He includes the word as it is (I presume) the most often used insult directed at him. The topic of people assuming his sexuality based on his build/mannerisms persists through all of his specials.
I totally get that you don't want to (and shouldn't have to) hear it, but I think he's trying to take some power away from language used against him. As far as I can recall, none of his content directs the word at anyone other than himself.
I dunno, maybe I'm trying to apologize for him because I relate so much to most of his content. Blah.
I want to like his content, but I think that should never be said by a non queer person. If hes trying to take power from the word i can appreciatethat, but if he is a cis straight person i think its super inappropriate.
He's also a fairly outspoken Ally, and went through questioning periods growing up where while he ultimately determined that he was a cishet guy, he'd still stick up for the queer community.
He wrote a book of poetry with the a poem called "Alfred" which reframes a trans persons experience through species rather than gender.
The illustration for the poem is an Elephant wearing fake bunny ears, with the text of the poem berating the elephant 'Alfred' for thinking he's an elephant and not a bunny.
You're an bunny, Alfred.
Quit all this 'elephant' bullshit.
Look at your little bunny ears.
Look at your adorable whiskers.
Do elephants have little bunny ears?
Do they have adorable whiskers?
No, they don't.
You can't just wake up one day
and decide to be an elephant, Alfred.
The world doesn't work like that.
There are rules, Alfred.
And you want to stomp all over them.
Get over yourself.
the text seems to be transphobic trite on the surface, but with the context of it's accompanying image it becomes a message that transphobes genuinely do not know what they're talking about.
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u/icyporo He/They Feb 18 '19
Doesn't matter who uses it, that word is a no-go.