Petition: Tell IPSO we need truthful crime reporting where sex is concerned. ​

[Glinner]

Hello! We've started a petition to ask that IPSO change its guidelines on the reporting of trans-identified males who have committed violent crimes and/or sex crimes. It is an insult that these male crimes are being pinned on women. Let's see if we can do something about it.

www.change.org/p/i-tell-ipso-we-need-truthful-crime-reporting-where-sex-is-concerned?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_28830356_en-GB%3A8&recruiter=3031805&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition

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Good morning bump.

Excellent idea.

One would expect the press to be calling them to account for this rather than colluding.

I agree, but they don’t dare. The trans lobby would certainly complain if journalists did so. Would the press regulatory body uphold a complaint against the newspaper/ radio station that ‘misgendered’ a trans criminal?

Is it even legal for a journalist to reveal a trans criminal’s sex or previous name?

Thanks, Glinner. Not everyone has your courage, but I suspect most journalists hate having to toe the line on this. I notice they often publish helpful photos.

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@thinkingaboutLangCleg

One would expect the press to be calling them to account for this rather than colluding.

I agree, but they don’t dare. The trans lobby would certainly complain if journalists did so. Would the press regulatory body uphold a complaint against the newspaper/ radio station that ‘misgendered’ a trans criminal?

Is it even legal for a journalist to reveal a trans criminal’s sex or previous name?

It’s legal to reveal anyone else’s previous name, you often see it with criminals, Tommy Robinson often gets his posh name revealed in articles. So I don’t see why it would be illegal to do it for someone because they are trans (I’m not saying it isn’t but it would seem odd and a double standard!).

Signed and donated - thanks for all your graft on this @Glinner

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May I ask a question? I'm not in the UK, but I'd think if the press are able to publish a name, it will only be after the suspect is charged, so they will get the information (including sex of the suspect) from the court records. If it's before any charge is laid, won't it be a more general comment (e.g., "three women have been detained for questioning") relying on police records? So is the issue really with the press, or with the police and courts? Or am I missing some nuance?

If I were to show up in the UK and commit a crime and be questioned by the police, I'd think that they would check my self-supplied information such as name, address, country of citizenship, etc. Do they really not? And if they don't, then can I (or anyone else) not simply say that I am six years old and therefore too young to be arrested?

The Washington Post truism that journalism is the first rough draft of history means the world will one day think there has been an upsurge in not only crime but sexual crime by women in the early 21st century. If we want this to stop we need some more overt protection in the UK from the regulator IPSO.

Done. Journalism has to have some sort of relationship to the truth.

Thank you - done. This needs sorting, for sure.

Done.

Thanks for sharing this.

Thanks for the petition. I did see some comment on facebook about this wonder why it wasn't on the Parliament Petition web site. ie meaning it needs to be stronger than just asking IPSO to report accurately. Not sure what power IPSO actually has and no doubt they have had Stonewall training on dead naming.

And - just in case it seems this thread disappears - it will probably have been moved to petitions so you will need to set up a craft thread about the issue and then saying have a look at the petitions section!

What a world. Having to ask newspaper to report the truth.

Brilliant, thank you!