BBC Distancing Itself from Mermaids, The LGBT Foundation, The Gender Trust, and The Gender Identity Research and Education Society (cross-posted from spinster.xyz)

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[–]writerlylesbian 62 insightful - 3 fun62 insightful - 2 fun63 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

read a rumour on Mumsnet that the Times is about to break a big scandal of some sort, probably to do with transing of children. Speculation that the BBC is aware and trying to distance themselves before the story breaks. No idea if any of it is true. However, let's not let places like the BBC weasel their way out if that's what they're trying to do. They've been a big source of supporting this crap for years.

[–]Lyssa 34 insightful - 1 fun34 insightful - 0 fun35 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"They've been a big source of supporting this crap for years."

And that's why I think there must be a very good reason for this. Possibly a strong "recommendation" from their legal department. Usually, when people have aligned themselves to a cause and are convinced that they are on "the right side of history" they double down and triple down.

To silently backpadel like this looks a lot like covering their arses to me.

[–]Silverdarling 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I read something on twitter yesterday about how the BBC has just issued official 'guidance' to its employees on how they should include their 'preferred pronouns' on their email sign-offs. The BBC are still actively pushing this gender bullshit at anyone they can, starting with their own staff.

[–][deleted] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was just thinking to myself if there was some huge scandal on the horizon that caused the BBC to drop them.

[–]SanityIsGC 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

...." an internal survey conducted by the BBC suggests that over 400 transgender people are employed by the corporation: in other words, transgender people are four times more likely to be employed at the BBC than found within the general population. Media coverage of transgender issues is out of all proportion to the actual number of transgender people. "