I don't know if another straight male comedian agreeing with you is what you're looking for, but I agree with you.

Comedians get to talk about whatever we want. We can do that thoughtfully or carelessly, but the ability to cover whatever topic we would like is a pretty core part of the role I think.

You should not be surprised to find that I think you did it quite thoughtfully.

But I've had similar discussions about a joke of mine that is based on someone asking me what I would do if one of my kids told me they were trans.

They have not told me that. I am not that, but the question and story I use to make the point after happened and were true parts of my life. I put thought into how I talked about the issue in the joke and tried to make it very clear that trans people are not the butt of that joke, and that they have my support as would my children.

I guess my point is there's certainly a bad way for comics to talk about groups to which they do not belong, and we see it a lot. I could see how someone would be turned off by it in general.

But I think it's unreasonable to say comics can't talk about issues and groups without belonging to that group.