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BBC altered rape victim’s testimony to avoid ‘misgendering’ her transgender attacker

Posted on News · June 02, 2022 4:27 PM

The BBC altered a rape victim’s quotes in a story it published to avoid ‘misgendering’ her transgender attacker and conform to the BBC’s style guide which states that a person’s preferred pronouns should be used.

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Researchers challenge global trend to desex language

Posted on News · February 22, 2022 2:54 PM

Acclaimed Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood recently caused an online furore for sharing an article entitled ‘Why can’t we say the word ‘woman’ anymore?’

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Abuse survivors get first win in case against PornHub

Posted on News · February 17, 2022 3:21 PM

A US District Court has denied a motion from tech organisation MindGeek, the parent company for the pornography website PornHub, to dismiss a class action lawsuit against the Montreal-based tech giant.

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Apple’s new ‘pregnant man’ emoji latest attempt to erase women

Posted on News · February 01, 2022 3:12 PM

Apple has released a range of new emojis in its latest update, including a ‘pregnant man’ and a ‘pregnant person’, reigniting the controversy that was sparked when the Unicode Consortium officially approved them in September 2021.

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Outrage at Australian media outlet for falsely reporting male sex attacker as “female”

Posted on News · December 10, 2021 9:00 AM

This week, news.com.au ran a piece titled “Female sex attacker’s horror demand”, with the byline, “A woman has been thrown behind bars after sexually assaulting a stranger she followed down a Melbourne Street before issuing a shocking demand.”

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Advertising standards body says Libra ad calling women ‘bleeders’ is ‘inclusive’

Posted on News · November 23, 2021 12:15 PM

The Ad Standards Community Panel recently made a determination about a complaint regarding an advertisement for Libra Period Proof Hipster Briefs. The sponsored Facebook advertisement contained the caption:

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