{"id":879213,"date":"2021-10-14T12:44:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T16:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=879213"},"modified":"2021-10-14T12:44:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T16:44:26","slug":"even-broadways-hamilton-not-safe-performer-accuses-play-of-anti-trans-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-broadways-hamilton-not-safe-performer-accuses-play-of-anti-trans-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Broadway\u2019s \u2018Hamilton\u2019 Not Safe: Performer Accuses Play of Anti-Trans Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feven-broadways-hamilton-not-safe-performer-accuses-play-of-anti-trans-bias%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=879213&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-14-at-11.35.36-AM-e1634225816635.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A former <em>Hamilton<\/em> cast member on Wednesday accused the Broadway musical of anti-transgender bias, according to a claim filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The performer, Suni Reid, a black man who identifies as nonbinary and uses the pronouns &#8220;they&#8221; and &#8220;them,&#8221; said his contract with the show was not renewed after he requested a gender-neutral bathroom. Reid alleged he has been physically threatened and &#8220;misgendered&#8221; while performing with the production since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Reid&#8217;s complaint comes on the heels of a renewed public debate over transgenderism. Comedian Dave Chappelle released a comedy special in October that has faced backlash for affirming the reality of biological gender.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gender is a fact,&#8221; Chappelle said during the special. &#8220;Every human being in this room, every human being on earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on earth. That is a fact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reid&#8217;s lawyers said the decision to not renew Reid&#8217;s contract casts doubt on the musical production&#8217;s commitment to &#8220;diversity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Publicly, <em>Hamilton<\/em> is a beacon of diversity and appears committed to causes seeking social justice and harmony,&#8221; attorneys Lawrence M. Pearson and Lindsay M. Goldbrum said in a statement. &#8220;Behind the curtain, however, the company\u2019s management will force out a black, transgender cast member simply because they stood up for themselves and advocated for a more equitable workplace, and therefore called that public image into question.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The producers of the show denied Reid&#8217;s allegations and said he had been &#8220;a valued cast member&#8221; for years, adding that they had offered to renew his contract and honor his request. The show also said it had paid for Reid&#8217;s health insurance and housing when the show was shut down during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Reid came out as transgender in 2019, two years after he had begun performing with the musical troupe. The complaint lists Reid&#8217;s roles in <em>Hamilton<\/em> as Aaron Burr, George Washington, Hercules Mulligan\/James Madison, and Marquis de Lafayette\/Thomas Jefferson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Hamilton cast member on Wednesday accused the Broadway musical of anti-transgender bias, according to a claim filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 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