“Pronouns were not yet something that I understood,” Marta Kauffman told the BBC.
“Pronouns were not yet something that I understood,” Kauffman continued.
“So we didn’t refer to that character as she.

Kathleen Turner played Chandler’s (Matthew Perry) transgender mother on ‘Friends’.Everett Collection
That was a mistake.”
“I don’t think it’s aged well.
It was a 30-minute sitcom.

Kathleen Turner on ‘Friends’.Everett Collection
I said yes, because there weren’t many drag/trans people on television at the time.”
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