11 in a memo to employees that he would not take down Chappelle’s special, writing, “We don’t allow titles (on) Netflix that are designed to incite hate or violence, and we don’t believe The Closer crosses that line.” He went on to say that artistic freedom” is different for stand-up comedy than it is for other forms of expression. “Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on Earth.” Chappelle then joked about the genitalia of trans women, which he described as “not what it is.” “Gender is a fact,” he says at one point in the half-hour set. Netflix and Chappelle came under fire from prominent social justice organizations earlier this month for the comedian’s jokes targeting trans and other LGBTQ+ people in his new special. We believe that this Company can and must do better in our quest to entertain the world, and that the way forward must include more diverse voices in order to avoid causing more harm,” the group said. “We are employees, but we are members, too. More specifically, the list includes asks for Netflix to create a fund to develop trans and nonbinary talent revise the company policies when it comes to “releasing potentially harmful content” hire trans and nonbinary content executives and recruit more of them for leadership roles allow employees to remove themselves from promotional content take down “references and imagery” of transphobic titles within the company offices acknowledge the harm and Netflix’s responsibility of transphobic content and add a disclaimer ahead of any potentially harmful content.
“We want the Company to adopt measures in the areas of Content Investment, Employee Relations and Safety, and Harm Reduction, all of which are necessary to avoid future instances of platforming transphobia and hate speech, and to account for the harm we have caused and will continue to cause until the below measures are put in place,” the employees wrote (which was first reported by The Verge). The list of demands from the Netflix employees participating in the walkout (which was posted by trans employee resource group in an internal message) does not include taking down Chappelle’s special, which has been harshly criticized for the comedian’s transphobic jokes. Netflix said on Wednesday morning before the walkouts that it would “respect the decision” of those employees who joined in the protest. office and was organized by trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston. Netflix employees who were participating in the walkout Wednesday began at noon local time (i.e., the New York-based employees have already begun, while the California-based workers will start theirs at noon PT).Īt the same time, a rally called “‘Stand Up’ in Solidarity” is taking place Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. The video was headed up by Ashlee Marie Preston, a trans activist who organized a rally in support of Netflix employees, and featured celebs Jonathan Van Ness, Angelica Ross, Jameela Jamil, Mason Alexander Park, Kate Bornstein, Our Lady J, Sara Ramirez, Peppermint and Colton Haynes lending their voices to the cause.
Several more stars participated in a video that was posted to YouTube this morning, which you can view above, in support of the trans community at Netflix and their list of demands for changes to corporate culture at the streaming giant. “I stand with the trans, nonbinary, and BIPOC employees at Netflix fighting for more and better trans stories and a more inclusive workplace #NetflixWalkout,” “Umbrella Academy” star Page tweeted.
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