I love how even in the 80s, the joke doesn't misgender her once the transformation has happened.
Absolutely. Abortion rights. Cops are even more murderous and evil and racist now than they were 70s plus they're armed and outfitted like they're about to storm Normandy. In the 70s and 80s musicians broke gender norms all the time with artists like Bowie, Motley Crue, Prince, New York Dolls, Annie Lennox, Grace Jones, Boy George, etc.