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Scottish actor David Tennant is best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the Sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005–2010; 2013). In 2022, he returned to the show as the fourteenth incarnation. I remember watching a few of the shows between 2005-2010 and he was a credible Doctor.
Tennant has five children, and last year, his wife, Georgia, posted a photo of their child, Wilfred, and confirmed Wilfred’s usage of they/them pronouns and nonbinary identification.
The above image is Wilfred at a Pride parade.
Tennant has become a very vocal LGBTQ+ “ally”
Tennant, who also portrayed Barty Crouch Jr in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was recognised at the British LGBT Awards for his allyship to the community.
During his acceptance speech, Tennant said he was “a little depressed” about being awarded for believing that everyone has the right to “be who they want to be and live their life how they want to live it as long as they’re not hurting anyone else”.
“Because it’s common sense, isn’t it?” he said, before calling out the then UK Minister for Women and Equalities Kemi Badenoch, who’s previously said she would shut out trans women from certain spaces.“However, until we wake up and Kemi Badenoch doesn’t exist anymore – I don’t wish ill of her, I just wish her to shut up – whilst we do live in this world, I am honoured to receive this,”
It was good to see J.K. Rowling share a screenshot of past comments made by Tennant about transphobic people, in which he said:
“It’s a tiny bunch of little whinging f***ers who’re on the wrong side of history and they’ll all go away soon.”
Not such a nice guy. Looking back on it, I wish the Daleks had got him!
E-X-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-E!
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