BBC appoints first LGBT correspondent

[Igneococcus]

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/first-lgbt-correspondent-ben-hunte-to-boost-broadcaster-s-youth-appeal-wkq6qhmzf?shareToken=456491f6bfbbc84fedeb77d711b6866a

[IamThereforeIdontIdentify]

Thanks for sharing.
"Issues relating to sexuality and gender have risen up the news agenda in recent months amid a fractious public debate about transgender rights and controversy around proposals to allow self-identification of gender."

Really? Isn't it issues relating to self ID? I mean, I'm not recalling lesbians having many issues discussed, other than self-ID of heterosexual men into lesbians. I don't recall any news about hay issues. It's just about transgender (not transsexual) people and their sexuality, most specifically when they've been heterosexual men and then become lesbian women. What other issues, specifically relating to L, G or B sexuality has their been?

[IamThereforeIdontIdentify]

*gay

[Igneococcus]

I can't remember any other issues either iam

[StealthPolarBear]

There have been no lesbian or gay correspondents up to now???

[silentcrow]

Wasn't there a woman on Women's Hour who was their "gender specialist" or somesuch made up post? And she flailed really badly, as I recall, completely out of her depth on TG issues.

[IamThereforeIdontIdentify]

Silent I'm pretty sure that was Megha Mohan who is also named in this article.

[IamThereforeIdontIdentify]

"He will work alongside Megha Mohan, a senior BBC reporter who was promoted to the global gender and identity role in July."

[VickyEadie]

No need for an LGB correspondent til now, but the T agenda brings on the appointment of TWO of them.

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

Oh a Trans correspondent. 🙄

[StealthPolarBear]

I just find that so hard to believe!

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

I wonder if there are other ‘allies’ badges

Straight people
Woman
Vegetarians
Shy and introverted
Hungover

[Bowlofbabelfish]

I’m surprised they havent had an LGB correspondent so far.

This role appears to be a transgender correspondent going by the brief - not an LGB one.

[StealthPolarBear]

Bowl that's what I suspect. I think there has probably been a l or g correspondent but now there's a t come along, well they can show them how to do lgbt properly.

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

Guidelines my backside. Whose the ninny whiner?

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

Who’s not whose. Obviously.