BBC altered rape victim’s testimony to avoid ‘misgendering’ her transgender attacker
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.
Read moreResearchers challenge global trend to desex language
Acclaimed Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood recently caused an online furore for sharing an article entitled ‘Why can’t we say the word ‘woman’ anymore?’
Read moreAbuse survivors get first win in case against PornHub
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.
Read moreApple’s new ‘pregnant man’ emoji latest attempt to erase women
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.
Read moreOutrage at Australian media outlet for falsely reporting male sex attacker as “female”
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.”
Read moreAdvertising standards body says Libra ad calling women ‘bleeders’ is ‘inclusive’
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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