Like many of the activists and allies at the Netflix walkout protest in Hollywood on Wednesday, Robin only found out about the rally a couple days ago, but knew right away that she had to be there. As a trans woman, she’s seen plenty of transphobic humor in media while growing up, and even though she hasn’t seen the Dave Chappelle stand-up special “The Closer” that sparked the protest, she thinks that kind of humor needs to be in the past.
“I would just love to see more trans stories being told on Netflix,” said Robin, a video game industry worker and member of the Game Workers of Southern California who asked not to use her last name.
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