A 2016 Atlanta episode shows how trans storylines have changed

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-...pelle-atlanta/

"In the first season of the acclaimed FX series, up-and-coming rapper Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles (Bryan Tyree Henry) comes under fire for tweeting a profanity-laced message to fans who called him 'weird' for saying he would not want to have sex with Caitlyn Jenner," writes Bethonie Butler. "Amid the controversy, he appears on a public-access news show opposite host Franklin Montague (Alano Miller) and Dr. Deborah Holt (Mary Kraft), a White trans issues advocate who accuses Paper Boi of being transphobic and posits that it’s for lack of a father figure. The episode, titled 'B.A.N.,' descends into full-tilt parody when the host of 'Montague' throws to a segment about a Black teenager who claims to be 'transracial.' 'I’m a 35-year-old White man,' the 15-year-old says in between footage of him browsing at a farmer’s market and playing golf. In the episode, written and directed by Glover, Paper Boi grudgingly becomes part of a conversation about transphobia and homophobia in hip-hop. He insists he has no hatred for transgender people but doubles down on his criticism of Jenner — who had come out as transgender a year earlier in a Vanity Fair cover story — and repeatedly misgenders her...In the episode, written and directed by Glover, Paper Boi grudgingly becomes part of a conversation about transphobia and homophobia in hip-hop. He insists he has no hatred for transgender people but doubles down on his criticism of Jenner — who had come out as transgender a year earlier in a Vanity Fair cover story — and repeatedly misgenders her." Butler points out The Peabody Awards cited the episode in its award, adding: "Even as the episode garnered praise for its unique format (including hilarious commercial spoofs that riffed on very specific aspects of Black culture), some critics were tentative about the transracial gag and whether it made a mocking false equivalence between race and gender identity."