Celeste Yim, a non-binary writer for Saturday Night Live, announced departure after five years and frequent collaboration with Bowen Yang. Yim revealed the decision on Instagram on 25 August, calling the job dream-fulfilling but gruelling, noting weekly nights sleeping in the office and being yelled at by famous men and women while still loving the work and laughing every day. The Toronto-born writer said they were the first out trans person to be a writer for SNL and felt honoured to contribute to the show's queer writing tradition. Yim said they will continue writing to connect and preserve trans voices. Reneé Rapp requested a line change to reflect her coming out as a lesbian.
"It's where I grew up. I hate when other people say this, but it's true that I was the first out trans person to be a writer for SNL. I always felt honoured to be working within the long tradition of queer writing at the show. I feel powerless to protect trans people in the world but writing connects us and makes us permanent, so it's what I will continue to do. Thank you, Bowen, for changing my life and for making me feel normal."
Reneé Rapp, who came out as a lesbian while appearing as a guest on the show last year, having previously identified as bisexual, shared that she spoke to Yim to request the change to her now-famous line in a sketch. She was introduced as "little lesbian intern, Reneé," a revision of the original wording where she was referred to as bi. "[Yim was] were so sweet," she said. "I was afraid to publicly change my identity, I didn't want anybody to be upset with me."
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