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In 2009, he completed 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief despite having no history of long-distance running. | In 2009, he completed 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief despite having no history of long-distance running. | ||
Izzard has campaigned for various causes and has been a Labour Party activist for most of his adult life. He twice ran for a seat on Labour's National Executive Committee. When Christine Shawcroft resigned in March 2018, he took her place by default | Izzard has campaigned for various causes and has been a Labour Party activist for most of his adult life. He twice ran for a seat on Labour's National Executive Committee. When Christine Shawcroft resigned in March 2018, he took her place by default but was not re-elected in that summer's NEC elections. | ||
Izzard describes himself as a "transgender guy"<ref name="comingout2016" /> having "boy genetics and girl genetics".<ref name="loose">{{Cite web |title=Eddie Izzard on Why It Was Important for Him to Come Out |author=Loose Women |work=YouTube |date=30 June 2017 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2rYR0n5zTQ}}</ref> In the past when terminology was different, Izzard identified as a [[transvestite]]<ref name="londonreal">{{Citation|title=DEALING WITH TRANSGENDER REACTIONS - Eddie Izzard on London Real|date=14 December 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpPPaMazpf0|accessdate=12 October 2017}}</ref>, and has also called himself "a lesbian trapped in a man's body"<ref name="lifestory">{{Cite web |title=Comic Izzard promoting life story |author= |work=BBC News |date=17 May 2004 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3720385.stm}}</ref>, a "male lesbian", and "a complete boy plus half girl".<ref name="tough">{{Cite web |title=Eddie Izzard: The tough transvestite who can take care of himself |author= |work=The Independent |date=23 May 2004 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/eddie-izzard-the-tough-transvestite-who-can-take-care-of-himself-61326.html}}</ref> | Izzard describes himself as a "transgender guy"<ref name="comingout2016" /> having "boy genetics and girl genetics".<ref name="loose">{{Cite web |title=Eddie Izzard on Why It Was Important for Him to Come Out |author=Loose Women |work=YouTube |date=30 June 2017 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2rYR0n5zTQ}}</ref> In the past when terminology was different, Izzard identified as a [[transvestite]]<ref name="londonreal">{{Citation|title=DEALING WITH TRANSGENDER REACTIONS - Eddie Izzard on London Real|date=14 December 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpPPaMazpf0|accessdate=12 October 2017}}</ref>, and has also called himself "a lesbian trapped in a man's body"<ref name="lifestory">{{Cite web |title=Comic Izzard promoting life story |author= |work=BBC News |date=17 May 2004 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3720385.stm}}</ref>, a "male lesbian", and "a complete boy plus half girl".<ref name="tough">{{Cite web |title=Eddie Izzard: The tough transvestite who can take care of himself |author= |work=The Independent |date=23 May 2004 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/eddie-izzard-the-tough-transvestite-who-can-take-care-of-himself-61326.html}}</ref> | ||