
Emmys: Transgender Issues and Politics Dominate Comedy Awards
Transgender and political-themed TV shows were well-represented in the comedy awards category during Sunday’s 67th Primetime Emmy awards.

Transgender and political-themed TV shows were well-represented in the comedy awards category during Sunday’s 67th Primetime Emmy awards.

Transparent creator Jill Soloway won her first Emmy Sunday night in the Best Directing – Comedy Series category for her transgender-themed hit Amazon dramedy.

Actor Jeffrey Tambor, who plays transgender woman Maura Pfefferman in the Amazon Studios original drama “Transparent,” was “humbled” to meet with Bruce Jenner following his transition to Caitlyn.

Transparent, an Amazon original drama about a family struggling with its father’s admission that he is transgender, won this year’s Golden Globe award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy.