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 | 15.6 thousand |
| Views | 2.3 million |
| Last updated: 12 April 2026 | |
Hannah Phillips (born 11 December 1999[1]) is a British YouTuber, activist and politician who has been a councillor for Lymington and Pennington Town Council since 2023.[2]
Early life
Hannah grew up in Brockenhurst and attended Brockenhurst College.[3]
Phillips has been the target of significant harassment.[4] In 2019, PinkNews wrote an article about comments she receives,[5] highlighting regular death threats.
Election
Phillips was elected as a councillor on Lymington and Pennington Town Council for the Ward of Buckland in 2023 beating the incumbent Conservative Party Candidate James Alexander Hoare by a majority of 57 votes.[2]
During the 2023 New Forest District Council election, Phillips contested a seat on Lymington District Council receiving 586 votes, resulting in a defeat.[6]
In the 2026 Hampshire County Council election, Phillips contested a seat for the Brockenhurst Division of Hampshire County Council[7][8] receiving 694 votes, resulting in a defeat.[9] Additionally in 2026, Phillips contested a seat for Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East Ward of New Forest District Council[10] receiving 126 votes resulting in a defeat.[11]
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.[12] In July 2019, Phillips appeared on the BBC’s Newsnight programme[13] 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.[14][15]
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.[16]
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.[17][18]
In 2025, she later discussed her filmmaking work and upcoming projects in a radio interview on Southampton-based station Voice FM.[19]
References
- ↑ Phillips, Hannah. "My Journey". HannahPhillipsReal. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- 1 2 "Declaration of Result of Poll - Election of Councillors for Lymington & Pennington Town Council" (PDF). gov.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ↑ Phillips, Hannah (29 September 2025). "Proud to announce I'm standing as the Liberal Democrat candidate for #Brockenhurst in the #Hampshire County Council Election!". Bluesky. Archived from the original on 6 October 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ↑ Goater, Dan (12 May 2023). "Trans activist YouTuber Hannah Phillips now sitting on Lymington and Pennington Town Council". Advertiser & Times. New Milton & Lymington Advertiser & Times. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ↑ Kelleher, Patrick (11 November 2019). "Teenage transgender YouTuber shares vile death threats he receives every single day". Pink News. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Election of District Councillors for Lymington" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ↑ Ryan, Kate (10 April 2026). "Statement as to Persons Nominated Brockenhurst Division of Hampshire County Council Thursday 7 May 2026" (PDF). New Forest District Council. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "Full list of candidates for Hampshire County Council election". Daily Echo. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "Election results for Brockenhurst, County Council Election - Thursday 7 May 2026". 10 May 2026.
- ↑ "Statement as to Persons Nominated Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East Ward of New Forest District Council" (PDF). 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Declaration of Results of Poll - Election of a District Councillor for the Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East Ward of New Forest District Council (Date of Election Thursday 18 June 2026)" (PDF). newforest.gov.uk. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Deborah, Cohen; Barnes, Hannah (22 July 2019). "Transgender treatment: Puberty blockers study under investigation". bbc.com. BBC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ↑ BBC Newsnight (22 July 2019). Transgender treatment: Puberty blockers study under investigation - BBC Newsnight. Archived from the original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Lazzeri, Antonella (29 May 2020). "Organisers 'heartbroken' as first New Forest Pride pushed back to 2021". Advertiser & Times. Archived from the original on 13 August 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ↑ Lazzeri, Antonella (14 June 2022). "Giant drag artist Rude Velvet star of the show at New Forest Pride fundraising event". Advertiser & Times. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ↑ BBC Newsnight [@BBCNewsnight] (10 April 2024). ""I think the reason the trans community stick together and have each others back is because the rest of society kind of makes us feel excluded."" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ↑ The Tournament - Series 2: Episode 13. Retrieved 13 August 2025 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ The Tournament - Series 2: Episode 14. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. 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. Archived from the original on 3 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.