After reports shared that Sarandos defended Chappelle after its backlash, it was then reported that three Netflix employees were suspended for crashing a leadership meeting with some of the company's top executives. According to Variety, Netflix says that the three employees, including Terra Field — who identifies as queer and trans — were not suspended for their stance on the streamer supporting Chappelle's special, but instead for attending the meeting "uninvited." "It is absolutely untrue to say that we have suspended any employees for tweeting about this show," a source told the publication. "Our employees are encouraged to disagree openly and we support their right to do so."
Field reportedly wrote a "lengthy Twitter thread" in response to Chappelle's The Closer, in which she tweeted, "Yesterday we launched another Chappelle special where he attacks the trans community, and the very validity of transness – all while trying to pit us against other marginalized groups. You're going to hear a lot of talk about 'offence.' We are not offended." She added, "Promoting TERF ideology (which is what we did by giving it a platform yesterday) directly harms trans people, it is not some neutral act. This is not an argument with two sides. It is an argument with trans people who want to be alive and people who don't want us to be." Read the start of the thread below.
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