Transphobia
Elon Musk Urges Netflix Boycott for a Show That Ended Two Years Ago
Dead End: Paranormal Park, which ended in 2023, featured a trans character Elon Musk Urges Netflix Boycott for a Show That Ended Two Years Ago Scott Sterling
Lauren Boebert Posts Dave Chappelle Pic With Transphobic Jab
Rep. Lauren Boebert posted and later deleted a photo of Dave Chappelle at Capitol Hill that featured a transphobic jab.
Lauren Boebert Posts Dave Chappelle Pic With Transphobic Jab
Rep. Lauren Boebert posted and later deleted a photo of Dave Chappelle at Capitol Hill that featured a transphobic jab.
Carlos Santana Apologizes For Transphobic Comments
Carlos Santana is singing a different tune after a video of him making transphobic comments resurfaced online.
MAGA Mutt Kid Rock Makes Corny Threat Towards Dylan Mulvaney Over Her Bud Light Deal
Dylan Mulvaney recently concluded her 365 Days to Girlhood campaign and Bud Light sent her cans as a gift, angering Kid Rock. The post MAGA Mutt Kid Rock Makes Corny Threat Towards Dylan Mulvaney Over Her Bud Light Deal appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Dave Chappelle Show Shut Down Over Transgender Comments Controversy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shannon Finney / Getty Dave Chappelle went from being one of the most beloved comics of his era to now being considered a transphobic bigot in the eyes of many. Due to the Washington, D.C. native’s strong stances regarding the LGBTQ community, a Minnesota venue canceled a show date event due to Chappelle’s comments. Taking to social media, First Avenue, where Dave Chappelle was slated to perform on Wednesday (July 20), issued a public statement regarding their decision to move the comedian’s show to another nearby venue. Related Stories “The Dave Chappelle show tonight at First Avenue has been cancelled and is moving to the Varsity Theater,” opened the statment. It continued with, “To staff, artists, and our community, we hear you and we are sorry. We kno...
GOP Sen. Josh Hawley Gets Owned By Berkeley Professor Khiara Bridges For Transphobic Questioning
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tom Williams / Getty Berkeley law professor Khiara Bridges owned fist-pumping, insurrectionist supporting Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) during a hearing Tuesday (Juy 12) about the overturning of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade. During the hearing, which veered off into conversations about trans persons and their ability for pregnancy, Bridges gave back Hawley everything he asked for and more. “You’ve referred to ‘people with a capacity for pregnancy’,” he said. “Would that be women?” Bridges replied: “Many women, cis women, have the capacity for pregnancy. Many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy. There are also trans men who are capable of pregnancy, as well as non-binary people who are capable of pregnancy.” While...
Defective Edges Owner Candace Owens Falsely Labeled Uvalde Shooter As Trans
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Davis / Getty Candace Owens and her takes often put her in the crosshairs of criticism, although she rarely retracts her stances. The conservative pundit found herself a topic of discussion after misframing the Uvdale shooter as trans. Candace Owens Spreads Falsehoods About Uvalde Shooter As seen on Mashable and Indy100, the shooter was identified as Rolando Ramos. However, users on Reddit and 4Chan spread images of a transgender woman claiming it was Ramos. The woman in the images also spoke out on Reddit, claiming that she doesn’t live in Texas where the shooting took place. As Mashable notes, there was another transgender woman whose image was used for the rumor, with both speaking with the outlet to shoot down the claims. Despite the debun...
Butt Of Course: Naija Twitter Up In Arms Over Testy Tonto Dikeh and Bobrisky Beef
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Screenshot / Instagram Naija Twitter is an especially engaged portion of the fast-moving social media network, especially when one of Nigeria’s many famous entertainers is involved in some manner of scandal. The latest rumble in the Internet jungle is between Tonto Dikeh and Bobrisky, with the back and forth getting decidedly ugly in record time. From what we can determine, Dikeh, a popular Nigerian entertainer, first made a post that many folks in her field as a front-facing social media figure are all painting a facade considering some allegedly borrow money to flash. In response, Bobrisky, a popular transgender star, fired back at Dikeh’s own moment of flashing money for the camera. Dikeh then fired back and said that she used to clean Bobrisky’s...
Dave Chappelle Returns To High School Alma Mater Amid ‘The Closer’ Controversy
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Dave Chappelle continues to stand in stark defiance of the critique raised after his latest Netflix stand-up special The Closer went wide. After being told he was no longer welcome, the Washington, D.C. native returned to his hometown to visit his alma mater and was met with jeers and tough questions from the student body. POLITICO provided a detailed account of Chappelle’s surprise visit to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, with the famed comedian hosting an hourlong Q&A session on Tuesday (Nov. 23) that found him being called a “bigot” by one student and complaints of his visit from some of the parents of the students. In response to the 16-year-old student who called him a bigot and reportedly said that Chappelle ha...
Trans Netflix Employees Plan Walkout In Protest To Dave Chappelle’s ‘The Closer’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mario Tama / Getty Dave Chappelle has once more stoked the fires of outrage from the LGBTQ community by way of his latest Netflix special, The Closer, and the controversy continues to swell. After the streaming giant seemingly sided with Chappelle by suspending a trans employee, other trans staffers are planning a walkout event in protest. As seen on The Verge, the group will embark upon its walkout on October 20 after Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos issued a statement via a company email saying that the company will not be removing Chappelle’s The Closer from its lineup. Further, Sarandos added in a memo, “Our hope is that you can be hugely inspired by entertaining the world, while also living with titles you strongly believe have no place on Netflix. This w...
Lord Voldemort Comes to J.K. Rowling’s Defense, Calls Backlash “Disturbing”
Over the past two years, J.K. Rowling has gone out of her way to make numerous transphobic statements and reveal that she’s a bonafide bigot. The majority of Harry Potter cast members don’t align their beliefs with those of the discriminatory author, but at least she has Lord Voldemort on her side. Ralph Fiennes joins Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid, as the latest Harry Potter actor to defend Rowling’s comments. In a new interview with The Telegraph, Fiennes sympathized with Rowling, going on to say “the vitriol” sent her way is “disturbing.” You would think Fiennes could comprehend why transgender people being denied the bare minimum — respect and equality, particularly in the form of having their gender identity understood — by a life-changing author has fans up in arms. Then aga...
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