Gervais’s big problem, however, is that none of his jokes are funny. Whatever makes the joke funnier, without prejudice.” “I’ll take on any view to make the joke funniest,” he says. “I support all human rights, and trans rights are human rights.” But Gervais will also try on any hat in order to get a laugh. “Okay, full disclosure: In real life, of course I support trans rights,” he says in his special.