The fact that transgender men and nonbinary people exist (and in the case of the former can have legal recognition of that fact) is enough to warrant the use of inclusive language. It’s not about beliefs or about ideologies, its about ensuring that people get the care they need and that requires going beyond primitive views of ‘basic biology’.
Helen Joyce’s comments on the show recently caused a massive controversy as she argued to “reduce” the population of people she found to be “damaged” and “difficulties for a sane world”. This tirade included all transgender people, whether they were “happily transitioned” and even those who had detransitioned.
As Arlene Foster, former Northern Ireland first minister, was made a Dame in the Queen’s latest honours list, it reminded me of a speech she…
Suffice to say, the rejected honours list is the better company to be in. Abolish the monarchy, happy platinum jubilee!
My personal, Gemma Stone, opinion on this is that we should escalate it as far as it will go; and then keep on complaining if we have to. It seems like a minor thing, one article about us portraying us as sexually violent – but its more than that. In my opinion a victory here is getting the article taken down and sending the message to the BBC that what they did was dangerous, harmful and will not be tolerated.