Gay people react to politicians being insanely transphobic | Extreme Britain: Brighton 

That woman in the black woolly hat was bang on the nail!!! Distraction from the actual mess/badness going in in this country!

What is that Muslim guy smoking, AS IF he is compromising more than Gay and Trans people. His compromise is not being openly hateful. How is that a compromise?

I do not believe that guy had to "bring a trans or lesbian person" along to his university presentation with him. Utter bollocks.

As a British Muslim guy I’m quite disappointed at the Arab guy, I get where he’s coming from but, what does he mean abt “compromising” when coming to talking about Jews or Gay people? He’s making a false equivalence between homophobia/antisemitism and saying “kill all men”. Those two things (although extremely stupid) are not the same. Islam does not say you can’t speak openly with or abt queer people either, there is a wide array of literature concerning queer people in Islam, both for and against. If we as Muslims start interacting with queer people (which we should in a multicultural society) all of this unbiased fear will dissipate. (Not to mention how many queer Muslims are hiding in the closet). Also I must say queer people have been some of the most vocal advocates for Palestine, and I’ll be forever be grateful.

It's a bit sad to see the arab dude say he feels more or less attacked, when you can see that they don't really care about him. It's easy. Don't fuck up each other. Be excellent to each other.

never knew about Brighton's queer origins in relation to the Napolonic era

The Arab guy is talking about having to compromise more when he is the one that came to England. I’m guessing there is no word for irony in Arabic.

My son went to Brighton university. He’s always been comfortable with his sexuality but I think he really reached a newer stage of comfort in himself when he was there and since he came back home. He now seems at the age of 25, that he’s very happy in his home town of Newcastle with his gayness. There are a few areas of our home town where he would tone down the way he dresses but mostly he’s a very happy chappy.

When are people going to realise that 'those in power or those that have the money' want the rest of us to hate each other. By dividing us we cant get rid of these megalomaniacs. The best way to control the people is divide and conquer. All we need to do is love and accept each other so when the time comes we can loook after each other and ourselves ❤

Very interesting to hear the views of Brighton residents. Lot of sensible folk. True what the lady said about MSM generating fear concerning trans people.Live and let live is my motto.

I spent 5 days last week with my partner in Brighton. Absolutely lovely place. I wouldn't consider myself part of the LGBTQ+ community but I do very much think it's great that there's a place where communities like that can feel safe. I also hope more of the UK becomes more accepting of people for who are, regardless of their identity. The interesting thing is whilst being in Brighton I didn't feel for a moment that anything was being forced on me regarding the LGBTQ+ community. I definately agree that the media is trying to move a focus onto LGBTQ+ and trans people being a so called "issue" because as mentioned in this piece, it's easy to focus on something that gets a reaction out of people, especially when you want those people to vote for you. Can't wait to go back to Brighton! 🏳‍🌈

I'm a straight working class man and I volunteer for an LGBTQ+ inclusive organisation. I thought I was fairly worldly and knowledgeable but I've learnt so much over the last 6 years of volunteering. I now have countless close friends from the LGBTQ+ community. I used to think that there wasn't a need for them to have their own community, as the modern world isn't homophobic, etc. but I've learnt from listening from people's stories and now I understand better. Although one thing I don't understand is there are often divisions between gay men and gay women, which I just can't get my head around.

Three days after Rishi Sunak was making transphobic jokes a young trans woman was brutally stabbed 14 times in London. Barely was given any media traction and those that did briefly cover it decided to word their articles to garner sympathy for the attacker. They wrote about how she was crying whilst being flanked by two guards and that she told her mother she loved her as she was being taken back to prison. Poor stabber. Never mind the victim she’s being charged with attempting to murder.

