Ricky Gervais has received backlash for jokes about transgender people in his new Netflix special.
A week before the start of Pride Month, comedian Ricky Gervais is being criticized for his new stand-up special, in which he mocks transgender women and the debate around bathroom access.
The special, called"SuperNature," debuted Tuesday on Netflix. A few minutes into the set, Gervais describes reading a comment from somebody calling him"as funny as a fart at a baby's funeral," and transitions to a joke about women. From there, he clarifies:"The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs."He goes on to reference debates about bathroom access. "And now the old-fashioned ones say, 'Oh, they want to use our toilets.
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