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Sen. Josh Hawley demands Netflix remove trans content since it doesn't align with his personal values "It offends me"
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/gop-senator-demands-netflix-remove-trans-content-since-it-doesnt-align-with-his-personal-values/GOP senator demands Netflix remove trans content since it doesn’t align with his personal values
“It offends me,” he said.
Vehemently anti-trans Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) went on a bizarre and inaccurate rant about trans representation on Netflix during an antitrust hearing about the company’s potential acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets.
Hawley peppered Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos with questions about why the streaming platform provides “content for children [that] promotes a transgender ideology.”
He claimed “almost half” of Netflix content for young children “promotes a transgender ideology agenda,” a phrase he most likely used to mean the inclusion of a trans character or the mention of being trans. Nevertheless, Sarandos said he didn’t “have any idea where that number would come from” and called the statistic “inaccurate.”
Hawley did not offer a source for his data, but he may be referring to a report from the anti-LGBTQ+ group Concerned Women for America (CWA) that claimed “41% of G-rated series, and 41% of TV-Y7-rated series on Netflix contain LGBTQ+ content.” Even if that were true (though it should be questioned based on the clear bias of the organization), the phrase LGBTQ+ implies representation of a wide variety of identities, not specifically trans characters.
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his happy horse crap in a civilized society. Josh
Fuck Hawley and his "offense", I'm more offended by the blathering shitbag who keeps calling himself president, yet nobody does anything about that. 
“On behalf of parents around the country, it offends me that Netflix is pushing this content at parents in what seems to be a very coordinated, thought‑through, planned out agenda in a way that frankly I think undermines parents.”
He repeatedly asks “Why does almost half of your children’s programming feature this highly controversial, highly sexualized material?”, saying he “can’t let [his] children watch anything on Netflix” without pre‑screening it.
He frames it as a reason to question whether the government should allow Netflix to become a dominant streaming “monopolist,” saying he’s “concerned” that Sarandos doesn’t share his values and is promoting this content while seeking regulatory approval
Stops slightly short of a demand for removal, but anyways fuck this guy and his transphobic bullshit
