@Randomcommentary - it's a fair point, but I'd counter with the question: when did Billy Connolly get his cock out? I think you're referring to when he streaked naked? If so, that was in 2001 - more than two decades ago. The world has changed so much since then - and certainly comedy has! - that 2001 may as well have been another century. What was acceptable back then is often met with outrage now. Countless examples of this if you want me to list them.
A more recent example is Jerry Sadowitz - who I'm not especially a fan of either - who was roundly criticised for getting his cock out at one of his shows. Granted, there were other issues with his content which people took offence to, but the appearance of his cock was one of the major issues. It was reported and mentioned widely, with nothing but absolute disgust for the appearance of the penis. Not on TV, at his stand-up show - people buying tickets to see him would have known what to expect. Less so watching a Channel 4 comedy show with a collection of different (and potentially unknown) performers.
Believe it or not, I don't get offended by nudity. I'm incredibly relaxed about it and I also have a vulgar sense of humour. What fucks me off is disparity and underlying viciousness and I think both of those are relevant here.
I don't think Jordan Gray is any different from any other bloke who gets their cock out. Which a fair proportion like to do on a regular basis. Yet if Jordan Gray does it, we're all supposed to clap in admiration....because why? It's just another bloke getting his dick out. The fact that it's a bloke who is trans identifying shouldn't make it different.
And if getting a penis out is hilarious and just high japes - where's the line? John Barrowman has been utterly slated everywhere for getting his nob out to raise a few laughs in filming.
Either it's OK and anyone can whack their genitals out if they think it's funny - regardless of how others will receive it and whether it's appropriate - or it's not. It's the different standards which aren't acceptable.
And as to the content of his song - I admit to being prickly over something that in the past I might have found funny. The reason being is that I think there's real intent in what Jordan was singing about. I can laugh at myself and I can laugh at jokes about women - providing there's no genuine misogyny underlying the humour. Same for jokes about my race/religion/sexual persuasion. All totally fine to joke about providing there's no underlying meaning. It's why comedians like Roy Chubby Brown and Jim Davidson aren't funny - because they absolutely meant every word they said. There has been many, many instances of trans women on Twitter insisting that they're better than biological women. They're not allies, they genuinely see themselves as modern women and biological women as somehow inferior. Where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, that would be men believing that women are inferior to them. Here we fucking go again. It's the same shit, just dressed up. And that's why I don't find the song "I'm better than you" particularly funny because I suspect Jordan actually believes that.
I really really fucking wish we could be on the same page as trans women because believe it or not, I'm left wing and would love to be inclusive. I desperately want to be supportive and I don't give a toss how someone wants to dress and live their life. But claiming to be actual women, taking our protected spaces and eroding our voices while doing nothing to be an actual ally of women is just all such bullshit. I'm friends with a few TW online who are incredible allies, and I am so appreciative of their voices. Sadly the TRA brigade drown them out - and also ostracise them.