If you’re surprised to find that John Byrne would use such sympathetic language about pedophiles and such dehumanizing language about trans women, I would caution you to avoid reading literally every long-running John Byrne comic.
Tom
If a man like Byrne, who said absolutely jaw-droppingly transphobic things that I've attached here, can still be regarded as an elder statesman of comics and get high profile deals like this published, then we have a long way to come as an industry and I would be a coward not to say that.