MIR might yell at me for this, but I still enjoy Chappelle most of the time, although I thought the trans jokes were a bit lazy. Punching down at a vulnerable population is rarely a good formula for comedy, though it is easy. Nevertheless, there exists a receptive audience for that content, as we can see. To the extent I can even presume to know Chappelle's actual, private, non-comedian thoughts on trans people/rights (and I'm not sure I can presume or that his beliefs are static), I disagree with his stance, and I would consider that a character flaw of his. But he's a comedian. It's comedy, not lawmaking. I'm more concerned about the latter. I think those who would feel emboldened by Chappelle sticking it to the "woke" crowd on this issue already felt antipathy towards trans folks to begin with.
I have and will always separate art from the artist. The tricky thing with Dave is that he's compromising his art, a bit, by playing the victim.
Dave Chappelle is the greatest comedian of my lifetime, and I go back to Richard Pryor, when he isn't crying about how mean the trans people are to little ol dave. He's teetering towards "old Kanye" territory but he still has his fastball, just doesn't throw it as much as he should. I'm looking forward to SNL, should be fun.