"I acknowledge Pat's history and I acknowledge my own journey and my own naivete," the "Saturday Night Love" alum tells EW, alongside "We Are Pat" filmmaker Rowan Haber.

Julia Sweeney's popular Saturday Night Live character Pat gets their plaudits (and some criticism) as a gender non-conforming pioneer in a new clip from the upcoming documentary, We Are Pat ...

A new documentary attempts to reclaim the legacy of an iconic but divisive Saturday Night Live character many have called transphobic. We Are Pat premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 8.

Sweeney explains that since the character was never actually meant to be intersex, nonbinary, or transgender, she never considered people identifying with the character and being hurt by Pat. "It ...

“Pat grew out of familial and societal expectations of femininity that were placed on Julia during that time, and Pat was something of an escape for her,” Haber says. “In the film, she says ...