Hannah Phillips

Hannah Phillips
Phillips in 2025
Lymington and Pennington Town Councillor
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 May 2023
Personal details
Born	(1999-12-11) 11 December 1999 (age 25)
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Website	hannahphillipsreal.com
YouTube information
Channel	Hannah Phillips
Years active	2015-present
Subscribers	15,600 [1]
Views	2,200,000 [1]
Last updated: 13 August 2025

Hannah Phillips (born 11 December 1999 ^[2] ) is a British YouTuber, activist and politician. She is a member of the Lymington and Pennington Town Council. ^[3]

Personal life

Phillips has been the target of significant harassment. ^[4] In 2019, Pink News wrote an article about comments she receives, ^[5] highlighting regular death threats.

Career

In a 2019 investigative report by the BBC regarding care for transgender youth, Phillips reported that she felt no regret in her medical transition - and that ultimately, nothing would have been able to stop it from happening. ^[6] In July 2019, Phillips appeared on the BBC’s Newsnight programme ^[7] to discuss her experiences as a patient at the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service.

In 2020, she founded New Forest Pride, a non-profit organization responsible for organising the event of the same name. ^{[8] [9]}

In 2023, she ran for a seat on both the Lymington District Council and the Lymington and Pennington Town Council. She received 586 votes in the District Council election, resulting in a defeat. However, she received 306 votes in the Town Council election, winning a victory against incumbent James Alexander Hoare. ^[10]

She returned to Newsnight in April 2024 to comment on the Cass Review, a report evaluating gender identity services for children and young people in England. ^[11]

Media appearances

In 2022, Phillips appeared as a contestant in two episodes of the second series of the BBC One daytime quiz show The Tournament. ^{[12] [13]}

In 2025, she later discussed her filmmaking work and upcoming projects in a radio interview on Southampton-based station Voice FM. ^[14]

References

1. "About Hannah Phillips". YouTube.
2. Phillips, Hannah. "My Journey". HannahPhillipsReal. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
3. "Declaration of Result of Poll - Election of Councillors for Lymington & Pennington Town Council" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
4. Goater, Dan. "Trans activist YouTuber Hannah Phillips now sitting on Lymington and Pennington Town Council". Advertiser & Times. New Milton & Lymington Advertiser & Times.
5. Kelleher, Patrick. "Teenage transgender YouTuber shares vile death threats he receives every single day". Pink News. Pink News. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
6. Deborah, Cohen; Barnes, Hannah. "Transgender treatment: Puberty blockers study under investigation". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
7. BBC Newsnight (22 July 2019). Transgender treatment: Puberty blockers study under investigation - BBC Newsnight . Retrieved 13 August 2025– via YouTube.
8. Lazzeri, Antonella. "Organisers 'heartbroken' as first New Forest Pride pushed back to 2021". Advertiser & Times. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
9. Lazzeri, Antonella. "Giant drag artist Rude Velvet star of the show at New Forest Pride fundraising event". Advertiser & Times. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
10. "Declaration of Result of Poll - Election of District Councillors for Lymington" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
11. Newsnight, BBC (10 April 2024). "BBC Newsnight". X.com.
12. The Tournament - Series 2: Episode 13 . Retrieved 13 August 2025– via www.bbc.co.uk.
13. The Tournament - Series 2: Episode 14 . Retrieved 13 August 2025– via www.bbc.co.uk.
14. "Southampton Spectrum - the LGBT+ show with Daniel Langrish-Beard and co-host (2nd August) - Southampton Spectrum - the LGBT+ show with Daniel Langrish-Beard and co-host - Voice FM Southampton". www.voicefmradio.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2025.