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“Would I do it all again? Of course, I would.” #TEDTalks

After leading a well-established life as a pastor, father and husband, Paula Stone Williams could no longer deny her truth and transitioned. In this conversational and at times humorous reflection, Williams offers her perspective on the everyday experiences lost, gained and once taken for granted in her journey of trans womanhood.

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After leading a well-established life as a pastor, father and husband, Paula Stone Williams could no longer deny her truth and transitioned. In this conversational and at times humorous reflection, Williams offers her perspective on the everyday experiences lost, gained and once taken for granted in her journey of trans womanhood.

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42 Comments

  1. @Fasting_Decluttering_Elevating

    June 30, 2026 at 6:03 pm

    ❤❤❤

  2. @melgood8

    June 30, 2026 at 6:23 pm

    👀

  3. @midwesttex

    June 30, 2026 at 6:25 pm

    Having mental health issues and claiming they are empowering rather than something that needs to be addressed, is not healthy. I’m sorry your parents didn’t pay attention to you. You should also stop glorifying it.

    • @milioso88

      June 30, 2026 at 6:42 pm

      You sound goofy. She’s not gonna read this dumb comment anyway so who are you talking to?

    • @midwesttex

      June 30, 2026 at 7:06 pm

      @milioso88 you can hear my words?

    • @Abiaeunice0001

      July 1, 2026 at 8:21 am

      ​@milioso88​It’s for any parent whose child is going through the same mental issue

    • @Harrypain_for_UCL

      July 2, 2026 at 4:19 am

      ​@milioso88 whine more about It 😂

  4. @persephone2073

    June 30, 2026 at 6:25 pm

    😂

  5. @EpicDude86

    June 30, 2026 at 6:27 pm

    “Twice as hard for half as much” Gonna stop ya there 😂

    • @SiostraEmo

      July 3, 2026 at 9:24 am

      @EpicDude86 yup, same.

  6. @pumasoccer90

    June 30, 2026 at 8:19 pm

    Haven’t watched the whole talk, but this seems very one-sided. Norah Vincent directly challenges this by describing her own experience living as a man, arguing that many men face significant loneliness, emotional isolation, and social pressures that are often overlooked. Her account suggests that being a man can be more difficult than common stereotypes assume.

    • @Dx-Dm

      July 2, 2026 at 6:50 am

      @pumasoccer90 it could be that the kind of work influences the experience. Also, I’m pretty sure Norah talked about benefits in addition to the drawbacks of living as a man.

    • @Deimos118

      July 2, 2026 at 11:46 am

      ​@Dx-Dm- Both mn and wmn have benefits and drawbacks. It’s ideologues however who keep pushing this idea of wm being underdogs despite legally having more rights than mn.

  7. @best-zy3jt

    June 30, 2026 at 8:32 pm

    Then I’ll cancel my channel subscription.

  8. @mathewemmanuelc

    June 30, 2026 at 10:40 pm

    Yeah, this is it for me, I can’t take it anymore
    Unsuscribing forever

    • @IGrowGiants

      July 1, 2026 at 7:20 am

      Byeee!

  9. @kwikky22

    June 30, 2026 at 11:34 pm

    The comment section stinks of male fragility

    • @toritoborito11

      July 1, 2026 at 6:43 am

      @kwikky22 genuinely, why do men need to comment on literally everything? do they want a cookie for being mean to everyone on the internet? i don’t think they understand how truly pathetic it looks from the outside. like holy crap lmao. it’s funny that ted is supposed to be a place to learn about many different experiences from professionals or people who have unique perspectives, yet they don’t take a second to listen to the other side. i hope u have a great day friend ❤️

    • @Deimos118

      July 2, 2026 at 12:00 pm

      Why mn no show their emotions? Also lol watch me talk trash about mn then call them fragile for having any opinion and or objections.

      The only stink here is the entitlement of thinking you know better the lived experience of mn you don’t even know.

