Today’s Transphobic Question: Are Trans Women Really Women?

Separate but equal never works

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Well, it happened. Again.

A comedian is quitting comedy. Again.

And yep, it’s for transphobic reasons. Sigh…again.

Goodbye comedy, I won’t miss all of you self-censoring wimps

If legendary ventriloquist and America’s Got Talent winner Terry Fator revealing that he’s also a raging transphobe isn’t enough to deflate your giggle gasm, wait until you hear about the latest comedian to say the quiet part out loud: Samantha Pressdee.

Her exit statement might send you with a pitchfork to whoever published this transphobic diatribe. I can save you some time if you’ll put down the pitchfork.

The publisher is Chortle, which bills itself as the premiere source of comedy news, reviews, and listings throughout the UK. They published the article not because they agree with it, but because — well, they said why they published it at the bottom of the article.

We print this personal opinion piece, not because we agree with it — frankly ‘I’m…