After announcing that she’s receiving end-of-life care, Janey Godley has sent a defiant final message to transphobic trolls on social media.
The Scottish comedian, 63, who began her stand-up career in 1994, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021 and recently announced she had moved into a hospice.
Last week, she revealed to her followers that she is now receiving palliative care, adding that the chemotherapy she was undergoing ‘ran out of options’.
However, the Stirlingshire comic hasn’t let her circumstances stop her from fighting for the rights and protections of transgender people across the world.
On Saturday, Janey revealed that – even while staying in a hospice – she had been hit with vile tweets attacking her for defending the UK’s trans and LGBTQ+ population.
She wrote: ‘It doesn’t matter how many transphobes attack me in the last stages of my life, I won’t become them. I won’t think how they think. It’s a waste …