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'''Richard O'Brien''' (born 25 March 1942) is an English writer, actor, television presenter and theatre performer. O'Brien is known for writing the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show and for presenting the popular TV show The Crystal Maze. In a 2009 interview O'Brien spoke about an ongoing struggle to reconcile cultural gender roles and self-described as being [[transgender]] or possible third sex. O'Brien stated, "There is a continuum between male and female. Some are hard-wired one way or another, I’m in between."<ref name=obrien1>[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/08/18/richard-obrien-society-should-not-dictate-gender/ Richard O’Brien: ‘Society should not dictate gender’], Pink News, 18th August 2009</ref> O'Brien expounded on this in a 2013 interview which covered using [[oestrogen]] for the previous decade, and identifying as 70% male 30% female.<ref name=obrien2>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21788238 Richard O'Brien: ‘I'm 70% man'], BBC News, 18 March 2013</ref> | '''Richard O'Brien''' (born 25 March 1942) is an English writer, actor, television presenter and theatre performer. O'Brien is known for writing the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show and for presenting the popular TV show The Crystal Maze. In a 2009 interview O'Brien spoke about an ongoing struggle to reconcile cultural gender roles and self-described as being [[transgender]] or possible third sex. O'Brien stated, "There is a continuum between male and female. Some are hard-wired one way or another, I’m in between."<ref name=obrien1>[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/08/18/richard-obrien-society-should-not-dictate-gender/ Richard O’Brien: ‘Society should not dictate gender’], Pink News, 18th August 2009</ref> O'Brien expounded on this in a 2013 interview which covered using [[oestrogen]] for the previous decade, and identifying as 70% male 30% female.<ref name=obrien2>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21788238 Richard O'Brien: ‘I'm 70% man'], BBC News, 18 March 2013</ref> | ||
Controversially, Richard has openly said, regarding trans women, "I think anybody who decides to take the huge step with a sex change deserves encouragement and a thumbs-up. As long as they're happy and fulfilled, I applaud them to my very last day. But you can't ever become a natural woman", only "an idea of a woman."<ref name="Gilbey">{{Cite web |title=Rocky Horror's Richard O'Brien: ‘I should be dead. I've had an excessive lifestyle' |last=Gilbey |first=Ryan |work=the Guardian |date=5 November 2020 |access-date=5 November 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/nov/05/richard-obrien-interview-rocky-horror-trans-crack-stroke-70s}}</ref> | |||
===Interviews=== | ===Interviews=== | ||