Did it hurt me as a trans person to read that interview? Yes. I've always been enamoured with Dylan's skating and energy and growing up before I realized I was trans I wanted to be like him. That being said, you cannot hardly open a skate mag from that time without reading something homophobic. It shocks me, but it was a very different time with regard to the understanding of the trans community. Beyond that the interviewer really pushed that shit in a negative direction when it could have just been one off color comment. In my humble opinion we really should mourn the fact that he has passed before he was able to truly learn from that mistake and see the paradigm shift that has happened in skating. I said transphobic shit in my youth, and I am transgender. It's a product of a fucked up world. Perhaps he kicked himself everyday for that language like I do. We'll never know. RIP.