Taking a Critical Eye to Transphobic Headlines- Why anti-trans language is front and center:
Taking a Critical Eye to Transphobic Headlines- Why anti-trans language is front and center: Originally written 16th June 2021 Many of us (trans people in the UK) are fed up with headline after headline announcing hatred for trans people, with a seemingly simultaneous endless love for transphobes. I for one, check the news frequently enough to notice things that perhaps those who haven’t been glued to each headline won't do– that being a very interesting trend of journalism standard pattern breaking that betrays the BBC's innermost policy on trans news articles. The BBC is a very interesting media outlet to look at- especially because it is supposed to have an unbiased look upon the world. Realistically, we all know that completely unbiased reporting is nigh on impossible for any person- it’s part of the human experience that we tend to slip benign and malignant views into our work- be it written, visual or otherwise intended for wide audiences. Now, I’m no prescriptivist. I