a walkthrough of the reporting process in case anyone needs it:
why are you complaining?: material published in print and/or online
name of publication(s): select ‘online’, type in ‘telegraph’ and select ‘telegraph.co.uk’
have you previously contacted this publication?: ‘no’ (unless you have)
title of article: Boys who think they are girls allowed to join Guides for first time
URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/22/boys-think-girls-allowed-join-guides-first-time/
date of publication: 22/1/2017
clauses breached: 12 - discrimination
reasons for breaching this clause: this is what i wrote. feel free to copy paste it, edit it, cut it shorter, use it for inspiration, whatever
The article uses inaccurate, transphobic and discriminatory language to refer to transgender girls and young women, describing trans girls as ’[b]oys who think they are girls’ and trans women as ’[a]dult men who […] identify their gender as female’.
This invalidates the right of trans women and girls to be referred to as the correct gender in accurate and respectful terms, and perpetuates inaccurate information about what it means to be transgender: transgender girls and women are female, not male, and referring to them as boys or men is therefore misgendering.
The article also brings up ‘young girls sharing sleeping and washing facilities’ in conjunction with a criticism of policies stating that ’[p]arents of children already in a girlguiding group are not required to know if a trans person will be attending a residential event’. Bringing up shared facilities as an issue at this point is further unnecessary transmisogyny, since it suggests that it is inappropriate for trans girls and cis girls to share sleeping facilities, framing trans girls as predatory or as a risk to other girls. This is transphobic scaremongering which plays to discriminatory stereotypes of trans women and girls.
in the personal details section, it requires a first name, last name, and email, but it does not require an address
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