Popular YouTuber Jeydon Wale Comes Out As Transgender

“Hi, my name is Jeydon Wale and I am female to male transgender — holy shit.”

So reveals the popular YouTube star in an emotional video posted on November 13th, in which Wale says he’s “always been a boy… [but] my body said otherwise at birth.”

I felt so alone. The people around me were not accepting me…I felt like I was suffocating. I felt like I was drowning. I felt like my skin was smothering me and I was trapped in my body and it honestly felt like a nightmare that was never, ever going to end,” he said.

“I never thought people would love and accept me for who I am…I just can’t thank you enough; thank you for letting me be myself, something the world was trying so hard to take away from me…You guys are the reason why I’m still here and I want to show you how happy I am.”

Related: This Is How You Support A Transgender Child

Wale — who bills himself as “that crazy YouTube kid” who’s “here to make you smile and remind you of your strength —  has had his own channel for nine years and managed to rack up over a million fans in that time.

Watch his video here to find out why: 

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NEW MUSIC: Martha Wainwright, David Bowie, Sleigh Bells, REM, Westworld Does Radiohead

This week in New Music: Martha Wainwright shines on solo album number four, David Bowie (above) gets the reissue treatment on Legacy best of, Sleigh Bells branch out on album number four, REM release a demo version of “Shiny Happy People” ahead of an anniversary edition of Out of Time and listen to the haunting piano covers of Radiohead and The Cure from Westworld.

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Martha Wainwright – Goodnight City

Martha Wainwright perhaps went a touch off the boil on 2012’s Come Home to Mama, her third solo album.

On album number four, Goodnight City she is well back on form.

Probably best known for her confessional and sometimes angry alt-country and folk-pop (see “BMFA”, “Heart’s Club Band”), there are many tracks on this album that fit into that genre and will please existing fans. They are in fact some of the best songs on the album but Wainwright also dabbles in straightforward pop and a touch of punk to great effect.

Coupled with a number of collaborations with friends and family (“Look Into My Eyes” is a duet with aunt Anna McGarrigle, “Franci” was written by brother Rufus) Goodnight City is superb.

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David Bowie – Legacy

It’s Christmas so it’s shameless cash-in time. As Morrissey said:

Re-issue ! Re-package ! Re-package !

Re-evaluate the songs

Double-pack with a photograph

Extra Track (and a tacky badge)

It’s hard to know what these albums are for. There’s nothing here that’s new to interest fans for example. Included is a “previously unreleased” version of “Life on Mars.”

However, with over 39 tracks most of Bowie’s greatest hits are collected here and the 2-disc package is (1) a perfect intro for the kids and (2) a wonderful reminder of what a talent the man was.

With remastered versions of the classics, the album sounds absolutely stunning with a decent set of headphones.

The Prince vaults are on there way soon. Leonard Cohen can’t be far behind.

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Sleigh Bells – Jessica Rabbit

On album number four, New York noise pop duo Sleigh Bells sensibly branch out to embrace a new(ish) sound for Jessica Rabbit.

The album is still instantly recognizable as Sleigh Bells, ripping open as it does with the sonic blast of “It’s Just Us Now.” However that song moves in a different direction for it’s last 30 seconds, relaxing into a synthy groove that informs a lot of what follows.

While previous albums were raucous with touches of brilliance, Jessica Rabbit is a more considered affair and all the better for it.

Alongside Derek Miller’s noise, Alex Krauss’s vocals are crisper than ever and so verging-on-pop at times you might think you’re listening to actual dreampop.

While “I Can Only Stare” can only be described as lush pop, at times the album sounds like Spice Girls meets Cocteau Twins, something that makes absolute sense when you think about it.

A brilliant and sometimes jarring album receiving a modicum of mainstream success.

More please.

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REM

With a 25th anniversary release of Out Of Time just around the corner which will include an unreleased track, b-sides anbd various demos, just out is this early instrumental version of “Shiny Happy People.” An interesting release as it strips away the money-making pop overtones of the single release to reveal a track that remains totally classic REM. With Michael Stipe announcing recently that he wants to get back into the game, a reunion can’t be far away.

Listen here.

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Westword Piano Covers

My irrelevant take on Westworld: meh.

However, the piano covers of Radiohead, The Cure and others are stunners.

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Obama Says That He Doesn't Feel 'Responsible' for Trump's Presidency

Following a conciliatory meeting last week, President Obama distanced himself from the president-elect in an Athens press conference.

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Swastikas Carved Into Home Of Gay, Jewish New York State Senator Brad Hoylman

Two swastikas were discovered carved into the home of New York State Senator Brad Hoylman, where he lives with his husband and daughter.

Holyman, who’s gay and Jewish, believes the incident is directly tied to Donald Trump’s election and particularly his appointment of Steve Bannon as Trump’s chief strategist.

Related: Vandal Fails Miserably At Writing Homophobic Slur On Gay Couple’s Car

Police report that the swastikas were found on an elevator door inside the Fifth Avenue apartment.

“I came home this evening to news that two swastikas has been discovered in the apartment building where I live with my husband and daughter in Greenwich Village,” he posted on Facebook.

The NYPD Hate Crimes unit is investigating. This comes three days after swastikas were drawn on the doors of nearby students at The New School. Meanwhile, Stephen Bannon, an anti-Semitic, white nationalist has been named as the senior strategist to President-elect Donald J. Trump. Connect the dots.

Related: 10 Most Antigay Headlines Overseen By Trump’s Top Advisor, Steve Bannon

Mayor Bill De Blasio was quick to offer his support to Hoylman on Twitter:

@BradHoylman, millions of New Yorkers stand with you tonight against anti-Semitism. Hate has no place in NYC. #NotInOurCity

— Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) November 16, 2016

Here’s Hoylman’s original post: 

h/t: Towleroad

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Randy Rainbow Interviews the New First Family (and Tries Not to Hurl) – WATCH 

Randy Rainbow interviewed the Drumpf Trump family now that they are, officially, tragically, somehow the next first family of the United States.

Rainbow tried to keep it together for the interview but Ivanka failed to get the memo that openly calling The Donald the next president would trigger poor Randy to wretch.

Watch as Randy talks to Donald, Melania, Wednesday, Pugsley, Lurch, and Morticia, below.

PS is the lipstick an homage to Lesley Stahl? Let’s hope it made the Trump boys uncomfortable.

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L.A. Protester Calls on White Allies to Join (Video)

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