Dave Chappelle Faces Backlash For Troubling Trans Jokes In Comedy Special
The comedian, whose sixth and final comedy special for the streaming platform was released on Wednesday, weighed in on the controversy surrounding author J.K. Rowling, who has been branded a “TERF”—an acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist. After insisting that he had never made any explicitly anti-transgender jokes in his past specials, Chappelle defended Rowling as he said: “I’m team TERF!” “Gender is a fact,” he said, while standing onstage at The Fillmore in Detroit in August, per the Daily Beast....