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A Baker’s Dozen of tropes, techniques and total tripe that the UK media reach for when trash-talking trans people
Over the last three years, the UK press and broadcast media have unleashed an unprecedented wave of hate against trans people. To the enormous chagrin of our media barons, it is not (yet) permitted to publish articles composed entirely of the phrase “trans people suck”. So they have to find other ways to have a go. Here, at the start of Trans Awareness Week, is a handy guide to some of the ways in which they do so.
And a Bingo card.
It begins with the lie direct: the statement, as fact, that a thing that is definitely untrue is true. There’s a lot of it about.
Yay! It’s Trans Awareness Week and for seven days, the UK Press will be reporting on trans people fully, fairly and without spin…
Sorry: no. Jane is clearly still dreaming…as are any of you, dear readers, who believe there is a cat’s chance in hell of any of this happening any time soon. So instead, for those who get that the mainstream media are awful but can’t quite put your finger on HOW they do what they do, a handy checklist. Or…
