Overview

Trisha Paytas "I'm Transgender" Video refers to YouTuber Trisha Paytas announcing she was female-to-male transgender on her channel. The announcement attracted criticism from LGBTQ viewers who believed that Paytas was being insincere and she was exploiting the transgender community for clicks.

Background

On October 7th, 2019, Trisha Paytas uploaded a video titled "I AM TRANSGENDER (FEMALE TO MALE)." The video gained over 850,000 views in one day (shown below). In the video, Paytas talks about growing up feeling targeted by other children, who gave her a "man" nickname.

Though the video's title sees Paytas claim to be transgender, she also stated that she identifies with her natural born gender. While discussing her sexuality, Paytas stated she sees herself as a gay man because she finds herself attracted to gay men. She concludes by stating "Do I think I’m transgender? Yes, a thousand percent. Do I identify with my natural born gender? A thousand percent.” She also noted how people might not believe her because of past videos where she came out as gay and bisexual, saying, "I know I've trolled and stuff in the past, so I don't want people thinking this is a trolling video. I know I've come out as gay before, I've come out as bisexual before."

Developments

The video was quickly met with confusion and backlash.^[1][2] Many argued that Paytas saying she identified "a thousand percent" with her own gender meant she was not trans (example shown below, left). User @KkirstyLouise tweeted, "I’m sorry but did Trisha Paytas really just makes a video with the thumb nail as her dressed as Troy fucking Bolton coming out as “trans” because she doesn’t wear make up some days, is attracted to gay men and has more guy friends or did I just hit my head and am going crazy?!??" (shown below, right).

Others were more critical of Paytas, with some accusing her of exploiting transgenderism for clicks. Drag queen Vicky Vox wrote, "Report this tweet. Using gender identity as click bait is a privileged act of violence. I’m not gonna stand for it. I don’t care what it’s actually about. The headline and photo used cannot be serious. Trans people are murdered for quietly trying to live their life. Big NOPE" (shown below, left). User and fellow drag queen TATIANNANOW shared a similar sentiment, calling Paytas a "clown".

Paytas responded to critical tweets saying those critical did not know her story nor did they know what she talked about in 6 months of gender therapy (shown below, left). Others were supportive of Paytas, though most admitted she did not express her feelings in the best way. Drag queen Ada Vox stated that she supported Paytas in her transition, should it be genuine (shown below, right).

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