Ricky Gervais’ new Netflix stand-up comedy special has been criticized for making “dangerous” jokes about transgender women and AIDS.
The comedian, who openly pours out the controversy, makes a series of jokes about gender identity and the gay community in SuperNaturewhich started yesterday.
At the beginning of the one-hour routine, Gervais, 60, jokes about “old-fashioned women … those with bellies” as “fucking dinosaurs.”
“I love new women. They’re great, aren’t they? The new ones we’ve been seeing lately. The ones with beards and roosters,” she added.
Gervais then imagines a conversation between a trans rights advocate and a woman who opposes sharing a bathroom with a transgender woman. “What about this person who’s not a lady?” asks the trans ally. The female character, then