BBC Newsnight is WRONG about JK Rowling

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BBC Newsnight: "JK Rowling was attacked for her stance on transgender rights after she published a blog arguing that gender was determined by biology"

FFS

How do we get them to correct it to "JK Rowling was attacked for her stance on women & girls', children's, autistic and LGB people's rights after she published a blog arguing that sex was determined by biology"

It is so frustrating. Even the BBC doesn’t seem to have read what she actually wrote.

Off to complain to the BBC

The BBC are incapable of critical thought on any issue

Ditch watching them for any news content, life Is so much less frustrating without their ‘tripping themselves up to be woke’ bullshit

Keep complaining and explaining.

www.transgendertrend.com/happy-birthday-jkrowling/

Here is your solution!

At least they mentioned biology which is at least something as this will confuse people who are not well versed in this area as to why on earth wouldn’t it be.

I knew there would be a thread on this. Such lazy, sloppy journalism. It was clear that the person reporting on this hadn't even read what she actually wrote.
The whole piece was dreadful.

I honestly think we've reached a point where many people see the word sex and automatically replace it with gender and don't even notice. I have the impression this has even happened with the drafting of laws where the distinction matters a great deal, such as the GRA. Does it all go back to squeamishness about using the word 'sex' because of schoolchild sniggering over the fact that sometimes it indicated sexual intercourse?

I agree Gaspode. For most people the two terms are interchangeable. I got a reply from Andrew Moffat about No Outsiders talking about gender instead of sex. He said it would be inappropriate to have the word sex on the wall of a primary school classroom. I think, give what I k ow about No Outsiders, he was being disingenuous, but a lot of people who know nothing about this debate would probably agree with him.

Thank you!
I shouted back at the telly over that.

I noticed this too. It's a shame, as I'm a big fan of Newsnight and now I don't know if I can trust them.

JK Rowling was attacked for her stance on transgender rights after she published a blog arguing that gender was determined by biology

Is that what they said? Blimey.

She didn’t have a ‘stance on transgender rights’ she had a stance on women’s rights. A d the blog was not arguing anything about gender!

Yeah that's ridiculous.
I hate it when people mix up gender and sex.
When people say "So you think there are only two genders?" I just want to tell "No, I think there are no genders! We made it up!"

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g

'Does it all go back to squeamishness about using the word 'sex' because of schoolchild sniggering over the fact that sometimes it indicated sexual intercourse?'

Yep - I remember delivering a training session in which the word sex was mentioned.

Cue sniggering, ooh yes please, fnar fnar fnar ...

They were all police inspectors aged 40+.

I got a reply from Andrew Moffat about No Outsiders talking about gender instead of sex. He said it would be inappropriate to have the word sex on the wall of a primary school classroom.

On these posters?
twitter.com/moffat_andrew/status/1281641222805782529

But it's not inappropriate so have the words 'sexual orientation' there? How can you have a sexual orientation without sex?

Hi. Would any of you clever, more experienced people be willing to share a sample complaint text to the BBC on this? I'm relatively new to this fight and I want to get it absolutely spot on. Thank you.

Thank you also for the link to that more general letter to the media from Transgender Trend.

They are going to have to publish a correction I suspect or their legal department is going to have a fit.

here we go:

www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/

You were right @TehBewilderness. It's all happening today isn't it? First the Day, now BBC