"In the clip, a transmasculine character with freckles and a cropped blue haircut says, "I'm trans, Norma. And everyone at school knows, and everyone at home knows, and being here, it's like a whole new place. I can just be Barney, and I can choose if and when I tell people. I've never been happier ... Pugsley reminded me how important it is to live your life without apology.""
"The offending series is Dead End: Paranormal Park, a Netflix original animated series about a haunted theme park rated TV-Y7 for "fantasy violence" and "fear." The main character, Barney, is a trans and Jewish teenager voiced by trans actor Zach Barack, who played one of Peter Parker's classmates in the 2019 Marvel movie Spider-Man: Far From Home. Dead End premiered in 2022, aired 20 episodes across two seasons, and was officially canceled in January 2023."
Elon Musk canceled his Netflix account on October 1 and urged followers to join a right-wing streaming boycott that followed a social-media campaign. The campaign centered on a clip from the 2022 animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park, in which a transmasculine character named Barney describes being trans and finding happiness. The clip was reposted by Libs of TikTok and labeled as promoting transgender identity to seven-year-olds. Dead End is a Netflix original rated TV-Y7 for fantasy violence and fear, premiered in 2022, ran two seasons with 20 episodes, and was canceled in January 2023. The series was created by animator Hamish Steele and features trans actor Zach Barack.
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