“It doesn’t matter what sex or sexuality, how you identify or who you fancy – it matters not one whit. In Uganda they were trying to sentence people to death. We’ve got obsessed with it in humanity, we’ve been obsessed with it for 5… 10,000 years of civilisation as we become more and more civilised and people are still being murdered. “I’ve got boy genetics and girl genetics. He continued: “I use it as a badge of identity. In a video, the 54-year-old said: “Being a transgender guy, I do like my nails and they’ve been knocked about a bit so I’m getting my nails re-done.
The finish line is in sight for Eddie Izzard as he prepares to reach Robben Island on the final leg of his gruelling 27 marathon challenge that pays tribute to Nelson Mandela’s life. The route each day focuses on a South African area of interest or a place that traces a portion of Mandela’s life story. “If I can do this – 27 marathons in 27 days – then other people can say, ‘Hey, well, he’s doing that, I can do something else’, and then we spread the positivity around.”īefore he completes the feat, Izzard also faces scaling Cape Town’s famous Table Mountain on Friday, battling on through blisters, sunstroke and heat exhaustion.
He inspired me – and other positive inspirations around the world. “What I am trying to do is show that in life you can do positive things and inspire people. He said: “Twenty marathons, that’s 840 kilometres, about 500 miles, there’s only seven to go! Izzard, who had raised an incredible £418,393 for Sport Relief by Tuesday, said he channelled Mandela’s positivity into the challenge and hoped to inspire others. The comedian, who has now run 21 out of his 27 consecutive marathons, stopped off to get his nails done on Tuesday and took the opportunity to discuss his gender identity.Įddie passed the 20 marathon mark on Monday and will reach the place of Mandela’s 18-year imprisonment on Thursday, before finishing on Sunday with an exhausting double marathon to The Union Buildings in Pretoria where Mandela gave his first speech as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Eddie Izzard took a break from his epic Sports Relief marathon challenge to give an inspiring speech on being transgender.