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The Daily Telegraph and reporting of biological males in women’s sport

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Justme56 · 06/03/2025 17:31

https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/05535-24/

Blair Hamilton complained to IPSO regarding the reference to Hamilton as a biological male in an article last year about women’s football. IPSO investigated bit found no breach, so the complaint was not upheld.

05535-24 Hamilton v The Daily Telegraph - IPSO

Blair Hamilton complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that The Daily Telegraph breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) and Clause 12 (Discrimination) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined “Sutton match postponed over transge...

https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/05535-24/

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SirChenjins · 06/03/2025 17:50

Excellent news. Blair is male, no amount of female pronouns or womanly feelz will change that, and it’s only right that it’s reported as such.

Fenlandia · 06/03/2025 17:49

Thanks OP. Good heavens above, some actual reality from IPSO.

This passage!

"In this context, the Committee considered the reference to the complainant being a “biological male” was genuinely relevant to the issues discussed in the article. The Committee did not consider that the term in the context in which it had been used was belittling or demeaning to the complainant, nor insulting in a manner that it considered pejorative or prejudicial."

Maybe journos can finally stop writing their ludicrous slop about women rapists?

RaspberryScrubs · 06/03/2025 17:43

This is great news. Thanks for letting us know, Justme.

myplace · 06/03/2025 17:37

Well done IPSO!

IDareSay · 06/03/2025 17:33

My Telegraph sub continues to be money well spent.