Especially when we are talking about a media company who needed to do better in both of these regards to better represent and support the trans community. Our intersection rests between trans positive media and labor relations, especially of trans employees. Bennett now works at Amazon Studios, where he is starting a new trans ERG among other projects. He also served as vice president of the Netflix trans ERG and Chair for the Trans* Content Review Pod. And to support and protect their communities.Įarlier this year, I met Bennett Kaspar-Williams, labor relations and inclusivity, and we started to work on "Making Trans Positive Media: Bringing Our Personal Lives to Work and the Screen."īennett was at the center of the Netflix walkouts over transphobic content, the most public being Dave Chappelle's The Closer. And failed to include the Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that have been assembled previously to maintain the integrity of their values and content. The fact that Netflix decided to go back on its word to consider its employees' voices. One glaring problem was producing transphobic content that could fuel an already volatile situation for trans people. Media and tech companies had looked up to Netflix for its non-hierarchical business model, cutting-edge content, and commitment to an almost idyllic transparency with their employees. Both of which caused a mass exodus of some top talent, the distrust of their audiences, and the company's stock to tank. The Intersection: Diverse Folx Converse Season 2, Episode 10 with our special episode with Bennett Kaspar-Williams, "Making Trans Positive Media: Bringing Our Personal Lives to Work and the Screen."Ībout a year ago, Netflix, one of the leading streaming media companies, destroyed its employee-first work culture policy and produced transphobic content.
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