Ricky Gervais's use of absurdist humor regarding the transgender community makes his jokes more clever and less offensive than those of other comedians.

“he's playing that character so it's harder to get mad at yeah he's actually saying the right thing you just know what he really means”

Exposure to members of the transgender community is the most effective way to dispel bigotry and understand the impact of hurtful jokes.

“exposure is the sunlight so exposure is what cleanses me of this thing that's bigotry exposure to a trans person being like yo this kind of hurts my feelings when people say x y z you're like oh [ __ ] my bad i didn't know”