- Hello underachievers!
That was very enthusiastic.
If you don't want to hear about my life updates,
that aren't boring, but you may find them boring,
skip to this time code,
'cause that's when we actually get into the topic of the video.
If you're still here,
and it's not just because
you can't be asked to do this with your thumbs,
hello,
I'm going to talk about stuff now.
First off,
just want to say sorry
for the lack of consistency and uploads.
I've been in the studio for the past 3 weeks.
It's been a lot!
It's quite tiring,
and and speaking of the studio,
I did release a brand new song, "Growing Up On the Internet"
on the 31st of August, I think.
The music video is out now,
and if you haven't seen it already, you should watch it.
I really do think it is the best music video we've done so far.
Even if you don't give a [ ] about music,
or like, my music,
and you just like my YouTube stuff,
you still should watch it!
The song is about growing up the internet.
There are a few easter eggs,
few little bits,
few little really cringey old videos of the old "me" in that video,
so you should definitely go watch it.
I also made a filter on TikTok and Instagram
that will pretty much just roast you
about how growing up on the Internet damaged you,
because that is just what the song is about.
Also, if you don't follow me on Spotify already,
you should do that,
because that there may be something special coming your way,
quite soon maybe.
Who knows?
Also, last thing, which I also think is the most exciting thing,
I'm going on tour in the UK in October.
I am playing Brighton,
Cardiff,
Birmingham,
Belfast,
Dublin,
London,
Glasgow...
5, 6, 7...
Newcastle.
If you live in or near any of those places,
then you should come.
If it's like an hour drive you may as well come,
because I'm driving all over the UK.
So you may as well do it.
And we also have VIP tickets,
so if you want to hang out with me,
you want to chill with me,
you want to take pictures with me,
you want to talk to me,
want to ask me questions,
you want exclusive merch that--
I can't lie, is my favorite thing right now,
I'm really obsessed with it,
I've seen it already--
If you want any of that, the tickets to that are also below.
So, trans TikTok1
It is a place,
it is a a location.
If you've seen it on the map, it is somewhere here.
And I actually don't frequent it much, you know?
I am a transgender and I'm on TikTok,
and you'd think, "a transgender on TikTok...?
"Obviously on trans TikTok".
I would say that,
maybe if you see me on your TikTok,
you're on trans TikTok.
My For You Page is just dogs.
Like, that's pretty much what it is,
and just dumb memes.
So every now and then I like to check in
on what trans TikTok is up to,
because it's fun, it's entertaining,
and it it's way more positive than other things
going on at the moment in the world.
Not in trans TikTok locationally,
just other places,
the whole world.
You know, I want to keep up with what you guys doing!
I know you're trans--
Well, you might not be.
But this is not me trying to transition you, by the way.
That's not...
It was a fun community joke, anyway.
So this Tik Tok is not actually from a trans person,
but it is the TikTok that made me want to make this video again.
There's this TikTocker called Caleb Finn,
Caleb Finn,
and he looks like this.
And I had a bunch of notifications
that I was being tagged in his TikTok,
and I was like, "oh, God, okay".
Like, "what is this about?"
Because I know that everybody says that I look like him.
He posted this:
- Oh, my goodness, I love this question!
I think...
- So, I don't know.
Is this--? Am I--?
Is it starting a conspiracy theory
to say that maybe people think I look like him?
Because I did get tagged on this a lot
and I check the comments,
the top two comments that I saw was:
"I swear people always think you're Noah Finnce".
And "I always think you're Noah Finnce at first":
I think people may think this massive TikTocker is trans
because he may look like me.
And like, do you think he looks like me?
Like, I kind of get it.
We both have lip piercings,
we're both white,
we got the...
We got the...
We got the swoosh.
I don't intend to have it, but I have a small head,
so anytime I have hair, which is most times,
it ends up just usually doing that.
So, hello, Caleb Finn.
I know you're not watching this.
I'm sorry you're being transvestigated,
if it's because of me.
If it's not because of me,
then maybe you just make people feel comfortable.
I think that's a recurring theme.
A lot of people will think that somebody is trans
it's because they're like:
"Oh, they seem nice--"
Wait, no.
No, wait...
I'm so scared of saying stuff on the internet now!
There's too many people watching me.
What I meant to say is that,
if you seem like,
a comfortable person, to a trans person,
then maybe they'll think you're an ally and/or transgender.
Anyway, next TikTok!
"When you're FTM on T and sound like a dude,
"but your family insists on treating you like you're a girl".
- Hi, Barbie.
- Hi, Ken!
- You want to go for a ride?
- Sure, Ken.
- Yeah...
So like, I am very lucky
my family never purposely misgendered me.
That never happened,
although my dad...
My dad is a forgetful guy.
He just mixes up names all the time.
