Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney slams transphobic remarks after encounter at restaurant

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Heartstopper star Yasmin Finney has called out the transphobic comments made by strangers after a vile encounter at a restaurant. 

Fans quickly came to adore Finney for her portrayal of trans teen Elle Argent and the character’s beautiful storyline in Heartstopper, which has been heralded as one of the most important LGBTQ+ TV shows in a generation.

Elle is friends with Charlie Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor), and she watches as the two teens navigate their friendship blossoming into a romantic relationship. She also realises that she may be in love with her best friend Tao Xu (William Gao) after she moves to an all girls’ school. 

Finney revealed on Twitter that she had experienced vile transphobia during a recent encounter at a restaurant. The actor posted a picture of herself posing in a mirror while wearing a drop-dead gorgeous black cut-out, glamorous makeup and a chic bob hairstyle. 

She described she was “about to leave a restaurant” when a random woman “shouted” at her “in front of her peers” and questioned if she is “a boy or a girl”.

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“Erm Idk what do I look like to you?” she responded, referring to her beautiful selfie. 

Finney added in a later tweet she was stunned by the woman’s comments, and she said the stranger quickly tried to dismiss the transphobic nature of her ignorant remarks. 

“I was clearly in shock when she said this and she then said ‘I’m not transphobic I have trans friends’,” Finney recalled. “At this point I’ve given up hope lol.”

I was clearly in shock when she said this and she then said
“I’m not transphobic I have trans friends”

At this point I’ve given up hope lol

— Yaz (@Yazdemand) May 7, 2022

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Fans quickly rushed to Finney’s defence, describing the Heartstopper star as a “goddess”, and denounced the stranger for trying to cover up her “disgusting” comments by using the ‘I have trans friends card’.

gorgeous gorgeous GIRLS are called yasmin finney and look like this pic.twitter.com/ScebsJcLOn

— rat (ghost)| | kit connors bestie (real) (@L0V3RSDONTCRY) May 7, 2022

you look like a goddess that is what !

— ez (@loverneIson) May 7, 2022

not the “i have trans friends” card god thats disgusting im so sorry yaz