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>> now when im finally used to you being a. >> homosexual. >> youre going to get a sex change operation and be a girl? >> i think that the use of stereotypical characters, like jodie in soap, is a double-edged sword. it creates a sense of what is funny about me is that i am deluded. and that i should, you know, sort of glom back onto society. thats changing and now people are more open to trans identities. >> dad? >> hi girls. >> but even when i started making transparent and like going, okay, t...

There were moments that were incredibly sensitive, and it was an important character. >> i mean, you hate me because im gay, right? >> well -- >> i guess if you need a reason, thats a good one. >> burt, its a terrible reason. i mean, look at me. im a person. >> i do think that people watching that character thought for the first time about the possibility of gay men being real people. >> you dont look gay. >> im still me. >> that said, that show kind of didnt know what it was doing. >> now when ...

Incredibly sensitive, and it was an important character. >> i mean you hate me because im gay, right? >> well -- >> i guess if you need a reason, thats a good one. >> burt, its a terrible reason. i mean look at me. im a person. >> i do think that people watching that character thought for the first time about the possibility of gay men being real people. >> you dont look gay. >> im still me. >> that said, that show kind of didnt know what it was doing. >> now when im finally used to you being a ...

>> you dont look gay. >> im still me. >> that said, that show kind of didnt know what it was doing. >> now when im finally used to you being a -- >> homosexual. >> -- youre going to get a sex change operation and be a girl? >> i think that the use of stereotypical characters like jody in "soap" is a double-edged sword. it creates a sense of, what is funny about me is that i am deluded and that i should, you know, sort of glom back onto society. its changing. and now people are more open to trans...

Didnt know what it was doing. >> now, when im, finally, used to you being a -- >> homosexual. >> -- youre going to get a sex change operation and be a girl? >> i think that the use of stereotypical characters, like jody in "soap" is a double-edged sword. it creates a sense of what is funny about me is that i am diluted. and that i should, you know, sort of glom back onto society. its changing. and now, people are more open to trans identities. >> dad? >> hi, girls. >> but even when i start makin...

>> i think that the use of stereotypical characters like jody in "soap" is a double-edged sword. it creates a sense of what is funny about me is that i am diluted and that i should, you know, sort of glom back onto society. its changing, and now people are more open to trans identities. >> dad? >> hi, girls. >> but even when i start making "transparent" and going, okay, theres trans women and lesbians here, this is never going to fly. >> dad, what are you wearing? >> i was confused. i was confus...

>> it is a terrible reason. look at me. i am a person. >> you dont look gay. >> i am still me. >> with that said, that show kind of didnt know it was suing. >> now i am finally used to be -- homosexual. >> you are going to get a sex change and be a girl? >> the use of stereotype like jodi, it creates a sense of what is funny about me is that i am diluted and i should sort of glom back onto society. >> now people are more open to trans identity.

>> i guess if you need a reason, thats a good one. >> burt, its a terrible reason. i mean look at me. im a person. >> i do think that people watching that character thought for the first time about the possibility of gay men being real people. >> you dont look gay. >> im still me. >> that said, that show kind of didnt know what it was dog. >> now when im finally used to you being a -- >> homosexual. >> youre going to get a sex change operation and be a girl? >> i think that the use of stereotypi...