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[–]hetisachoice 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It is still a slur and will never not be one, so some UK member needs to have the BBC arrested for hate speech. I'd do it, but in my country the first amendment makes it impossible to punish verbal hate crimes.

[–]BEB[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you're in the US, you can go to jail in California for misgendering. So the US does punish "verbal hate crimes" but only if they're "against" the TQ+