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Dave Chappelle continues to cause major problems for Netflix
The Human Rights Campaign has issued a scathing rebuke to Netflix.For the first time in five years, the HRC excluded the streaming service from its list of “Best Places to Work” for queer people. The reason: Dave Chappelle’s comedy special The Closer, in which the comic made jokes about transgender anatomy and disparaged LGBTQ people.“Given the harm experienced by transgender workers at Netflix as a result of the company’s handling of the release of The Closer, HRC has suspended Netflix’s Corporate Equality Index score and will not be rewarding it with a ‘Best Places to Work’ distinction in the 2022 CEI,” the HRC said in a statement.Netflix responded with a statement of its own, saying it “respectfully disagrees” with the exclusion.“While we have more work to do, we’ve made real strides on inclusion, including for our LGBTQ+ colleagues,” a spokesperson said in a statement.“For example, we offer comprehensive transgender and non-binary-inclusive care in our U.S.