astronomy

Jamie Raines

Jamie Raines is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jamie Raines rather than just read about it. In short: Jamie Anthony Lotun-Raines (born 19 February 1994) is an English YouTuber, LGBTQ activist, psychologist, and author. His videos include commentary on gender identity and other LGBTQ+ issues, as well as general lifestyle topics.

Key takeaways

Jamie Raines belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Jamie Raines to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Jamie Raines from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Jamie Anthony Lotun-Raines (born 19 February 1994) is an English YouTuber, LGBTQ activist, psychologist, and author. His videos include commentary on gender identity and other LGBTQ+ issues, as well as general lifestyle topics. Raines is a trans man and has documented his gender transition, including the effects of hormone replacement therapy and gender reassignment surgery. His channel, Jammidodger, has over one million subscribers.

Early life and education Raines was born 19 February 1994, and is from Colchester in Essex. He attended St Mary's School in Colchester, and later Colchester Sixth Form College. Raines recalls feeling like a boy from the age of four, and that he chose to express himself in masculine ways from an early age. At the age of 16, he realized he was transgender after watching a documentary involving a trans man and relating to their shared experiences. He describes his family and close friends as being immediately supportive and choosing the name Jamie with their help. In order to document the physical changes he underwent during his transition, Raines took a photograph of himself each day for three years. Raines has a master's degree and earned a PhD in Psychology from the University of Essex in 2021.

Controversies The film Thittam Irandu sparked controversy due to the inclusion of Raines without his consent, and is misgendered. The film also misrepresents his gender transition as having taken place within a year, despite actually having occurred over "at least a six-year period" according to Raines. Raines attempted to contact the creators of the film, but received no response. Raines later created a YouTube video in response to the film on 10 December 2023, though this video was copyright-claimed by the aforementioned creators and blocked for 98% of Raines's audience. On 17 September 2024, Raines made a YouTube short reiterating what was said in his previous video, as well as revealing the copyright strike and content block. According to Raines, he has still not received a response from the film's creators. On 16 July 2025, Raines uploaded another video discussing the copyright strike and explaining the situation, but without using material that would once again get his video copyright-claimed.

Career

Social media Raines started the YouTube channel Jammidodger in 2011. The title is a reference to his name and to Jammie Dodgers, a popular type of biscuit in the UK. Having found YouTube videos to be a useful resource when discovering his own gender identity, he started the channel to provide a UK perspective on the transition process as well as to document the process for himself. Over time the channel has evolved to cover broader LGBT+ issues and also more general lifestyle content such as reacting to internet memes and subreddits, and reviewing cat toys. Raines was prominent among the many YouTubers to make videos criticising the views about trans people expressed by J. K. Rowling. In 2020, both Raines and his wife, Shaaba Lotun, made videos as part of Southend Council's Protect Your Fam project to encourage social distancing, hand-washing and mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to frequently appearing in videos with his wife, Shaaba, Raines has made videos collaborating with other YouTubers such as Jessica Kellgren-Fozard and Noahfinnce. Raines has a significant audience on both Instagram, with 338,000 followers, and Twitter, with 47,400 followers. Raines more frequently uploads to Instagram, using story and grid posts to share information about upcoming videos and projects, as well as general daily life. Raines and Lotun began livestreaming together on Twitch in April 2020, playing video games while talking with viewers.

Research Raines has conducted research into the sexual response of transgender men, as well as other topics related to gender and sexuality.

Writing Raines' first book, The T in LGBT: Everything you need to know about being trans (ISBN 9781785044298), was released on 30 June 2023, published by Ebury Publishing's Vermilion imprint. An audiobook is also scheduled for release by Penguin Random House Audio, with narration by Raines and Lotun.

Reception Raines' series of daily selfies, which he took during three years of his gender transition, were compiled into a 20-second montage for the Channel 4 television documentary Girls To Men. Raines was featured in the Channel 4 documentary series Bride and Prejudice covering the tensions within Lotun's family in the run up to their engagement.

Awards In 2020, Raines was a finalist in the LGBTQ+ Account section at the 12th Shorty Awards. In 2022, he won the Online Influencer award at the British LGBT Awards.

Personal life Raines is married to fellow YouTuber Shaaba Lotun-Raines (née Lotun). Both are bisexual. The two met in a college art class and became close friends prior to Raines' transition. When Raines came out, Lotun's family initially disapproved of their relationship, but eventually grew to support the couple's relationship. They then attended university together and both now hold PhDs. Each makes semi-regular appearances on the other's YouTube channel. Raines received his Gender Recognition Certificate late in 2019, which allows him to be recognised as a man in marriage. He describes this as marking the end of his transition process. The couple had initially planned to marry in 2020 but they chose to delay the wedding due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, which would have prevented members of Lotun's Mauritian extended family from attending, eventually marrying in 2022.

References

External links Official website Jamie Raines at IMDb Being Transgender: Effects of Behaviour, Arousal and Wellbeing September 2020 Jamie Anthony Raines PhD thesis

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jamie Raines

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jamie Raines claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jamie Raines before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jamie Raines ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jamie Raines

In research: Jamie Raines appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jamie Raines in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jamie Raines is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1994 births, 21st-century English LGBTQ people, Alumni of the University of Essex, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jamie Raines outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Jamie Raines in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Jamie Raines means in your own words.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Jamie Raines matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Jamie Raines?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Jamie Raines.