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Within the show it is established through flashbacks that Patsy was at some point living as a male. The dialog is that she had a penis for a week, but "it fell off". Recently actress Joanna Lumley stated the character is transgender in an interview, but this is a confusing notion given the history of the character. It would seem to suggest that Patsy was born in a female body but at some point transitioned into being male with a surgery that comedically "didn't take," reverting then back to living as a woman.
In light of this, identifying the character as a "transgender woman" doesn't seem accurate. This would suggest Patsy was born in a male body and transitioned to female. This doesn't align with the dialog around the plot point.
Since it has also been clearly established that Patsy was born with a female body, the only way Patsy being transgender makes sense is for her to have been born as a woman, briefly attempted to transition to a transgender MALE, and then either transitioned back to female or chose to live as a male gender individual with a female sex body - which would still make her a trans man.
In one episode, Elton John says he thinks he knew her "when she was a man." In another, Eddy's son Serge has a flashback to Patsy clearly living as a man. I don't think she is transgender per se, but just an oddity of the character's history. Perhaps enter it as such. GreaseballNYC (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:45, 12 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
It also bears observing that it was a throwaway gag, in a time when such could be made in good faith without constituting a vicious attack on other people's personhood. As such it probably doesn't bear much scrutiny or analysis, not least because such is more-or-less impossible given how briefly the issue is addressed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.41.105.88 (talk) 00:12, 4 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
