‘Saturday Night Live’ under fire over transphobic joke
Saturday Night Live is under fire over a segment by host Michael Che.
as a reminder MC is a huge transphobe and goes out of his way to misgender folks constantly and dude is STILL a head writer at snl and makes jokes like this. https://t.co/Mr2ngtRyL8
— val petrone! (@heyvalpetrone) January 31, 2021
Social media users were up in arms against the show after the host made a transphobic comment during last week’s Weekend Updates.
What is Saturday Night Live’s weird obsession with transphobic nonsense? I honestly don’t get it. It’s so lazy and sad. Last night, Michael Che joked about the repeal of the trans ban being called “don’t ask, don’t tuck” — who is this “joke” for? https://t.co/Uu2JpXlrU1
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) January 31, 2021
Che had said: “President Biden signed an executive order repealing Trump’s ban on transgender people from serving in the military.
It’s good news, except Biden is calling the policy, ‘Don’t ask, don’t tuck.'”
Didn’t watch SNL tonight but wasn’t surprised at all to learn that Michael Che used the lifting of the transgender military ban to be his usual transphobic self. His transphobia is not funny and he needs to ask himself why he wants to be in the same category as JKR. #SNL
— Danielle Solzman @ #Sundance2021 (@DanielleSATM) January 31, 2021
Soon after, users were riled up over the insensitive comment as they called out the host’s commentary.
