Blaire White
Blaire White (born September 14, 1993) is an American YouTuber and political commentator. Describing her politics as center-right, many of White's videos have been critical of feminism, transgender people, liberal professors and college students, and liberal content creators. White has risen to fame as one of the few openly trans YouTube creators to produce such content, although this has frequently resulted in her being subject to transphobic attacks by other conservative content creators.

Multiple of White's videos have spread misinformation or half-truths about situations. White and her fans have frequently been accused of harassing other transgender women.

Early life 
White described feeling gender dysphoria from a young age, saying that "my earliest memories were those of gender dysphoria: feeling uncomfortable in my skin and incapable of meeting male ideals". When she was 20 years old, she came out as transgender to her family and friends and began feminizing hormone therapy in 2015. While studying computer science at California State University, Chico, White appeared on a friend's live stream where commenters encouraged her to start a YouTube channel of her own. Prior to starting on YouTube, she was a self-described "social justice warrior" and held liberal political views, but stated her beliefs changed after starting college. White has also stated she is half white (of Irish and Portuguese ancestry) and half Latina (of Mexican ancestry).

YouTube career 
While studying at college in December 2015, White began posting anti-feminist political videos to YouTube. Later she continued making videos discussing gender politics  as well as videos criticizing transgender activists and the Black Lives Matter movement.

White has uploaded political debates with other YouTubers, commentators and comedians including Ben Shapiro, ContraPoints, and Onision. She has appeared on the political talk show The Rubin Report to discuss the North Carolina Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, which requires individuals to only use restrooms and changing facilities that correspond to the sex on their birth certificates.

In February 2017, White was banned from social networking platform Facebook for 30 days, drawing complaints from her supporters. Her account was reinstated shortly afterwards, and Facebook said the ban was an error. That same year, White began uploading videos about her personal life, including about her gender affirming surgeries.

On November 11, 2017, White and her boyfriend filmed a video in which they wore hats bearing the Trump slogan "Make America Great Again" and attended an anti-Trump protest on Hollywood Boulevard. In the video, she claims to have been assaulted twice, had her nail ripped off, and had a drink thrown in her face. Police say that White and her boyfriend began the altercation when they crossed a divider between pro- and anti-Trump protesters.

In 2018, she told Penthouse that she had had to contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a result of backlash.

In August 2019, White hosted a debate with transgender activist Jessica Yaniv centered around Yaniv's human rights complaint. During the debate, Yaniv brandished a taser on camera, resulting in her arrest in Canada.

In October 2020, White apologized and deleted a video she posted about transgender athlete Janae Marie Kroc. White claimed that Kroc competes against cisgender women in powerlifting events and unfairly has won events as a result, and also mocked Kroc's appearance, calling her "outlandish". Afterwards, Kroc responded on Instagram saying that "everything she said about me was incorrect". Kroc clarified that she has only ever competed before she transitioned, in the men's division, and that she has not competed and does not ever intend to compete against other women. On October 15, White apologized on Twitter, admitting she did not do "enough research" and took "rumors about her at face value", and deleted the video from her YouTube channel.

In 2021, White said of the Super Straight trend that "The fact that people are upset about this new sexuality being created is a little hypocritical coming from the folks who created abrosexual, demisexual, gerontosexual, gynosexual, intrasexual, kalosexual, multisexual, pomosexual, sapiosexual, and literally hundreds more" and that "Even though super-straight is a joke, the irony is that it's a lot more valid than a lot of those I just listed. Actually, all of them."

Political views 
White's views have been labeled as conservative. A 2023 piece in LGBTQ+ magazine The Advocate called White "far-right". In 2017, White described her political beliefs as center-right. She supported Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election, but stated in 2018 that she remains critical of some of his policies and actions in office. For instance, White said that she was partly against Trump's transgender military ban. In a 2019 Vice debate, she identified as Republican.

Personal life 
White is engaged to fellow YouTuber Joey Sarson. Her mother's side of the family is supportive of her and her transition. White has expressed the desire to have children in the future through surrogacy or adoption, and has discussed her struggle with infertility due to the effects of hormones.

In 2019, White said that she is non-religious, stating that religion has had little significance in her life.

White is a California native and a former resident of Los Angeles. In 2020, White made a video about the cons of living in Los Angeles and announced that she and her fiancé were moving to Austin, Texas. They both moved in 2021.

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Living people
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