Since I live and breathe trans stuff due to it being issue my family has been navigating for a while now, I’ve probably hypersenstive to how trans issues are discussed in popular culture. This didn’t set off my radar at all. I found Gervais’ joke delightfully dark. The media built Jenner up as a morally superior being…

Caitlin Jenner spent more than 60 years, much of it in the public eye, as Bruce & then chose to transition in front of the world (and bravo for that, honestly) but the idea that using the name “Bruce” when talking about an event from her former life is a huge transgression is just absurd.

I have never argued for CALLING people by the old name. EVER. I would never call a person by a name they don’t have. I am shocked that referencing the name historically is unacceptable too. You’re asking for a weird purging of history that makes things impossible to talk about the past of famous people.

So, no quoting (not using) the old name ever, even for historical reasons? Otherwise it’s transphobic? Ok...

But do you really think he did that? That the joke was that the existence of trans people is funny? Also, he joked about the stereotype itself, not about women being bad drivers. Anyway. Taking myself out of this conversation because we don’t agree on the fundamentals.

I agree that addressing the person, or referring to the person as if they still are Previous Name is offensive, but that’s not what Gervais did. It’s more like he quoted, instead of used, the name. I fail to see how this is transphobic. That’s a powerful epithet. Anyway. People seem to simply take it for granted that…

It seems extreme that simply recalling the first name — while otherwise using the feminine pronoun throughout, and never calling today’s Caitlyn Bruce instead — would be “transphobic.” It’s getting to egg-shelly around here.

The day they cast an unattractive woman snagging the hot lead dude unironically you let me know okay?

Both the article and the comments are saying he was transphobic. Do you hold that view? Can you/somebody explain why?

EXTRAs was a really funny show. People love the Office (I havent watched that). Ive seen some clips from “Life is Short” that are very funny as well. I put him in the category of lots of other actors that I enjoy in scripted, well-edited, series, but not when they talk without filter or do stand up or whatever. If the…

As soon as he was cast as a romantic interest of Jennifer Garner I was like, ok people are delusional about this guys appeal.

My daughter is transgender. She’ll be 4 (yes, four) on Wednesday. What has been fascinating to me so far is watching how unconditionally accepting children are of her transition (we made the pronoun and name change this fall) and how the only problems we’ve had are from adults.

He basically made the exact same face I make when someone bumps into me and doesn’t say sorry: 75% surprise, 25% HEY FUCK YOU BUDDY.

Why did it make him look juvenile? Because he wasn’t paying attention and laughing with someone off camera and was surprised to accidentally get bumped?

Wut?

Her dad has always seemed like the browbeaten man in the house. I don’t remember him ever doing anything.

Yeah. That was fucked up. On one hand, if there's one person on earth who needs a beat down, it's Farrah (note: I don't actually condone violence) yet I have to believe that her mom is at least partially responsible for making Farrah the person she is.

Remember when her mom beat her ass and went to jail?

Horrible people tend to live forever.

Surprised that Nikki Minaj would be the type to shame a woman with “you opened your legs.”