Despite the advantages of being straight, cisgender, white, male, I've always felt uncomfortable in society. But I was never happier than when I lived in Brighton. I thrived in an accepting place. I like acceptance and have always despised bullies. It was like another, better world. Not perfect, but better. Long live Brighton (& Hove) 🌈🌊🏳️‍⚧️❤️🏳️‍🌈

I grew up as a Jehovah’s Witnesses and they, like many other religions, have a fair few bigoted beliefs. I took everything said extremely seriously, even to the point I’d stop watching certain RU-vidrs or stop listening to artists music if I found out they were LGBTQ+. I left that all behind at 16 due to various reasons and it has been extremely difficult at times to undo all that programming I got when I was younger. Even after I left, I still believed a lot of the many transphobic talking points, despite never actually knowing any trans people. I have since got to know a trans person well and they’re just living their life, just like anyone else. Getting to Know them has done a lot to help undo a lot of the beliefs I once held. My younger half sister came out as bisexual to me a few years after I left and It was once she did that that I really started questioning many of my views. I’m incredibly proud of her. I do hope we get to see a day we’re everyone can be judged on their actions alone, not who they chose to be.

Whilst I’m no fan or enemy of the LGBT community, all this is politically is a ruse to get away from the fundamental problems facing our country. Who adults try to sleep with or gender themselves is up to them. What I’m more concerned about is the state of schooling, education more generally, healthcare, state of our roads, the cost of living, residential issues etc.. once we’ve got these fundamental issues resolved then we can worry about social issues which don’t effect every single person up and down the Uk as the fundamentals I’ve mentioned.

That guy who choose to come to study at university in the UK and then choose Brighton or Sussex Uni is a joke. He chose to come to a country where pro LGBT laws have been in effect for a significant period of time and didn't think it would affect his own beliefs. His course, in his own words required him to explore LGBT material and he refused to engage with the material. Which presumably is part of his degree, which he is paying for. Oh and he is found wondering through Kemp Town, I think the irony is somewhat lost on him 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

What university course was he doing that required him to include a lesbian or transgender person in his presentation? A degree in bullshit perhaps?

You don’t have to “tolerate” just respect the difference - tolerate suggests a lack of respect, which will eventually lead to exclusion and persecution

I love that goth woman, a lot of us in the UK outside places with a big alternative scene like Brighton and Whitby are quite shy because of harassment and close mindedness, goths are literally the kindest sweetest people

Planning to take my teenage lesbian daughter to Brighton this year, she sees it as gay central. We always take her round the gay districts when we travel, it’s important to her to be part of the community. She’s lucky that the family accepted it from day 1

5:40 "Nothing wrong with the straights obviously" Love that! :D

5:55 equality feels like oppression when you're use to privledge Edit: time stamp fixed

I remember a number of years ago a woman called nadia won big brother and she was celebrated. What has happened to us since then? We have gone backwards

Why is there so much hate in this world? My view is simple. Is the person good or evil? I don't care if they're straight or gay. I wish there was a bit more tolerance in this world.

Thank you. More like this please.

Having served, to defend the rights of others and how they live their lives, it makes my blood boil for the government, who usually picked what shit show I went too, to then make a mockery of what the Armed Forces are about and then to remove rights from the people, the same rights I put on the uniform to defend. A lot of people would look at me and judge me on how I look alone, not knowing what I have been through in my life nor what I did to defend them, they just see a white male that now portrays everything wrong in society, not asking me who I am, judging me on what I am, that is not the society I grew up in nor is it the one I defended. To put it another way, I could not careless what you are, when you put on that uniform while I was serving, I literally put my life in your hands, while on the battlefield all we have is the person on our left and the one on our right, as long as you were not hurting anyone, I could not careless what you did in the privacy of your own home. How people have been treated in this country of the last 14 years is abysmal, those that are not rich, influential, connected are free targets, those that spoke out have become slandered, those that had the rights and exercised them have had them taken away. Those that fought to save this country during WW2 have now passed and their influence that made this country a saving grace has now gone and all we are is a hatred filled echo of those across the pond, WELL DONE Tories.

damn the poor lady at 7:00... £5 left half way through the month

Ed's getting good at these!

Peeps just need to be kind to everyone.

As a non-LGBT member (but an ally), I have to say I feel far safer and welcome in Brighton than anywhere else in the UK. If the rest of the country was as open and forward thinking, intolerance would be all but wiped out.