He calls me Sadie,
which is the name of his Bulldog who looks like this.
Do you see the similarity?
I'm not sure I do.
He also used to call me Stella, which was the name of my old dog.
He also mixes up me and my brother's name.
I'm not Zach, that's not me.
That Zach is Zach, I'm not Zach.
So his best friend ended up
having to write on a whiteboard on my dad's fridge,
"his name is Noah".
Not because he was intentionally calling me my old name or "she",
he just forgot.
But this TikTok...
I'm sure a lot of you guys are going through this.
I saw my friends go through a lot of this.
There was nothing more frustrating
than going to your friend's house,
and your friend was just obviously trans,
just so obviously trans.
So obviously trans that they had come out
and they wore binders
and everybody around them called them
their boy name and boy pronouns
and their parents still just didn't...
That's frustrating.
I'm sorry if you're going through that.
I just, like, it's kind of insane.
It's really strange.
Like, why are you calling your son Kevin,
with pretty much inverted breasts at this point,
because they've been binding so long?
Why are you calling them Erica?
You would have thought,
if your name was Erica you'd change it to Eric?
If you transition--? Anyway.
Yeah, I remember before I'd come out to everybody,
the whole like, being treated like a girl thing was so infuriating
because like, I would just look at myself in a mirror
and be like, "you don't think I'm a girl".
Like, there's no possible way that you think I'm a girl.
Obviously they do 'cause they know you as a girl,
but it's just like,
I would go outside in public and be called young man.
And they're just like:
"Do you want some makeup for Christmas?"
I don't know what that was.
Next TikTok:
"Why transphobes think I transitioned".
She's going in the bathroom,
she's flipping her hair,
Oh, she's doing it.
She a peeper, she peeping.
For real, though, who does this?
Are there any cases of this?
No, no.
There are actual cases of cis women that I've seen
going into women's bathrooms, where they belong,
not the kit-- Wow, can I say that?
Women don't belong in the kitchens.
They belong in the bathrooms.
Trans women don't belong in the kitchens,
they belong in the women's bathroom--
Anyway!
I've seen several posts of them being like:
"I went into the women's bathroom
"and I saw a biological male
"and I just had to keep a watch on him,
"to make sure he wasn't doing anything".
Like, you are the peeper.
No one goes into the toilet just to look at people.
Apart from cis TERFs, apparently.
But yeah, the bathroom thing is weird.
I recently...
I had to use the lady's bathroom.
Maybe I'll talk about that a bit later on the video.
- You are a boy.
- Oh, well, I guess I don't need this shirt then.
- No, that's indecent exposure!
- But you just said I'm a boy and boys can be shirtless.
- So, like, what is the rule with the nipples?
Like, clearly this is a lady,
this is a girl,
this is a woman,
this is a a she/her.
This is a "hi, Barbie".
I love this, I shouldn't interrupt.
Sorry, Barbie.
- Yeah, but you have boobs
and so, you can't, even though you're a boy.
- That guy over there has bigger boobs than I do.
- Yeah, but he's a boy-- I mean, he's--
But I can tell--
- It's very easy for transphobes to get their little heads all muddled up.
They get a little bit confused.
But yeah, what are the rules?
- What are the rules?
- Let's be real specific about this:
If there's a trans woman and she has the boobs,
she has the boobs,
even if she doesn't have the boobs,
you don't want her shirtless
because she's a lady with boobs out.
That makes you uncomfortable.
Just like, stick to it.
You can't say "you're a man",
and also put your top back on.
You got boobs, lady.
But you can't do that.
There's going to be a lot of toilet talk in this one.
- Trans mascs trying not to be clocked in a public breast--
Breast room. Restroom.
Toilet.
Why don't Americans just call it the toilet?
It's just the toilet.
That's where you're going.
You're not resting.
I guess you are, if you're sat down.
Anyway.
- I'm taking a shit.
Hold on, shitting.
Just taking a shit.
- For real, I, like-- Look, I don't--
I don't feel as like, stressed and anxious
and self-conscious about going to the bathroom anymore.
Just 'cause I'm like--
When I was pre-T,
I didn't get "kicked out" at the lady's room.
I would go into the lady's bathroom
and people would look at me funny, and be like:
"Hey, this is the girls"
and I'd be like, "yeah, crazy, right?"
So when I did start going to the men's bathroom,
I was always a little worried that they'd be like:
"Oh..."
They'd sniff it out,
they'd smell my transgenderism.
That never happened.
That's never happened to me.
And I don't really have that anxiety anymore,
but like, every now and then, when you go into the men's bathroom
and it's busy, like, if you're at a concert,
you have to queue for the men's bathroom.
And sometimes you're queuing in the men's bathroom,
so you just have to wait and like,
avert your eyes,
you just have to look...
