The fact that Jessica has pointed this out does not mean she’s “policing” anyone. She is simply pointing out something that is offensive and demeaning to trans people – just as if anyone else had made a comic that was similarly offensive to disabled people, or people of color, you would expect people in those groups to object. Being politically correct does not mean censoring you own ideas, it means being respectful of other people’s viewpoints and life experiences. No one is suggesting that people should never say anything bad or negative about a trans person – believe me, there are just as many assholes among trans people as there are among cis (non-trans) people. But even is I met a trans person who was the biggest jerk I’d even met, I would only criticize them based on their behavior – and I would certainly never say or imply that their body wasn’t “real” or that there was something weird about their genitals, because that’s their personal business and it’s not my place to comment or speculate on any of that.

I’m not being PC police, I’m pointing out the injustice of a comic re-enforcing the idea that someone might kill me just because I’m different from them. I’m tired of my people being the butt of jokes and being brutally and casually murdered just for daring to live the way we need to. You say “I came away with a small snicker, because I remember, as a youngster having these types of conversations. I don’t think we had this exact one, because none of us knew anything about transexuals.”. This just serves to underscore the fact that the Social attitudes underlying this joke need to change if the carnage I and my brothers and sisters face daily is to be stopped. For you this is a joke. For me it’s a reminder that I’m under a Death Sentence that may be applied too me by anyone without notice.