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Trans employee quits Netflix after criticising Dave Chappelle special

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Netflix engineer who organised the company-wide walkout in light of the Dave Chappelle controversy, has resigned.Released last month, Chappelle’s comedy special The Closer prompted backlash from the LGBTQ community for comments deemed transphobic.

In the wake of the controversy, Netflix then fired an employee for leaking information about the special.Stars such as Elliot Page, Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness and actor Jameela Jami all voiced their support for the walkout.Field, who describes herself as a “radical trans empath” in her Twitter bio, shared the news of her resignation on social media yesterday (November 22).“This isn’t how I thought things would end, but I am relieved to have closure,” Field wrote in her letter, reflecting on her.

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