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Creator of Friends apologizes again: Regrets misgendering transgender character

By Heather Hamilton
Published July 7, 2022 3:21pm ET
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Creator of Friends apologizes again: Regrets misgendering transgender character
The co-creator of the popular sitcom Friends has apologized again, this time for misgendering Chandler Bing’s transgender mother. Marta Kauffman admitted she did not understand pronouns at the time of creating the show. “We kept referring to [Helena] as ‘Chandler’s father,’ even though Chandler’s father was trans,” Kauffman said, according to HuffPost UK. “Pronouns were […]


The co-creator of the popular sitcom Friends has apologized again, this time for misgendering Chandler Bing’s transgender mother.

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