Members of the LGBTQ+ community were not pleased with comedian Dave Chappelle co-signing J.K. Rowling's transphobic remarks in his new Netflix special.
“J.K. Rowling wrote all the ‘Harry Potter’ books by herself ... and they canceled her because she said ... gender was a fact,” Chappelle said. “And then the trans community got mad and they started calling her a TERF. ...
“I shouldn’t speak on this because I am not a woman, nor am I a trans. But, as we’ve established, I am a feminist. ... I’m team TERF. I agree. I agree, man. Gender is a fact.”Stars of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World are speaking out against the “Harry Potter” author’s anti-trans comments, which she explained in a new essay.
Elsewhere in the comedy special, Chappelle made insensitive quips about discriminatory laws forcing trans people to use bathrooms associated with the gender they were assigned at birth, as well as gay people and the larger LGBTQ+ community — which the comic referred to consistently and incorrectly as the LBGTQ community.
Though he did briefly acknowledge the existence of Black gay people during the show, several accused Chappelle of largely erasing Black members of the LGBTQ+ community from his controversial commentary on race, gender and sexuality.
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