Jaclyn Moore of 'Dear White People' boycotts Netflix over Dave Chappelle's anti-transgender jokes

by 24USATVOct. 9, 2021, 7 a.m. 81
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(CNN) Jaclyn Moore, writer and showrunner on the series "Dear White People" and the upcoming reboot of "Queer as Folk," is boycotting Netflix after the streaming service released Dave Chappelle's latest stand-up special, which contained a slew of jokes aimed at transgender people.

Chappelle's special, "The Closer," includes several minutes of jokes about trans people and the LGBTQ community. At one point, Chappelle said he was "team TERF ," referencing the term for "trans-exclusionary radical feminist," and joked about trans women's genitalia. He also said that "gender is a fact" and told a story about beating up a lesbian woman.

The comedian made the jokes during a historic year for anti-transgender legislation , introduced in at least 33 states, and less than a year after a record-high number of transgender people , most of them trans women of color, were killed.

Moore, whose Netflix series "Dear White People" has just concluded its run, tweeted that she "will not work with [Netflix] as long as they continue to put out and profit from blatantly and dangerously homophobic content."

CNN contacted Netflix for comment on Moore's boycott and criticism of Chappelle's special and is waiting to hear back. CNN has also contacted a representative for Chappelle and is awaiting comment.

Moore transitioned during production of the show's last season, she told the Wrap , and was met with respect and support from her colleagues. But watching Chappelle's most recent special drove her to sever her relationship with the streaming service, she said. She tweeted that Chappelle was once "one of [her] heroes," but the jokes he made in the special "have real world consequences" for trans women, including violence and hatred, she said

"So when he says people should be mad a trans woman won a 'Woman of the Year' award ... When he misgenders... When he says he should've told that mother her daughter WAS A DUDE ... I just can't ... I can't be a part of a company that thinks that's worth putting out and celebrating," she said

"I do believe in freedom of speech," she told Variety's Marc Malkin. "I really do. But I have the freedom of speech to say that somebody's speech bothers me, and I don't want to work with a company that promotes that speech. It's dangerous. It's dangerous language. I can't say it any clearer."

GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization, also condemned the comments he made in "The Closer."

"Promoting TERF ideology (which is what we did by giving it a platform yesterday) directly harms trans people, it is not some neutral act," Field tweeted. "This is not an argument with two sides. It is an argument with trans people who want to be alive and people who don't want us to be."

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