Eddie Izzard has revealed that she will now go by a new name after wanting to change it since she was 10.
The comedian and politician will now go by Suzy Eddie Izzard as she shared the news during a question and answer with Matt Forde on The Political Party podcast, writes The Mirror.
The 61-year-old said that she would also be keeping the name Eddie so "people can choose" and "can't make a mistake".
Eddie, who announced she would be using the pronouns she and her in 2020, explained to the podcast: "I’m Eddie. There’s another name I’m going to add in as well, which is Suzy, which I wanted to be since I was 10. I’m going to be Suzy Eddie Izzard, that’s how I’m going to roll."
She added, according to Politco reporter Dan Bloom: "People can choose what they want. They can’t make a mistake, they can’t go wrong".
Eddie then laughed: "I make mistakes with my own pronouns," the Evening Standard reports.
She then went on to discuss her bid to become selected as a Labour MP. She said, according to Politico: "Some people have been transphobic when I was going for the [MP] selection, coming out as trans was not easy back in 1985…
"I don’t know [how many genders there are], we’re all somewhere on the spectrum, we have just got to chill out about it."
It comes after Eddie discussed using the pronouns she/her in an interview with The Irish Times in December.
When asked about her pronouns she said: "I didn’t change them. The world changed them."
The comedian explained: "I was on a programme. They said, 'Do you want she/her or he/him?’' I went, 'Ahh, oh, she.' I’d been thinking of changing them. And then the programme went out, and the whole world changed them. Two days."
Izzard added: "I thought it was a great honour. I’ve been promoted – promoted to she. That’s how it was. But I didn’t actively have a campaign about it. It just happened.
"You know, I came out 37 years ago. Some people grumble. I say, 'well, how much notice do you need? Thirty-eight years? Thirty-nine years?'"
Eddie has faced abuse since adopting her new pronouns, especially in the political world during her bid for an open seat in Parliament.
She said: "We were considered nonpeople, or toxic people. And I realised that my job is to try and knit being trans into society. We had a hard time just trying to exist. A lot of people have been wonderfully accepting, and young people are very open and great. Some people are still transphobic, but I just ignore them."
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