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The Times - BBC advises all staff to use trans‑friendly pronouns

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McDuffy · 10/07/2020 06:08

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/8ff3493a-c218-11ea-91bd-3bac3c644e50?shareToken=f5b8f402b33181f8e10ee0a84b47704b

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cheeseismydownfall · 10/07/2020 06:46

Once again, though, the reader comments range from bafflement to indignation about compelled speech. This is not what people want.

Gncq · 10/07/2020 06:40

BBC you are a fucking major corporation, not a sixth form common room.

FFS.

Xanthangum · 10/07/2020 06:26

BBC staff are urged to “help to create a culture where everyone feels comfortable introducing themselves with pronouns”.

We're British! We aren't comfortable introducing ourselves to anyone, let alone adding our favourite third-personages in case someone needs to refers to us after we have left.

But seriously, this is on the front page! Its a non-story, no-one is being mandated to change their behaviour. And as loony as it is, I have no problem with respecting the pronoun people. Bigger things out there, The Times...

Karwomannghia · 10/07/2020 06:19

Can you put your preferred noun as well? Ie woman as opposed to CIS woman, non male or menstruator?
But in a practical note, how are people supposed to remember the preferred pronoun for 20,000 employees when it’s tacked onto the end of an email?

McDuffy · 10/07/2020 06:11

Not a fan of compelled speech. I have lost so much respect for the BBC the past two years.

Related: if one cancels one's TV license, can one still watch live TV, just not BBC?

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