F1NN5TER

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F1NN5TER
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F1NN5TER in December 2022
Personal information
Born
Jude

(2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24)
Birmingham, United Kingdom [F 1]
Occupation(s) Twitch streamer, YouTuber
Twitch information
Also known asRose (e-girl persona)
Channel
Genres
Game Minecraft
Followers736,000
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2020–present
2015–2023 (Minecraft channel)
Subscribers644 thousand
584 thousand (Minecraft channel) [F 2]
Total views103.1 million
71.2 million (Minecraft channel) [F 2]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2019
Last updated: 12 April 2024

Jude [lower-alpha 1] (born 21 April 2000), known professionally as F1NN5TER, [lower-alpha 2] is an English Twitch streamer, TikToker, and YouTuber. He [lower-alpha 3] became known for his long-term cross-dressing, which began as a campaign in which he would dress as his e-girl persona Rose for a month if he received a certain amount of money in donations. This started at around $100 in 2020, but increased steadily to multiple thousands of dollars over time with every donation goal met. He gained broader attention in 2023 when Twitch temporarily banned him for allegedly violating a policy usually applied only to women. Later in 2023, he donated $50,000 to the transgender medical care provider GenderGP together with a friend and viewer of his, Tenmuses. [F 6] : 14:47  In March 2024, he came out as genderfluid (preferring he/him) and shared that he had started feminizing hormone replacement therapy after realizing through crossdressing that he had 'uncovered a part of [him]self that [he] had been purposely shutting down. [3]

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Streaming career

F1NN5TER has streamed video games on YouTube and Twitch. He would sometimes cross-dress as an e-girl character named Rose, [4] and in 2020 began a campaign called "Girl Week" (eventually "Girl Month"), in which he would dress as a girl for a month if he received a certain amount (usually between $5000 and $30000) in donations. [4] [5] F1NN5TER grew his hair long and gained popularity on TikTok in clips where his e-girl aesthetic included long false eyelashes and thigh-highs adorned with bows. [5] The "Girl Month" campaign resulted in years of crossdressing and officially ended in 2023 with him explaining that it doesn't feel like "dressing as a girl" anymore, but rather just dressing like himself. [F 7] : 28:40 

In season 2 of the MC Championship, a Minecraft tournament, F1NN5TER was on the winning team in events 16 (August 2021) and 23 (July 2022). [6]

On February 7, 2023, F1NN5TER was suspended from Twitch for three days. While Twitch did not provide a reason publicly, F1NN5TER said that they privately said the ban was for "prolonged touching of female presenting breasts". [7] F1NN5TER, who at the time identified as a cisgender man and a femboy, [1] said that he had been adjusting his bra and opined that "As a man, touching your chest can now be bannable depending on how feminine Twitch sees you :)". [7] According to GameRevolution , Twitch's rules for clothing have long been criticised as vague, and the platform also has a "Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches" category. [7] Issy van der Velde of TheGamer criticised Twitch for "deciding a streamer's gender for them" and posed the converse question of whether a masculine-presenting woman would be exempt from the policy F1NN5TER was said to violate, also expressing concerns about how the rule would be applied to trans men. [5] The case was later cited by Charlie Ferguson in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review as an example of how "attire can communicate a message about gender regardless of whether the wearer intended to share said message". [1]

A selfie F1NN5TER posted in March 2024 to illustrate the effects of hormone replacement therapy F1NN5TER HRT.jpg
A selfie F1NN5TER posted in March 2024 to illustrate the effects of hormone replacement therapy

The same week, F1NN5TER was quoted in The Mary Sue for his response to PragerU's criticism of men wearing women's clothing: "But what if it’s reeeeaaallly fun". [8]

F1NN5TER announced an intention in December 2022 to donate to an organisation, and in May 2023 chose GenderGP, the only private provider of healthcare for transgender youth in the United Kingdom. He donated $50,000 together with a friend and viewer of his (Tenmuses), which Watermark compared to Hbomberguy's fundraiser for Mermaids in 2019. [4] [F 6] : 14:47 