  10. @mooselover5

    July 1, 2026 at 12:07 am

    She’s so well spoken and such a good story teller, definitely going to watch the full talk ❤

  11. @agent-6

    July 1, 2026 at 2:32 am

    What are we doing

  12. @tylermorgan6369

    July 1, 2026 at 5:24 am

    What a flippant farce, psychotic dogmatic regurgitation, a zealotous inquisition against the reasoning mind.

    • @Dx-Dm

      July 2, 2026 at 6:53 am

      How grandiloquent of you.

  13. @necopprimerenecopprimi

    July 1, 2026 at 7:24 am

    You don’t think women know? 😂

    • @zbaerenlovesme5216

      July 1, 2026 at 11:21 am

      @necopprimerenecopprimi exactly. While she may have the perspective of a woman now? She did not have the perspective of a young girl watching her twin brother get praised while she was criticized. She did not have the perspective of a young woman entering the workforce against men.
      How disheartening to hear her claim that women don’t know.

    • @Harrypain_for_UCL

      July 2, 2026 at 4:16 am

      ​@zbaerenlovesme5216 while everything you said I agree on except of the sibling situation, it’s so sad your parents or family or the people around you were very horrible, speaking from experience I have twin siblings both female and we love them to bits and I can’t imagine anyone trying to belittle them even once or even see them shed a tear 😂…we gonna go to war with anyone who was responsible for it …

  14. @Jluck78

    July 1, 2026 at 7:44 am

    He switched sides and immediately became a complainer

    • @Dx-Dm

      July 2, 2026 at 6:52 am

      Don’t be rude.

    • @Jluck78

      July 2, 2026 at 10:58 am

      @Dx-Dmit’s an empirical observation

  15. @tenikaarthurnelson2680

    July 1, 2026 at 9:01 am

    Interesting to note that there is no dislike option on this short. Sad.

    • @dddnt15

      July 1, 2026 at 8:50 pm

      @tenikaarthurnelson2680 That’s all shorts now, not just this one.

  16. @yashasb

    July 1, 2026 at 9:16 am

    Tfq 😂 it takes one to know one

  17. @thekma3476

    July 1, 2026 at 9:32 am

    😂 that’s a dude

    • @Dx-Dm

      July 2, 2026 at 6:53 am

      Trans women or women. Don’t be rude. When you make a comment, it should be about the topic, not the speaker.

    • @Deimos118

      July 2, 2026 at 12:04 pm

      ​@Dx-Dm- Nope. They’re clearly not or otherwise the distinction wouldn’t even be required. This is just lying disguised as “kindness”.

    • @JohnGrigley

      July 2, 2026 at 12:13 pm

      @thekma3476 Watching a dude mansplain being a woman to other women. My man, you found the cheat code. I bow in respect, chef’s kiss

  18. @ImHereNow3113

    July 2, 2026 at 7:28 am

    Its not easy being a human of any shape size or color, can we stop magnifying individual struggles now please? The narcissistic impulses of the current generations must be stopped, its so LAME.

  19. @shinobijustin

    July 2, 2026 at 1:49 pm

    I can remember looking forward to TED talks.

  20. @edithlazenby5839

    July 2, 2026 at 6:19 pm

    Thank you for this.

  21. @beepboopdeedoot

    July 2, 2026 at 9:19 pm

    You know what we can all understand? Not having money to feed our children because of the ultra rich. All our divisions are artificiap and will not change until the system which perpetuates is dismantled.

  22. @vladtheimpala5568

    July 3, 2026 at 2:16 am

    What becoming a cat taught me about zoology: Nothing

  23. @14hoursahead

    July 3, 2026 at 7:14 pm

    “I haven’t watched the whole thing but I’m going to go off anyways” lol This is an older talk, I believe from over 10 years ago, and she does have a balanced conclusion. She’s not teaching women about being a woman, she’s describing how her experiences changed when she started presenting as a woman. I recommend finding the full video!

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