Oh, don't make eye contact with anyone.
I don't want...
I don't want to do that ever.
You just have to queue outside the cubicle,
because, obviously,
the people that are queuing for the cubicle,
most likely are [ ],
because if they're not [ ],
then either they just don't like using urinals,
or you know, they're just lazy?
I don't know.
I know that when I queue for the toilet,
when there's loads of people there
that they think I'm going to [ ],
so I'm like, "okay, cool, they think I'm going to [ ]":
But I guess, yeah, that is kind of weird,
'cause I do sometimes sit there for a little longer.
I'm like, "oh, I don't want them to think I have to [ ]".
Like, I'm not done yet.
Like, I have more substance to my bowel movements.
Yeah, anyway.
Next TikTok-- Actually, no!
Here's a good idea!
This is where I talk about going to the lady's bathroom,
because I did that recently.
I went to a pub, a public establishment,
and the rugby was on--
That's not relevant, Noah.
My ADHD is going insane.
I'm sorry, I've been so burnt out.
I went to the men's bathroom and they were like:
"Oops, oops, sorry!
"Sorry, no cubicle!"
Imagine if you were a man that really needed to [ ].
That would be terrible.
It was terrible for me 'cause I was like:
Either I positioned myself over the urinal...
Obviously that was never going to be an option,
so I was like, "okay, cool, I really need a pee.
"I've had three Siders, I have a small bladder".
So I just waited by the women's restroom.
I just said "restroom".
I waited by the woman's bathroom, waited for everyone to leave,
I was just standing there on my phone like:
"Oh, yeah, I want to give off the appearance that like,
"I'm waiting for my girlfriend".
I don't know if I convinced them,
I just waited for all the ladies to leave,
and then I went to the toilet and I pissed in it.
And it was fine.
That was my go to the ladies bathroom story.
I hope you enjoyed it.
Next we have: "Trans gauys existing".
There he is.
There he goes.
There he's-- That's he's--
Oh!
"An absolute dump truck of an ass":
And this is true!
And he told the truth.
And that was wise of him.
That was... Yeah.
I hate this because this is about me.
Look, up until very recently, I had a huge ass.
My entire life, I've always had a huge ass.
It's just been there,
and I couldn't fit in trousers.
I couldn't do it,
I would have to wear trousers size up,
and then they wouldn't fit my waist,
and then I just feel horrible about it...
I'm 5 years on testosterone right now,
so the body fat redistribution has, you know, happened.
Have recently lost a little bit of weight,
and it all just dropped off my ass.
That has never happened before.
Like, my weight always fluctuates.
It never left my ass!
Up until recently, and now, it's just my ass is just smaller.
I am sorry to all the trans mascs or the trans guys,
or whatever you are,
for not wanting a big ass.
If you want to start a support group, I would join.
I would do that.
"I'm a trans man.
"I use he/him pronouns.
"The they/them pronouns,
"they've never once used for a non binary person".
For real, for real,
I have never been called they/them so much in my life
until the last few years.
I get called they/them now more than I did
when I use they/them pronouns:
That's a lie, but I'm allowed to exaggerate.
Just subscribe to me, you came here for this.
And if you're not subscribed, subscribe, Jesus [ ] Christ.
You could be one in a million!
- One in a million.
- I'll say this every single time.
But yeah, I don't know what it is.
I do know what it is.
People are uncomfortable using trans people's pronouns.
I don't know why,
because they're stupid or something?
'Cause they're idiots, I guess.
But yeah, this is real.
I get called "they" all the time,
and specifically being a musician who is transgender,
I get called they/them by several media organizations,
magazines and like,
I don't know if it's because they know I'm trans...
I think most of it is,
or if it's because they think I'm in a band,
but the band is called my name,
so I don't know!
But I don't like it!
It's still misgendering.
If it's an accident, like, cool.
Whatever, if it's because they don't know, cool, whatever.
But like, when you know someone's pronouns
and you use different pronouns, that's misgendering.
I feel like this is very obvious,
but I think that some people just don't understand, like,
the amount of cis people that get upset when I'm like:
"Oh, yeah, no, that's actually misgendering.
"Like, you may have not meant it in a bad way,
"like, it's all good, don't worry,
"you're not a piece of [ ].
"You may be a piece of [ ], but not because of this".
But it's misgendering to use they/them pronouns
for people that have told you that their pronouns aren't that.
This is so real!
You guys, let me know, if you're trans guy,
what was your first gender affirming,
transgender [ ] haircut, whatever you want to call it.
'Cause this was mine!
I was too scared to go for any shorter
and my hairdresser was like: "Oh, I really love these bits!
"I couldn't bear to cut off these cute little curly bits at the--"
I hated it.
Very soon after that, just got like, shaved back in sides,
which I feel like, is the trans guy haircut.
