{"id":937174,"date":"2021-10-29T12:28:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=937174"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:29:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:29:01","slug":"left-on-left-war-lgbt-activists-condemn-bbc-for-article-on-lesbians-being-pressured-into-sex-with-transwomen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-on-left-war-lgbt-activists-condemn-bbc-for-article-on-lesbians-being-pressured-into-sex-with-transwomen\/","title":{"rendered":"Left on Left War: LGBT Activists Condemn BBC for Article on Lesbians Being Pressured Into Sex with Transwomen"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleft-on-left-war-lgbt-activists-condemn-bbc-for-article-on-lesbians-being-pressured-into-sex-with-transwomen%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=937174&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LGBT-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Trans activists have condemned the BBC&nbsp;for publishing an article of testimonies by lesbian women who said they were pressured to date transwomen \u2014 i.e., biological males who identify as females \u2014 including those who still had intact male genitalia.<\/p>\n<p>The long-form piece written by BBC journalist Caroline Lowbridge and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-57853385\">published<\/a> on Tuesday titled \u2018We\u2019re being pressured into sex by some trans women\u2019 detailed the anecdotal evidence of some lesbians being pressured to date and even have sex with biological males who identify as women, also quoting another survey that claimed dozens of lesbians had been coerced to have sexual relations with transwomen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The article quoted lesbians as saying they had been accused of being transphobic, perverts, far-right extremists, and \u201cinciting violence towards the trans community\u201d for not wanting to date or have sex with transwomen, some of whom still had intact male genitalia.<\/p>\n<p>Some said they were coerced into having sex with trans women for fear of being labelled transphobic or excluded from the LGBT community.&nbsp;It also quoted a statement by the United Kingdom\u2019s and Europe\u2019s largest LGBT charity, Stonewall, which pivoted towards advocating for \u201ctrans equality\u201d in 2015, as implying that anyone not wanting to date trans people was like not wanting to date fat people or ethnic minorities, and was a form of prejudice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6170212765957\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Running ugly stories \u2013 and suggesting they are representative of how a minority behaves \u2013 is the very essence of bigoted hate speech. But that is just how the institutionally transphobic BBC is these days. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YZZRIUBhst\">https:\/\/t.co\/YZZRIUBhst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JolyonMaugham\/status\/1452934711567867909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The news outlet, often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/10\/08\/bbc-biased-in-transgender-immigration-debates-says-former-host\/\">accused<\/a> of left-liberal bias, highlighting these lesbians\u2019 lived experiences, however, faced a backlash from Trans Activism UK, who accused the BBC of giving a platform to transphobia and called the article \u201cincredibly dangerous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/openletter.earth\/an-open-letter-to-the-bbc-regarding-an-article-published-by-catherine-lowbridge-9223a3ca\">open letter<\/a>, signed by more than 16,000 people, complained:&nbsp;\u201cThe article itself routinely implies that transgender women are not women, uncritically quoting people who call transgender women men without at any point clarifying that this is ignoring their legal status as women in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trans Activism UK also alleged that it used accounts from \u201cknown transphobic hate groups\u201d and alleged that the gay, lesbian, and transgender charity LGB Alliance \u2014 which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/10\/25\/lgbt-split-critics-blast-new-lgb-alliance-transphobic\/\">broke<\/a> from the wider LGBT movement and Stonewall over its focus on transgenderism and <a href=\"https:\/\/lgballiance.org.uk\/about\/\">seeks<\/a> to further LGB rights \u2014 was an \u201canti-trans hate group\u201d which is \u201cactively biphobic, homophobic and discriminatory towards the LGBTQ+ community as a whole\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The group then accused the BBC of \u201ccontinually platforming anti-trans hate groups, and anti-trans perspectives, without covering the perspectives of the transgender community themselves\u201d and that the broadcaster was breaking with its pledge to be impartial.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.25\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BBC Diversity Boss Reveals Fourfold Overrepresentation of LGBT Staff \u2014 But Insists More Must Be Hired  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K8T3NCYDIT\">https:\/\/t.co\/K8T3NCYDIT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1013889800925921280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Trans Activism UK then demanded the BBC \u201crectif[y] this act with a sincere apology, amendment of the article to clarify the falsehoods and damage within, and commits to realigning with their original mission statement\u201d of impartiality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidPaisley\/status\/1452921915044241410?s=20\">Several<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyoCaesar\/status\/1452921646784856076?s=20\">Twitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanjohnbutcher\/status\/1452912336172470281?s=20\">Blue Ticks<\/a>, including the anti-Brexit lawyer Jolyon Maugham, went as far as branding the liberal broadcaster \u2014 which already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/07\/02\/bbc-lgbt-staff-massively-overrepresented\/\">over-represents<\/a> transgender and LGB employees compared to Britain\u2019s general population \u2014 as \u201cinstitutionally transphobic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A BBC spokesman responded to the accusations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/bbc-accused-of-transphobia-over-web-article-30f88n0cb\">saying<\/a>, according to <em>The Times<\/em>:&nbsp;\u201cThe article looks at a complex subject from different perspectives and acknowledges it is difficult to assess the extent of the issue. It includes testimony from a range of different sources and provides appropriate context. It went through our rigorous editorial processes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important that journalism looks at issues even where there are strongly held positions. The BBC is here to ensure debate and to make sure a wide range of voices are heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday,&nbsp;#IStandWithLesbians began <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALLIANCELGB\/status\/1453457643918475271?s=20\">trending<\/a> on Twitter, with the LGB Alliance \u2014 the group branded a \u201ctransphobic hate group\u201d by Trans Activism UK \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALLIANCELGB\/status\/1453523306611625984\">describing<\/a>&nbsp;the criticism of the article as \u201cboth revealing and depressing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we find baffling is that none of the critics of the BBC article have bothered to deal with the examples Lowbridge cited of prominent activists effectively erasing homosexuality and bisexuality (as defined in our laws),\u201d the LGB Alliance <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALLIANCELGB\/status\/1453523398802411523?s=20\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3125\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The BBC has come under fire for a program aimed at prepubescent children which claimed that there are &#8220;over 100&#8221; gender identities. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nh1d56kSva\">https:\/\/t.co\/Nh1d56kSva<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1353774014993375233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trans activists have condemned the BBC\u00a0for publishing an article of testimonies by lesbian women who said they were pressured to date transwomen \u2014 i.e., biological males who identify as females &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-937174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}