On 1 March 2024, F1NN5TER uploaded a YouTube video titled "Coming Out", [F 4] in which he explained that he had begun crossdressing "for a 'meme'", [9] but that his crossdressing had attracted more trans viewers, and that through them he had learned more about the transgender community. [3] He said that as he explored his gender, "It felt a bit like I'd uncovered a part of myself that I'd been purposely shutting down for as long as I could remember, and never questioned why." He said that he had been taking feminizing hormone replacement therapy and considered himself genderfluid, expressing openness to all third-person pronouns but personally preferring he/him. [3] [lower-alpha 3] F1NN5TER added that he is bisexual and closed the video with brief conversations with his parents, who expressed their support. [9]

Notes

  1. ↑ F1NN5TER does not disclose his full name for privacy reasons.
  2. ↑ /ˈfɪnstər/ , like Finster. Sometimes rendered in lowercase; sometimes shortened to F1NN, F1nn, or Finn; sometimes spelled Finnster by third parties. [1] [2] [F 3]
  3. 1 2 In his coming-out video, F1NN5TER says he is open to being referred to by any pronouns, but has a preference for he/him. [F 4] : 3:12  His Twitter bio as of 4 April 2024 says "genderfluid (he/she)" and "pronouns are he him". [F 5] This article uses he/him for consistency.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ferguson, Charlie (2024). "We're All Born Naked and the Rest Is Speech: Gender Expression and the First Amendment". University of Pennsylvania Law Review . 172. p. 845 n. 86. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Shaukat, Rahman (8 February 2023). "Twitch Has Banned F1NN5TER". Game Rant . Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Kiley, Rachel (4 March 2024). "Twitch streamer F1NN5TER comes out as genderfluid & bisexual". Pride.com . Here Media. Archived from the original on 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 De Peña, Luis Xavier (19 June 2023). "UK Twitch streamer raises $50k for trans health care". Watermark Online. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 van der Velde, Issy (9 February 2023). "Twitch Streamer F1NN5TER Banned For Adjusting Bra, Despite Being A Man". TheGamer. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Michael, Cale; Fay, Kacee (18 September 2023). "Every MC Championship (MCC) winner, ever | All Winners". Dot Esports . Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 Falconer, Daniel (9 February 2023). "Why Was F1nn5ter Banned on Twitch? (Update)". GameRevolution . Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  8. ↑ Ball, Siobhan (10 February 2023). "PragerU Continues Its Streak of Getting Ratioed by Trying To Limit Men's Fashion". The Mary Sue . Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  9. 1 2 Ferlita, Gabriella (2 March 2024). "F1NN5TER comes out as gender-fluid and bisexual: 'I am just here to be me'". PinkNews . Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

Sources by F1NN5TER

  1. ↑ @F1NN5TER (4 December 2022). "im just one of the boys, a very manly man" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 "About F1nn5terLIVE". YouTube.
  3. ↑ @F1NN5TER (14 January 2018). "Today I learned over 7,500 each month search "f1nn5ter" into YouTube... Aaaaand over 40,000 search 'finnster'" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. 1 2 F1nn5terLIVE (1 March 2024). Coming Out. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024– via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "F1NN5TER (@F1NN5TER)". Archived from the original on 22 March 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024– via Twitter.
  6. 1 2 F1nn5terLIVE (7 January 2023). Goodbye. Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024– via YouTube.
  7. ↑ F1NN5TER Stream Archives (6 July 2023). F1NN5TER 2023-05-07 Stream: 🌸Becoming The Most Feminine Man on Earth🌸 . Retrieved 14 March 2024– via YouTube.
  8. ↑ @f1nn5terlive (2 March 2024). "I can finally do a real timeline post now" – via Instagram.
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