But it's true!
We all just have to have that one trans guy haircut.
Like, it's just a right of passage.
- Why is no one talking about the she/her
to she/they, to they/she, to they/them, to they/he,
to he/they, to he/him pipeline?
Anyway, I'm thinking about changing my pronouns!
- This is definitely real.
This is definitely a thing.
And I always feel like really touchy about explaining like, my experience,
'cause I don't want to like invalidate non-binary people
because that's never what I want to do.
I realized I wasn't a girl,
I knew that for a very long time!
there was something funky going on since I was five!
I was doing very transgender things as a child,
but I was like, I...
You know, I think I'm not binary.
I did for a little bit, maybe a few months,
but I told people that my pronouns would they/them for a long time
because I was not ready to go full he/him.
But this is a thing.
Like, this is a thing.
A lot of people will be like: "Oh, I'm not she/her.
"I'm she/they obviously, and the they isn't crazy.
"Like it's just-- It's just funny.
"It's just a cute little they.
"Oh, and now I'm they/them.
"Now I'm they/he. "Now I'm he/they.
"Now I'm he/he".
He/he?
It happens.
And it's natural.
It's the word of God, that he says in Bible,
Passage 4, Leviticus, 37?
Change your goddamn pronouns.
"Trans women when they get sick".
This is a voice thing.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
I remember before I started testosterone.
I would not pray.
I would not pray for it.
I would just really appreciate it when I got a little sore throat sometimes.
I'd be like, "oh, I sound gruff.
"Do I sound manly?"
And looking back, I didn't.
I just sounded like a prepubescent boy with a cold.
But I felt real good about it!
'Cause I know it, like, we all go through that phase.
And maybe you are going through that now
and absolutely go for it!
Like, milk that!
I remember when I used to do singing covers,
cover videos, singing cover videos.
I would just sing and sing and sing
until my voice got hoarse,
because I liked how it sounded.
And I think it sounded great.
And I would never disagree with that.
Just don't [ ] your voice forever, please.
So, why are you transgender?
Let me know in the comments.
Let's find this one out.
- What do you mean my card's been declined?
Try again!
Buy me Prada!
Balenciaga! - It's true, girls don't poop.
And I would just like, to open up a discussion,
because I've seen a few TikToks of people taking the piss out
of the whole like, people saying that trans people like,
"born in the wrong body".
Like, I don't know when it changed.
I definitely felt that whole, like, in the wrong body thing.
I don't know if I feel it now,
just 'cause like, I don't give a [ ] anymore.
But definitely, like, growing up, and until maybe a few years ago,
I definitely felt like I was in the wrong body.
So, describe in it like that, was like,
"yeah, that's relevant, that's accurate".
I've seen a lot of people nowadays being like:
"Oh, that's so cringe.
"Like, no one actually thinks that".
And I'm just sat there like:
"Oh, okay. I did".
I understand not wanting it to be explained like that
and there's definitely been such a shift in opinion
and just like, everything within the trans community.
I just wanted to ask, transgender people, hello,
how you doing?
I hope you're doing good!
Do you feel like you were born in the wrong body?
Are you upset when people describe you as that?
Or do do you get annoyed when people describe themselves as that?
Or is this just a weird corner of the internet that like,
I've just found myself on recently?
Okay, last one.
We have trans youth.
For real, for real.
Legitimately, that is how I feel right now.
I know I look like a child, but I feel that so hard.
I had such a hard time growing up as trans for reasons
that are probably a lot of you guys that are growing up as trans.
Like, I could not leave the house.
I would have panic attacks.
I would look at myself in the mirror,
start crying and then just go to bed all day.
I had it bad.
Dysphoria, on a scale of 1 to 10, 11.
Like, it was terrible.
And also I couldn't come out cause
I grew up in a conservative boarding school.
It was not a time.
But I do not envy the [ ] that young trans people
have to deal with now from the media.
Like, "back in my day",
that was the occasional thing on the radio, like...
"Oh, what are these kids doing with transgenderism?"
It wasn't taken seriously.
It wasn't a big deal.
And the amount of [ ] that you guys get nowadays scares me.
And it also makes me feel like I have to do something important,
which also terrifies me.
But yeah, if you are a trans child, or youth or young person
and you feel alone,
there are thousands of people out there
that are that are willing to help you.
That are willing to hug you.
Your school years are not the best years of your life.
I guarantee you that.
And there are things right now that may seem impossible,
that in the future you will look back on
and be like, "wow, I'm glad I got through that".
But that's not what this video is about.
We're having a good positive time.
But yeah, I guess that's the end of the video.
Have a good day or don't.
See you later losers.
Hope you have a good day!
Even though I just said do or don't!
But yeah, come see me in concert in the UK on tour,
buy tickets and do it, in the description now!