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FILE: Comedian Dave Chappelle arrives at the Kennedy Center for the Mark Twain Award for American Humor in Washington, D.C. in October 2019. Picture: Alex Edelman/AFP

Transgender rights

'Gender is a fact' - Chappelle comments see trans Netflix staff plan walkout

By AFP

An internal message among trans employees this week accuses Netflix of "repeatedly releasing content that harms the trans community and continually failing to...

  • In this file photo taken on 10 July 2021 Dave Chappelle looks on during UFC 264: Poirier v McGregor 3 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Picture: Stacy Revere/AFP

    Netflix defends Chappelle, suspends staff in transgender row

    The stand-up star has courted controversy with 'The Closer' in which he asserts 'gender is a fact,' and criticises what he says is the thin skin of the trans community.

    306 days ago
  • US comedian and actor Dave Chappelle. Picture: AFP

    Dave Chappelle embraces being cancelled in transgender row

    The stand-up has courted controversy with his latest Netflix special 'The Closer' in which he asserts "gender is a fact".

    307 days ago
  • FILE: Reigning Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida. Picture: Supplied

    Historic move as Miss South Africa pageant opens to transgender entrants

    "Trans women are eligible to enter the Miss South Africa pageant," the Miss SA organisation said on its website as entries for the competition opened up this week.

    444 days ago
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    A short while ago, EWN developer Broos went full postal. Stay with EWN for live updates

    2096 days ago
  • US President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office as he signs a series of orders at the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on 20 January 2021. Picture: Jim WATSON/AFP

    Biden overturns Trump ban on transgender US troops

    Biden's new policy was set in an executive order he signed at the White House, the latest in a string of directives aimed at reversing Trump-era policies.

    565 days ago
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    Medal citizen: Caster Semenya’s sporting success

    The Olympic and World Championship record of South African athlete Caster Semenya. The Court of Arbitration for Sport will on Wednesday announce its decision on Semenya’s challenge to continue competing without any restrictions.

    1202 days ago
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    Transgender prisoner forced to dress like a man at Helderstroom prison

    Jade September, who is serving a 15-year sentence for murder, has approached the Equality Court and will be represented by the Lawyers for Human Rights.

    1378 days ago
  • Morgin Dupont, 25, a woman of trans experience, holds up the flag for transgender and gender non-conforming people at a rally for LGBTQI+ rights at Washington Square Park on 21 October 2018 in New York City. Picture: AFP.

    US mulls revoking recognition of transgender people: report

    It is the latest effort by President Donald Trump's administration to chip away at protections for the LGBTQ community.

    1392 days ago
  • Danica Roem. Picture: Supplied.

    US transgender women defeats anti-LGBT lawmaker

    Danica Roem has been elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, pushing out the man who wrote Virginia’s anti-transgender bathroom bill.

    1740 days ago
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    Poll: Americans oppose bathroom laws limiting transgender rights

    The issue of transgender bathroom rights has become the latest flashpoint in the long US battle over lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.

    1983 days ago
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    Celebrities slam Donald Trump over ‘trans youth’ ruling

    A host of celebrities have called for support to ‘protect trans youth’ after Trump withdrew protections for transgender students in public schools.

    1997 days ago
  • Caitlyn Jenner. Picture: AFP

    [WATCH] Caitlyn Jenner responds to Trump on transgender rights order

    Caitlyn Jenner told Trump that "from one Republican to another, this is a disaster" and asked the president to call her.

    1997 days ago
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