While the article writer does whine about where thiis might lead to, as if it was the first time it happened, at least it includes the following quote from Hogan:

Hogan’s response is that people pointed out to him that “this guy is a folk hero around the world. He shouldn’t be groping people. And I thought yeah that’s right, he shouldn’t be, so take it out. I mean, he did it in all innocence, in naivety, but it’s better without it”.

It isn’t specific to the underlying transphobic contrxt, but at least pointing out that groping is bad and a protagonist shouldn’t be doing that plays a part.