‘Woke agenda’: Elon Musk urges Netflix boycott over trans character in kids’ show

Elon Musk is leading calls for Americans to cancel their Netflix subscriptions after it featured children’s cartoons with transgender characters.

Musk encouraged his followers to boycott the streaming platform, writing on X: “Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids.”

Elon Musk is taking aim at Netflix over a cartoon featuring a trans character.Credit: AP

The post was accompanied by a cartoon depicting Netflix as a Trojan Horse with the words “Transgender Woke Agenda” sneaking inside a castle labelled “your kids”.

In a separate post, Musk says it is “true” that Netflix is “actively pushing” transgender ideology on underage users. He also says he has cancelled his own Netflix subscription.

The streaming service became the subject of MAGA influencers’ ire after its official companion site, Tudum, released a list of shows and films celebrating transgender people.

The 16 recommendations, compiled for “trans day of visibility” on March 31, include cartoons meant for children as young as seven. The list “sheds light on trans lives and reminds us just how relatable and universal the experiences of the most marginalised voices are”, according to Tudum.

The three programs released in March are still being streamed.

The list included Wendell & Wild, a PG-13-rated film featuring a young transgender boy as its main character; and the series Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling, following the adventures of an Australian immigrant wallaby, whose friend transitions from male to female.

A scene from Dead End: Paranormal Park with Barney, a trans character, at right.Credit: Alamy

Another of the shows featured on the list, Dead End: Paranormal Park, caught Musk’s attention after a clip was shared by the conservative X account Libs of TikTok.

In the clip, which Musk brands “not OK”, Barney, one of the show’s central characters, says he is trans.

“OMG. Dead End Paranormal Park, a show on Netflix, is pushing pro-transgender on CHILDREN. This show is advertised for 7-YEAR-OLDS. It’s being promoted on @netflix kids now. Parents - BEWARE,” Libs of TikTok wrote. The post has more than 4.3 million views.

Zach Barak, the voice actor who plays Barney, responded on X to the LibsofTikTok post, writing: “You can fear monger all you want, but kids & parents have told me it saved their lives!!”

However, further outrage was sparked after an X post apparently made by the show’s creator was circulated in which he appears to refer to Charlie Kirk as a “d---head” and a “Nazi”.

“You will never guess who the creator of this show is… a he/they LGBTQ bluesky fan who mocked Charlie’s murder and called him a Nazi. Is anyone surprised??” LibsofTikTok wrote in a follow-up post.

Musk was joined by a host of conservative influencers calling for users to end their subscriptions.

Conservative podcast host Benny Johnson wrote on X: “Netflix is sexualising children by packaging explicit, graphic, radical sex topics as ‘children’s entertainment’.

“What Netflix is doing goes beyond a culture war fight. It’s immoral. And it should be illegal…”

James Esses, a British psychotherapist who was expelled from a master’s course in London after expressing gender-critical views, wrote on X: “Transgender propaganda isn’t just quietly lurking in the background on Netflix … They are actively pushing it on users.”

Musk has long railed against Democrats for their support of gender-affirming care for children, saying in an interview last year that his teenage child, who is transgender, had been “killed by the woke mind virus”.

Netflix was contacted for comment.

The Telegraph, London

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