Filled in some gaps.
Basically Netflix did a hecking transphobia a while back, and Hannah Gadsby (depressed genderqueer lesbian whose Netflix special Nanette was a critically well received, despite being a massive "fuck you" to her audience) was very unhappy with this. So Netflix agreed to tape a new special entitled "Gender Agenda" in October, where she got a showcase of trans/non-binary comedians.
Alok Vaid-Menon (the DarkMatter guy) was invited. He hadn't really been seen as a standup before - more a spoken word/performance art person and predominately did lectures, but I guess he saw an opportunity to change up his grift and so seized it with both hands. The special came out at the start of March, which marked Dylan's first foray into standup. Alok then got invited to headline Netflix is a Joke, and sure enough it turns out he got Dylan on there as his opener too!
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Alok's also doing Edinburgh Fringe this year, after the end of his European "comedy" tour. So I think it's pretty obvious that Alok, perpetual grifter, encouraged Dylan to ride his coat tails. "Activism and performance art are so over, but these rubes will pay good money for a transgender comedian! Go workshop some stuff while we're in Utah and I'll get you some opening slots with Netflix".