9. For more scientific and culturally competent ways of covering trans issues, reporters can consult the Trans Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide—a tool for newsrooms to bolster their coverage of trans people and the stories that affect them.

styleguide.transjournalists.org

8. But these new stories apparently indicate the opposite—that, like many institutions, the BBC is arguably backing down from ethical and scientifically rigorous coverage in order to cater to the anti-trans agenda. Instead, it has reverted back to pejorative terms to refer to transgender people.

7. This change comes amidst viral claims that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views on everything from trans rights to the Trump Administration.

archive.is/wWdMS

7. ‘biological male’ or ‘biological female’ are malicious rhetorical constructs that falsely assert that LGBTQ—notably trans—people are an ideological movement rather than an intrinsic identity,” GLAAD’s Guide to Anti-LGBTQ Online Hate and Disinformation explains.

glaad.org/biological-m...

6. The reporter(s) use similar language to describe Henderson in an article from October.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

5. This is not nearly the only instance, it seems to be a conscious change.

In a Nov. 4 piece published in the BBC without a byline, medic Rose Henderson was also called “a biological male who identifies as a woman.”

www.bbc.com/news/article...

4. In the report on the Linehan verdict, BBC culture reporters Ian Youngs and Paul Glynn described Brooks as someone who was “born a biological male but identifies as a woman”—and the article itself appears to tactfully avoid referring to Brooks with any pronouns.

3. This week, the BBC published an article about comedian turned anti-trans provocateur Graham Linehan, who swung at 17-year-old Sophia Brooks after she confronted him outside of a political conference in London.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

2. Following a contentious newsroom battle at the BBC over allegations of political bias, it seems the media empire has given way to transphobic rhetoric—canonizing anti-trans talking points in one of the world’s most influential news outlets.