Since its debut in 2014, Transparent has brought marginalized stories to the center most notably, stories of queerness, transness and gender fluidity.

In a talk last week at The Paley Center, creator Jill Soloway , who identifies as gender nonbinary, reiterated her shows standing goal of centering otherness and allowing queer people, trans people, women and people of color to be protagonists in their own narratives. Through Maura, Davina, Shea, Ali and Sarah, viewers get to know human beings who are trans, queer and questioning; who are strong, courageous and loving, but can be selfish, destructive and imperfect, too.

Yet with the character of Josh, played by Jay Duplass, Transparent also chips away at the monolithic idea of what straight, cisgender male sexuality is. And while Hollywood surely isnt lacking in stories revolving around white men, nuanced representations of their uncertainty, vulnerability and trauma when it comes to sex are far more rare.

Duplass describes his character, the middle Pfefferman child, as a playboy who cries his ass off. Internet vernacular might dub him a fuckboy , or his more sensitive sidekick, the softboy . Yet Joshs tangled knot of emotional needs and sexual desires indicate theres more brewing within him than shallow portrayals of a flailing womanizer suggest. With Josh, Transparent refuses to frame heterosexuality as the standard, simple and straightforward foil to queerness other. Instead, the show provides each of its characters with a fluid and ever-evolving network of desires and fears.

I think men are taught that theyre supposed to have sex with as many people as they can, Duplass told HuffPost over the phone. Hes learning from society what a man should be and sort of flip-flopping around the typical narratives were supposed to buy into.