After watching Chappelle's The Closer, Dear White People showrunner Jaclyn Moore — who identifies as a trans woman — declared a boycott against the streamer, stating that she would no longer work for the company as long as it keeps "promoting and profiting from dangerous transphobic content," she wrote in an Instagram post. She initially called out the streaming service on Twitter, writing, "I love so many of the people I've worked with at Netflix. Brilliant people and executives who have been collaborative and fought for important art….But I've been thrown against walls because, 'I'm not a 'real' woman.' I've had beer bottles thrown at me. So, @netflix, I'm done."
She also spoke with Variety about her decision to speak out and shared that she "never loved Dave's trans material before but this time it felt different." She also referred to the comedian as "one of her comic heroes," but his numerous jokes targeting trans people is where she drew the line. "I think a lot of his trans material that maybe I personally had given a pass before feels a lot worse in context of this material. Any benefit of the doubt that was given feels like it is gone. But what I really want is I want companies to hire trans people to work there who can say, 'Hey, we sure about this?'"