Trans People's Experiences Regarding Dave Chapel

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Comedian dave chapel's special, "Netluck," caused a firestorm of controversy when it was released. Lik says the show is transphobic and that chapel doesn't seem to accept transgender people as part of his audience. Netflick employees staged a walk out in protest after chapel said he wasn't going to let them summon him to the transgene community. The comedian has since walked back his initial statement about whether or not the show could cause real-world harm.

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Today’s show was produced by Amina Al-Sadi with help from Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro and Cristian Ayala, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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