Ricky Gervais mocking transgender women in his new comedy special from Netflix. like his colleague Dave chappellethe British comedian quickly caused backlash for what an LGBTQ advocacy group called “anti-trans rants.”

Sa SuperNatureposted Tuesday on that streaming service, Gervais joked “Old -fashioned women. They’re the ones with the womb.”

Then imagine a conversation with a woman who refuses to take part in the bathroom with a trans woman. “They’re women, look at their pronouns. What if this guy doesn’t make a woman?” Gervais said, and replied: “Why, it’s his.”

At a special time, Gervais defended his comments as equal opportunity humor and not a reflection of his views on trans rights or otherwise. But transgender and LGBTQ advocates, and GLAAD, responded, gay and lesbian associations against defamation focused on LGBT activism, said the special “violated” a Netflix policy against content designed to incite hate or violence.

“We watched Ricky Gervais’ comedy special on Netflix so you don’t have to, ”he said. The group of surveillance in the media. “It’s full of graphic diatribes, dangerous and anti-trans disguised as ‘jokes’ ’, along with anti-gay rhetoric and inaccurate statements about HIV.

“The LGBTQ community and our allies have made it very clear that the so -called comedians who emit hate rather than humor and the media companies that give them the platform are accountable,” GLAAD said in a statement.

Alexis Rangel, a policy adviser at the National Center for Transgender Equality, said jokes based on “dehumanizing myths about transgender people” ignore how the lies fuel anti-trans hatred and violence, especially for trans youth.

He cited an organizational survey in 2015 that found that 54% of children in kindergarten through high school come out or are considered transgender, “was verbally assaulted”, “physically assaulted” and/or “sexually assaulted.”

Such nonsensical attempts at humor “give people permission to discriminate, harass and even commit violence,” Rangel said in a statement.

Chapelle’s background

Last year, Chappelle and Netflix caused a stir when their stand-up was special, The Closerhas been accused of “anti-trans humor” by gay rights groups and some Netflix employees. Ted SarandosCEO of the streaming giant, refused to remove the specially mentioned “creative freedom” and Netflix and Chappelle continue to work together.

In a video posted on Instagram in October, Chappelle blamed the press for plotting the fight between her and the LGBTQ community, saying the controversy was “about corporate interests and what I can and can’t say. ” .

Gervais is a familiar face to the public as a regular Golden Globes presenter. He won an Emmy Award for his role in comedy Additional features‘and as producer of office, based on the original British series with the same name he created.

His trans joke appears at the beginning of the special SuperNaturewhere also making jokes about Asians and the Holocaust, Among others. At one point he defended his approach by rejecting the idea that “the joke is a window into the true soul of a comedian.”

“It’s not like that. I’ll take any point of view to make the joke funny. I’ll pretend to be on the right, I’ll pretend to be on the left … Full disclosure: Of course I support trans rights. I support all human rights. And trans rights are human rights, ” she said.

“Live your best life, use your preferred pronouns, no matter what gender you feel,” Gervais said, concluding with another trans joke.

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