The woman behind “Dear White People” is ending her partnership with Netflix.
In a post Wednesday on Twitter, series showrunner Jaclyn Moore announced that she will not work with the streamer anymore, following controversial comments about trans people in Dave Chappelle’s latest stand-up Netflix special.
Among the comedian’s statements in the special were, “Gender is a fact. Every human being in this room, every human being on earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on earth. That is a fact.”
He added that “trans women” genitalia are “not quite what it is.”
Chappelle has been facing criticism for the comments, including from Moore, who publicly shared her story of transitioning during Netflix’s Pride week.
“I’ve loved working there,” she said on Twitter. “I will not work with them as long as they continue to put out and profit from blatantly and dangerously transphobic content.”
This is a mirror of my coming out story. Because I don't want the one any of you watch to be on @netflix social channels. https://t.co/JBqJyVeRc2
— Jaclyn Moore (@JaclynPMoore) October 7, 2021
Moore also shared a link to the video of her coming out story, deliberately posting the version uploaded to YouTube rather than Netflix.
In another thread, she also opened up about her experiences, as well as her former admiration for Chappelle, who she said was “one of my heroes.”
Chappelle was one of my heroes. I was at his comeback show in NYC. But he said he's a TERF. He compared my existence to someone doing blackface. He talks about someone winning a Woman of the Year award despite never having a period should make women mad and that it makes him mad.
— Jaclyn Moore (@JaclynPMoore) October 7, 2021
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.
— Jaclyn Moore (@JaclynPMoore) October 7, 2021
