Netflix employees walked out on Wednesday in protest of Dave Chappelle’s special and its anti-transgender comments.

The protesters chanted “Trans lives matter,” getting pushback from counter-protesters who were also present.

A pre-noon rally at a Netflix office-studio complex drew about 100 people, most on the side of an estimated 30 workers at the streaming giant that joined in afterward.

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Some of the people present, willingly identified themselves as Netflix employees.

Some of the demands expressed by the Protesters

Joey Soloway, creator of the groundbreaking Emmy-winning comedy “Transparent,” was among the speakers at the rally.

Chappelle’s decision to share “his outrage as comedic humiliation in front of thousands of people, and then broadcasting it to hundreds of millions of people is infinitely amplified gender violence,” they said.

“I want trans representation on the Netflix board, this (expletive) week,” the writer-director said.

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Ashlee Marie Preston, an activist and the event’s organizer, told The Associated Press that calling out Chappelle for his remarks wasn’t enough.

Preston said it’s important to keep people accountable, adding that efforts are underway to start a dialogue with Netflix executives.

Team Trans(asterisk), which identifies itself as supporting “trans people working at Netflix trying to build a better world for our community,” posted what it called a list of “asks” being made of Netflix by trans and nonbinary workers and allies at the company.

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They are calling on the company to “repair” its relationships with staff and the audience with changes involving the hiring of trans executives and increased spending on trans and nonbinary creators and projects.

“Harm reduction” is another demand, which according to the list includes acknowledgment of what it called Netflix’s “responsibility for this harm from transphobic content, and in particular harm to the Black trans community.”

It also called for disclaimers to flag content that includes “transphobic language, misogyny, homophobia” and hate speech.

Netflix CEO admits he ‘screwed up’

Netflix ran into a buzz-saw of criticism not only with the special but in how internal memos responded to employees’ concerns.

Netflix Chief Executive Officer Ted Sarandos admitted that he “screwed up” internal communications with his company staff who expressed their disapproval towards Dave Chappelle’s new comedy special, The Closer.

In one of the memos, Sarandos claimed that “content doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm”, which led to more criticism and Netflix staffers and trans allies planning a walkout to protest the special.

The CEO told The Hollywood Reporter and Variety that he regretted how the controversy was handled by him.

More from the walkout

There were a few moments of shoving and pushing among the competing demonstrators, but the conflict was mostly limited to a war of words.

Belissa Cohen, a former journalist, said she was on hand to “support Netflix’s decision not to pull” the special.

She was among about a dozen people who carried placards reading “Free speech is a right” and “Truth is not transphobic.” Opposite them were those carrying signs that included “Black Trans Lives Matter” and “Transphobia is not Funny.”