As a gay person from the Caribbean I think Britain is still the best place to be LGBT but I think the Tories need to stop focusing on the trans issues and get on more important issues I still can't wrap my head with the conservatives obsession with trans issues omg it's frustrating to be honest come on Tories there are more pressing issues the UK has to deal with and this isn't one

Brighton is the greatest city in the UK. Has it's problems like everywhere. Mostly, as that girl said, the cost of living there. But it's always been the most inclusive place as far as race, age, sexuality etc is concerned

That guy had a lot of air time to spout

The arab man showing us the ever tolerant religion of peace islam

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.", it will take time and the more it is pushed the more others will push back, worse is when it looks like a vote winner because the Tories have no morals and will do anything to cling to power and money.

Excellent investigative piece from Ed and the team. Never had the chance to visit Brighton but I’ve always loved how progressive and welcoming it is. I’ve always heard about so many wonderful experiences from people I’ve met and people who’ve gone have had. A really kind people. I myself having first hand experience when I was little with someone who looked after me, was the coolest person I’ve ever known. Not to mention Fatboy Slim which is always a bonus. Big up to the people of Brighton. 🌳 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌍 🌎 🌏

My New Year's resolution was to mind my own business, I've stuck to it. If more people did that, we'd all get along much better because someone's sexuality, religion, etc. is their own business.

Are those figures for Brighton or Britain?

The society we now live in wants to turn people against each other, and create micro-wars, by fracturing small groups into even smaller ones, and turning individuals that previously accepted one another into rivals/enemies. It is a highly effective way to control those that seek to adopt a standpoint, rather than to arrive at their own conclusions after careful consideration.

I fucking love the People’s Republic of Brighton and Hove. When I moved down from London 10 years ago, the aggressive driving up there would get on my tits. One thing I love about this city is it’s the dopey, spaced drivers I find annoying. And I find that delightful. The only reason I haven’t yet left the UK post Brexshit is, #1, how hard it will be for my wife and I to tear ourselves away from this amazing place. #2 is I couldn’t subject our little fluffy dog to a 30 hour flight and two weeks in quarantine. We’re going to wait until she’s gone before we reluctantly leave. It’s an excuse to stay a bit longer anyway, despite the rest of the UK turning to shit in front of our eyes. We’ve lived in New York, Sydney, Berlin, Paris, London and a few other pretty decent places. But Brighton is the mutts nuts, it seems like half our street is LGBT+, probably not quite, but I’ve never lived anywhere the neighbours are either cool or really nice. Usually both. But still have that English thing of minding their own business. And like Oxford Street and Surry Hills (the spelling is correct) in Sydney are such good places to live largely because of the LGBT+ communities, it’s a big reason breeders like us will love a place. We’ve even started tut-tutting at all the ‘foreigners’ coming down from London and diluting the character of Brighton, just like we did ourselves 10 years ago. Mind you, many people in our street are from somewhere else but as long as they adapt to Brighton rather than try to make Brighton adapt to them I’ll be ever welcoming. Particularly if they are LGBT+ refugees from somewhere less nice. It’s their city, after all.

It breaks my heart to see that there are people who are homophobic and transphobia in my city. I always have a very live and let live attitude if people accept me for who I am I’ll accept them it’s that simple .

5:30 Must "that 1 person" be given any airtime as if that's balance? His religion/race didn't make him anything other than "always, that guy."

I am from Italy and greatly miss my once cosy Europe ........Everybody with their culural, religiuos differences and views should have the right to study ,travel, maybe work for some time and then go home together with their large families.....and then when we visit Great Britain we would see our Miss Marples , and Sherlock Holmes on Baker Street...........and not dirty Rome.......

I transitioned when I retired about 15 years ago. I lost my family including 2 sons and 2 grandsons. I think it would have been better if one of my sons hadn't married into a catholic family. I have good days and bad, If I get through the day without some kind of biggoted comment then it is a good day. I find the worst kind of person is a natal female. I wish I knew what their problem with me is.

