Eddie Izzard clarifies her preferred name and pronouns
Comedian reminded fans how she likes to be referred to
Your support helps us to tell the story
This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story.
The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans from across the entire political spectrum every month. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock you out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. But quality journalism must still be paid for.
Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference.
Eddie Izzard has clarified her preferred name and pronouns months after formally announcing the change.
The comedian confirmed that she was still additionally going by the name Suzy, which she says she “wanted” to be called since she was 10.
She wrote on Twitter on Thursday (1 June): “As people may now well know, I have added the name ‘Suzy’ to my names. So going forward I am preferring Suzy but I don’t mind Eddie.
“And I prefer she/her but I don’t mind he/him. So no one can really get it wrong unless they call me Kenneth or Sabrina.
“I am remaining Eddie Izzard in public. Thank you. Suzy/Eddie.”
Izzard had previously said that letting “people choose what they want” out of Suzy and Eddie was “how I’m going to roll”.
She first mentioned her preferred pronouns during an appearance on Portrait Artist of the Year.
Izzard told contestant Chris Holder: “This is the first programme I’ve asked if I can be ‘she’ and ‘her’ – this is a little transition period.”
At the time, Izzard said that “it feels very positive” to use she/her pronouns. She continued: “I just want to be based in girl mode now.”
In 2017, Izzard told The Hollywood Reporter: “I am essentially transgender. I have boy mode and girl mode. I do feel I have boy genetics and girl genetics.”