After opening up the conversation around gender identity once again, Izzard spoke on RunPod podcast about how she now feels more comfortable talking about transphobia and the stigma attached to non-binary individuals after seeing the likes of Laverne Cox and Caitlyn Jenner do the same.
During the podcast, the comedian explained how her opinions have evolved over time. “It was toxic back in ’85, if you’re old enough to remember back then.
It was toxic in the 90s. Being transgender was never cool,” she began. “The tipping point was 2014, when a number of things happened in America – from Caitlyn Jenner to Laverne Cox getting Woman Of The Year [from Glamour magazine] and Time magazine and Vanity Fair for Caitlyn Jenner and the series