Hannah Phillips
Hannah Phillips | |
|---|---|
Phillips in 2025 | |
| Lymington and Pennington Town Councillor | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 15 May 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 December 1999 |
| Party | Liberal Democrats |
| Website | hannahphillipsreal |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2015-present |
| Subscribers | 16 thousand |
| Views | 2.2 million |
| Last updated: 13 August 2025 | |
Hannah Phillips (born 11 December 1999[1]) is a British YouTuber, activist and politician. Hannah grew up in Brockenhurst and attended Brockenhurst College. [2] 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, PinkNews 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
- ^ Phillips, Hannah. "My Journey". HannahPhillipsReal. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Phillips, Hannah (29 September 2025). "Post by @hpr.gay". Bluesky. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Election of Councillors for Lymington & Pennington Town Council" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Goater, Dan. "Trans activist YouTuber Hannah Phillips now sitting on Lymington and Pennington Town Council". Advertiser & Times. New Milton & Lymington Advertiser & Times.
- ^ Kelleher, Patrick. "Teenage transgender YouTuber shares vile death threats he receives every single day". Pink News. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Deborah, Cohen; Barnes, Hannah. "Transgender treatment: Puberty blockers study under investigation". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ BBC Newsnight (22 July 2019). Transgender treatment: Puberty blockers study under investigation - BBC Newsnight. Retrieved 13 August 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ Lazzeri, Antonella. "Organisers 'heartbroken' as first New Forest Pride pushed back to 2021". Advertiser & Times. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Lazzeri, Antonella. "Giant drag artist Rude Velvet star of the show at New Forest Pride fundraising event". Advertiser & Times. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Election of District Councillors for Lymington" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Newsnight, BBC (10 April 2024). "BBC Newsnight". X.com.
- ^ The Tournament - Series 2: Episode 13. Retrieved 13 August 2025 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ The Tournament - Series 2: Episode 14. Retrieved 13 August 2025 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "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.