With Y: The Last Man premiering next month on FX, fans are wondering how the show will update the transphobia of the original, acclaimed comic series it’s based on.
Showrunner Eliza Clark and FX chairman John Landgraf talked to The Hollywood Reporter about the book series’ problems with transphobia and how that will be different in the TV show. “A lot has changed since the graphic novel,” Landgraf said. “One of the things the show will make clear is that there are women with two X chromosomes and men with an X and Y chromosome — but there are also women with two Y chromosomes and men with two X chromosomes.” “So what happened was all the mammals with a Y chromosome — with the exception of this one man and this one monkey — died in one