Eddie Izzard Links Trans Identity to ADHD Insights

Suzy is open to being tested for  (ADHD) after being told her identity as a gender fluid could be linked to the neurodevelopmental condition. 

Izzard, arguably one of the most talented stand-ups of her generation, identifies as gender fluid, .

She now believes the characteristic traits that made her a star could be linked to ADHD, a condition she has never previously been tested for. 

Appearing on the latest instalment of the I'm ADHD! No You're Not podcast with comedian Paul Whitehouse and his wife Dr Mine Conkbayir, Izzard, 64, agreed that she met the criteria after being given a checklist of typical behaviours - among them lateral thinking, hyper focus and rapid pattern recognition.   

Referring to a potential connection with gender identity, Conkbayir added: 'The non-conformity being less affected by social expectations, specifically regarding gender roles, which as we know leads to higher rates of gender, non-conformity, a diffuse sense of self.

'So for me, I was picturing you as Edward, but then to Ed and now Susie Eddy.' 

According to Conkbayir, an average fifty percent of those diagnosed with dyslexia also have ADHD.  

'The experts like yourself could, could check me all out and say, actually you have these traits and these extra traits,' replied Izzard. 

'Because the people came to me when I was doing stand-up and said, "I think you're dyslexia."

Izzard previously said that her decision to stick with straight male or trans roles comes from there being too much politics around the subject and described the debate around biological sex as a 'minefield'. 

'My line on all of this is that women’s rights are human rights, and trans rights are human rights and we have to live together,' she told The Telegraph in 2024. 

'I’d fight like crazy for women’s rights, but I don’t want to get into the biological-determinism argument, because it’s a minefield. I just keep sailing on.

'I don’t think I’m doing any harm to anyone.'

The comedian has previously spoken out in support of Harry Potter author J K Rowling and other gender-critical feminists who believe that sex is biologically .

Izzard first identified as a transvestite in 1985 but said she has known that she wanted to be a girl since the age of four.