I love how even in the 80s, the joke doesn't misgender her once the transformation has happened.

@CosmickTrigger

Perhaps because back then it was thought of as simply a few cases of people changing from a stereotypical man to a stereotypical woman, or vice versa. I think the scariest part for transphobes is people rejecting the sexual or gender stereotypes altogether.

@the5thColumnist @CosmickTrigger I won't say it didn't happen, because I haven't the full context, but I will say that it seems unlikely, given Hef (and his magazine) spent many of their column inches encouraging young men to reject the strict gender roles their parents (who were Boomers, some of them former hippies) had by the 80s largely embraced.