.
The defense came in regards to a 2016 interview in which Humphriesin his Dame Edna personaagreed with Australian writer Germane Greer that transgender women are merely castrated men. I agree with Germaine, Humphries said at the time. Youre a mutilated man, thats all. Self-mutilation, whats all this carry on? Caitlyn Jennerwhat a publicity-seeking ratbag.
In a 2018 interview, he described transgenderism as a fashion, further elaborating how many different kinds of lavatory can you have? And its pretty evil when its preached to children by crazy teachers. He also commended Donald Trump for stirring up politics.