Eddie Izzardis feeling “very positive” after announcing her pronouns are now she/her.

The yearly special brings together painters and the celebrity subjects they’ll draw as part of a competition.

A little transition period," she told Curtis Holder, the artist whose painting won the competition.

Eddie Izzard

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I just want to be based in girl mode from now on."

Izzard has since been receiving heaps of praise from fans.

“I woke up to see #EddieIzzard trending and feared the worst.

and I don’t see that changing any time soon.

Keep being a bad ass queen!!”

“We met in the ladies loo,” a fan who met Izzard in the ladies room tweeted.

“She explained that when she’s in girl mode she uses the ladies loo.

Instead, I just gawped cos I was geeking out.

Still one of my favorite photos.”