The actress dropped the fact in during an interview when Lumley and her co-star Jennifer Saunders were fondly looking back on the original TV show, reported Digital Spy.
"We tried very hard but (gay people) refused to be offended - and I admire them for that. Thank God you're hanging on in there," Saunders joked.
Lumley went on to add, "You go back and pick through it, the amount of gay references and ease with which it's been put into the story, without it being dragged along like a great log of plot.
"It's completely normal that Patsy is transgender.
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