Within just hours of Ricky Gervais’ new comedy special “SuperNature” hitting Netflix, the show has received backlash over a string of graphic and hurtful transphobic jokes.

Just four minutes in, Gervais takes aim at transgender women, saying: “Oh, women!… Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones. The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs. Those f—— dinosaurs. I love the new women. They’re great, aren’t they? The new ones we’ve been seeing lately. The ones with beards and c—-. They’re as good as gold, I love them. And now the old-fashioned ones say, ‘Oh, they want to use our toilets.’ ‘Why shouldn’t they use your toilets?’ ‘For ladies!’ ‘They are ladies — look at their pronouns! What about this person isn’t a lady?’ ‘Well, his p—-.’ ‘Her p—-, you f—— b—-!’ ‘What if he rapes me?’ ‘What if she rapes you, you f—— TERF w—-?’” TERF is an acronym that stands for trans exclusionary radical feminists.

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He also took shot at Africans, Chinese people, victims of the Holocaust, global pandemics, pedophilia and more.

Gervais later discusses “poor Kevin Hart” for his decision to remove himself from hosting the 2018 Oscars after his past homophobic tweets resurfaced.

At the end of the special, Gervais issued a disclaimer for using trans jokes.

“Full disclosure: In real life of course I support trans rights. I support all human rights, and trans rights are human rights. Live your best life. Use your preferred pronouns. Be the gender that you feel that you are. But meet me halfway, ladies: Lose the cock. That’s all I’m saying,” he says. 

Criticism for Gervais and his show came in too quickly on social media, with one trans woman tweeting: “Ricky Gervais has a new stand-up show out on Netflix today… 5 minutes in and he’s making jokes about trans women attacking & raping people in public bathrooms. To him we exist only as a punchline, a threat, something less than human.”

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Another wrote, “If you’re a comedian and you support trans people it’s your responsibility to be speaking out against Dave Chapelle and the new Ricky Gervais special. At this point you can’t call yourself an ally if you’re not publicly taking a stand against it. It’s the bare minimum.”

Non-profit GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) issued a statement following debut of the show on Netflix.

“We watched the Ricky Gervais ‘comedy’ special on Netflix so you don’t have to. It’s full of graphic, dangerous, anti-trans rants masquerading as jokes. He also spouts anti-gay rhetoric & spreads inaccurate information about HIV,” the organization tweeted Tuesday.

The statement continued: “Attention Ricky and Netflix: people living with HIV today, when on effective treatment, lead long and healthy lives and cannot transmit HIV to others.

“Netflix has a policy that content ‘designed to incite hate or violence’ is not allowed on their platform, but we all know that anti-LGBTQ content does exactly that. While Netflix is home to some groundbreaking LGBTQ shows, it refuses to enforce its own policy in comedy.

“The LGBTQ community and our allies have made it very clear that so-called comedians who spew hate in place of humor, and the media companies who give them a platform, will be held accountable. Meanwhile, there are PLENTY of funny LGBTQ comedians to support,” the statement concluded.