IPSO Guidance on Reporting of Sex and Gender Identity

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Press release here:

https://www.ipso.co.uk/news-press-releases/press-releases/ipso-launches-guidance-on-reporting-of-sex-and-gender-identity/

Also links to the new guidance, and their response to the consultation.

Apparently their "Resources" section (at the end of the guidance) has been altered substantially, no longer listing all the TRA orgs.

Journalists should take care not to publish misleading or inaccurate information.

So we'll soon be seeing and end to 'woman commits horrendous crime' with a photo if an obvious man, then?

I look forward to it. Not holding my breath though.

"The Code does not specify appropriate or acceptable terminology. It requires that any
references to an individual’s sex or gender identity are accurate and not prejudicial or pejorative."

Interesting. Does this mean sex can be reported accurately even if the individual has special genderfeelz and pronouns?

They appear to have rowed back from their previous "trans demands take precedence" approach, recognising the rights of free speech and competing rights. Great that they've removed reference to the dodgy trans activist groups. Disappointing that they haven't looked more closely at the CPS who appear to be hosting some very anti women / anti child safeguarding trans activists and link to their "trans equality" statement.

That seems like a huge change from the previous guidance, where journalists were required not to 'misgender' rapists and pedophiles.

Great news.

This is heartening,there's been a definate shift.

Pronouns. References to the person's sex or to their gender identity? The trans person being referred to likely believes that propounds refer to their gender identity, and that referring to them using sex-accurate pronouns is pejorative. Even prejudicial, if the articles refers to 'his demand to use the women's changing rooms', for example.

So I don't hold much hope of accurate reporting. Still, an improvement on the previous requirement to actively falsify news.

I am looking forward to reading this. This seems like another indication of significant change.

I too hope it will be an end to reporting rapists as women.

Good if it’s a change for the better. It all sounds a bit non-specific though.

I have long said that, given this has always been guidance, I would have liked a big media organisation to do away with preferred pronouns and dare IPSO to come after them for it. Maybe now they’ll just crack on with truth.

'any references to an individual’s sex or gender identity are accurate'

Curious how this will work.

I wonder if this is the first step in bringing back some sanity to reporting. A bit of a fudge 'misleading or inaccurate' could mean sex not gender is accurate and misleading can definitely be ascribed to men being described as women. This type of reversal of opinion is usually the start of the walls crumbling. How they will accomplish the next steps will be interesting e.g. does a GRC mean the sex has changed or is it just a certificate. Come on IPSO, it's clear you know there are major issues, this is breadcrumbs