Power and safety to all my transgender brothers and sisters and all those within the LGBTQIA+ community. It’s so much easier to love than hate. It sounds like a cliche but it’s true! Love from Caiseal Ó Conghaile ,Dublin,Eire 🇮🇪🇪🇺 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

This video has been such a surprising uplifting and welcome surprise..with some great vox pops

I do wonder if there aren't a whole lot of people in the community who are perhaps a bit over sensitive when it comes to dealing with unreasonable people (hence the dramatic rise in statistics). There are unreasonable people in all areas of the country and in all areas of society. I've suffered a lifetime of abuse and disdain from how I choose to dress/live/etc but I've developed the ability to just let it go, because that's a much healthier option than making it the be all and end all of everything 🤷‍♂

Omfg you were 2 minutes from my house and i missed you! Would have loved to buy you a coffee!

Prince George and his Pavilion helped too...once it became a royal residence for his parties it was the fashionable thing to do. Hence Brighton is so expensive now and has been for decades, its definitely taken away the soul of Brighton I grew up in the 90s and early 00s. Imagine if they picked on a different minority though?

Spot on!👏

0:29 Everyone loves Marshal Murat

They better enjoy the freedom and privileges they have got now because I don't think it last much longer the way things are going.

Saltburn was a shit film - very lame to get a tattoo inspired by that!…

Guy in grey jumper in shop is the spit of Leslie Neilsen

11:00 That’s one of the downsides to Brighton, people move here, get too much into it, end up drinking too much and doing too many drugs and end up believing bizarre conspiracy theories. In a few years time these two will think they don’t have to pay council tax because of Magna Carta, or something similar.

I wish people would understand the difference between being gay and being trans and stop shoving us all into one "LGBTQIA+ Community"and naming us all "queer". I am not queer I am gay. I find that word a bit derogatory. If you really want to respect peoples differences stop categorising anyone who is not straight and/or does not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth into on group. As if to say, oh well they are all different so they are all the same. What has my sexuality got to do with how someone else identifies their gender?

Lol my clickbait instincts went off when I read the thumbnail but then I saw it was PolJoe and thought twice.

Hell I was Gay before it became fashionable, but some of my best friends are straight. Straight is so gay, but I except them as they are.

Brighton you say, I'll just put it on the list of places to stay away from

0:14 what is funny is these lot dont realise that they are the reason why it has gone backwards.

Oooh I saw my house.

That lady was 'banned from peoples homes'? What does she want? To be able to just enter people's homes?

The Muslim guy is a bite out of place 🤣

Sad to hear about people in this country feeling marginalised. Just let people live their lives so we can all live in unity.

Who is forcing people to celebrate them. They are celebrating themselves the idea this guy at 4:21 is saying people are being force to celebrate with is a BIG LIE they are not. What he is trying to say is do not show it in public...that is what he trying to say.

Proud to be from the gayest and most liberal place in Britain. Though no longer live there,there’s always a little bit of Brighton wherever I am.

What is this homobhobia that is creeping back in??? I came out in 2001 and even then i had very few issues and sure as hell dont now - what exactly are people harping on about homophobia in uk about.

As a gay man is it bad that the main thing I took from this, is JOE apparently edited the ME guy when he spoke his ethnicity. Is that literally a worry for channels now?

Immigration, lots of people coming from countries where gays are outlawed.

I'm always grumpy.

That's the goden boi difference. Shame about the horrific comments but it's to be expected I suppose.

No one should go out of their way to harm anyone and I'm a straight right-leaning male if we all follow the law who cares.

So this video is about love, acceptance, etc. but you are censoring the word Arab as if it is a curse word. How tolerant and forward Great Britain is

I'm not sure I understand the angle the interviewer or editor is taking, feels clickbaity, feels like interviewer is out of his depth

The woman in the beanie was absolutely right

As long as you're not having sex with children, animals, or somebody else's partner, I don't care about your sexuality. I believe your sex life is your private life, and what consenting adults do in the privacy of their own bedrooms is their own business. The fact that I, like most straight men, happen to think gay sex is gross, is irrelevant, because I don't have to partake. I think celebrity love island is dumb, so I don't watch it. I don't like heavy metal music, so I don't listen to it. I don't like mustard or horse raddish, so I don't eat it. It's the same principle with gays. Just because you do something I think is gross in the bedroom, doesn't mean I hate you, just like I don't hate slipknot for making terrible music.

Brighton is fucking amazing.

So , the Arab wasn't getting it by a fergison mile.....

