Transgender actress, activist and comedienne Daphne Dorman, referenced in Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special, commits suicide

[NoName999]

Topic: A transwoman kills herself

CisEra: Imma argue semantics about the title instead.

Never change, Era. And by that, I mean do change.

 

[Nida]

Rest in peace. From the article posted about her she seemed to pursue a lot of her passions and did some really cool stuff.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Thats heart breaking :(

 

[PlanetSmasher]

So much of this thread is just people calling out the OP for...reporting on the topic in a way that would help give context for people? Excel is one of the posters I know who's LEAST likely to start a thread in bad faith. Why all the doubt?

It's really, really sad that Daphne got to a point where she couldn't go on any longer. It's unlikely we'll ever have the full story as to why she got there, but losing a marginalized voice in comedy is always extra tragic. The comedy world needs more diverse voices and we should be doing everything we can to raise them up.

 

[Deleted member 11413]

So much of this thread is just people calling out the OP for...reporting on the topic in a way that would help give context for people? Excel is one of the posters I know who's LEAST likely to start a thread in bad faith. Why all the doubt?

It's really, really sad that Daphne got to a point where she couldn't go on any longer. It's unlikely we'll ever have the full story as to why she got there, but losing a marginalized voice in comedy is always extra tragic. The comedy world needs more diverse voices and we should be doing everything we can to raise them up.

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Yeah I'm not sure why people think a trans person posting a story about another trans person committing suicide is in 'bad faith'.

 

[TylersProphecy]

I....completely misunderstood this thread due to the title. I'm sorry that someone commit suicide. That is horrible. I hope anyone in their situation can get more help in preventing the same sort of outcome. This world eats some people alive and sometimes, people truly need help or even just a true friend.

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Life is difficult :(

 

[Thordinson]

That jokes kill people, when in fact her death seemingly had nothing to do with Dave's jokes. If you look at her twitter she thought highly of him. It's just a sad situation all around.

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The jokes don't literally kill people but normalizing transphobia through comedy is not a good thing.

I hope her daughter will be okay. Her Facebook post wrecked me...I'm in tears.

 

[Odrion]

This thread is a mess. I think her association with Dave Chappell is important, but it turned into a proxy battle that's steering towards a very gross unspoken sentiment: she was wrong, and this was her consequence.

 

[Ignignot739]

So having just learned about this now I do have some thoughts. I don't believe Dave Chappelle hurt her with his jokes. She definitely really loved and respected the guy and was willing to stick her neck out for him. Though part of me wonders if Dave put a bunch of extra pressure on her by telling these stories and naming her/showing her off in the special. Like even in the midst of all the callout culture with Dave, I didn't see anyone going after or questioning Daphne. Part of me wonders if trolls found out and they started sniffing around, but there's no way we'll truly know. Some people on Twitter said she was involved in a really awful custody battle that took a toll on her.

There is one joke from "Sticks and Stones" though that now has a pretty bitter sting to it. Remember that he opens the show talking about "Why would Anthony Bourdain commit suicide?" He talks at length about how he had a great life meanwhile people who had it rougher don't commit suicide. He ends that note saying "No matter what it might look like from the outside, you don't know what the fuck is going on inside." I really really hope Dave was there for Daphne in a time of need.