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Julia Sweeney’s ‘SNL’ Character Pat Was Called ‘Anti-Trans Propaganda.’ She Understands the Criticism but Says: ‘Pat Isn’t Trans or Non-Binary’
Julia Sweeney's "SNL" character Pat was once called an “awful piece of anti-trans propaganda.”
Julia Sweeney appeared on “The View” ahead of the “ SNL ” 50th Anniversary special and admitted that she “took it to heart” and “thought about it a lot” when her sketch comedy character Pat was met with controversy from the LGBTQ community. “Transparent” creator Joey Soloway made headlines in 2017 for slamming Pat as an “awful piece of anti-trans propaganda.” Soloway said the sketch was a “hateful, hateful, awful thing to do to non-binary people — to create this character that the whole world laughed at openly.” Sweeney revived Pat for an episode of Showtime’s “Work in Progress” in 2021.
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