I thought Hebden bridge was the gayest 🤔

What is the source for claims that rates of hate crime have gone up by 180%? Is this self-reported surveys in which people say that their auntie forgetting this week's pronouns is a 'hate crime' or is this actual criminal behaviour? You'd think it'd be publicised if it were the latter.

4:10 spitting facts, no point wanting to fit in by trying to stand out, you do what you want, i don’t care, don’t force your views on me, i don’t force them on you

shout out forrest valkai vid 'sex ans sensibility'

Okay, let's break this down. Firstly, it's too simplistic to target the LGBTQ community as if all the world's hatred is directed solely at them. Victimization paranoia and hypervigilance exist within the LGBTQ community, alongside actual acts of victimization. It's important to acknowledge that danger can befall anyone at any time, so focusing disproportionately on the safety of one group over others isn't the correct way to achieve anything remotely similar to adequate change. This selective attention can lead to disparity and resentment, rather than fostering safe spaces for everyone. Additionally, when resources are concentrated on one group, there's a risk of neglecting the safety of others who may not receive the same level of attention. This undermines the perceived benefits of protecting any specific group when considering overall crime statistics. I'm not singling out the LGBTQ community here; this issue pertains to society as a whole. Flawed methods like these hinder significant progress, and I'm uncertain how we're expected to achieve meaningful change under such circumstances.

Never ceases to amaze how an individuals personal beliefs can be of such huge importance to other people. What the arab guy expressed here was completely reasonable. He expressed no ill feeling or animosity to those with completely different beliefs, spoke about the importance of tolerance and reasonable discussion. Surely these are good things? Not things to pick fault at. It's clear that ironically he is far more liberal than many from the lgbt community; He can tolerate your beliefs, why can't you tolerate his? Irrespective of how right you think you are, it has to work both ways.

I, for one, feel culturally enriched by the presence of that Islamic university student.

Ed: “Brighton’s Queer Community has flourished.” Editor: “Ed Campbell. Also flourishing.”

Brighton is an ugly awful place now. I was there the other weekend and it's degenerate

Transphobia isn't real, hardly anyhow. Same as Islamaphobia. Most incidents are just cases of sensible criticism.

They DEMAND you accept them, when they can't even accept themselves.

What was up with the guy in Prowler's nose? Should it be that colour?

worlds smallest violin for the guy trying to turn being told to shut up about him hating jews into him being a victim of racism and having to "compromise". We can read between the lines mate.

I feel as though I'm politically homeless. I thought that women's rights, human rights, ethnic minority rights, being kind to children, employment rights and all that sort of thing were Leftist views, but over the past few weeks I feel as though what I thought of as traditionally Left issues, are now seen as Right issues or even Far Right, and I'm confused...I don't really know what anything is, is it on the left, or right 🤷 and has it all changed completely to what it was? I suppose it must have

I respect that Muslim guy for sticking with his beliefs at uni. He reminds me of Zizek saying "love thy neighbour means being disinterested in them". Live and let live is honestly the best philosophy. I don't want to pray five times a day and he doesn't want to suck dick, but we both want to be in a peaceful, stable neighborhood with affordable rent and energy bills. That's the basis of solidarity imo.

3:12 isnt this guy on tiktok

If you think the United Kingdom is intolerant of LGBT rights, see if the experience is better or worse when you try and go to most Middle Eastern countries, pretty much the entire continent of Africa, a substantial number of Caribbean nations, Eastern Eurasian nations...actually, in many regions, the countries which had established British & Commonwealth influence are the ones championing LGBT rights despite their surrounding countries (like South Africa, Israel, India). They are so, so behind compared to Britain.

I hate when people say, " I should be accepted for expressing myself. The problem arises when you demand other people accept you. Be who YOU want to be, but don't expect acceptance from everyone. Just because YOU love yourself, doesn't mean everyone else has to. How about YOU accept them and THEIR personal views.

I agree we shouldnt have to celebrate LGBT but certainly they should live in peace.

Surely Hebden Bridge is the gayest place, per capita.

The thing that I like about what I see here, and I’m speaking as a gay man here, is that Brighton’s gayness is not brilliant rainbow colors. People are just people.