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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54644266 BBC believes in 'true genders'; "After several years on hormone blockers and testosterone, Tyler now has his Gender Recognition Certificate, which means he has satisfied government criteria to have his true gender legally recognised...
...He will soon have an operation to remove his breast tissue and later a hysterectomy."
"The Met said it was appointing 250 advisers specialising in LGBT+ hate crime who would be trained to recognise the issues faced by London's transgender community. " I wonder who's 'training' them?
https://www.cps.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/publications/CPS-Hate-Crime-Annual-Report-2018-2019.PDF "The number of transphobic hate crimes remains low so small changes can significantly impact the data...
...The number of police receipts decreased from 84 in 2017-18 to 69 in 2018-19–a decrease of 17.9%..The proportion of cases resulting in a conviction with an announced and recorded sentence uplift was 48.4% in 2018-19, a decrease from 58.1% the previous year – a decrease of 9.6%"
The BBC appears to be reporting hate incidents as hate crimes here. https://fullfact.org/crime/hate-incidents-arent-same-hate-crimes/
"Imagine that a man on a ladder is breaking into a house and someone reports it to the police. The person who reports it says they’ve seen a burglar. But when the police turn up, it turns out he’s the owner and he forgot his keys. An incident has occurred, but a crime hasn’t."
"something is a hate incident if the victim or anyone else think it was motivated by hostility or prejudice based on one of the following things:
disability
race
religion
transgender identity
sexual orientation." https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/discrimination/hate-crime/what-are-hate-incidents-and-hate-crime/
disability
race
religion
transgender identity
sexual orientation." https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/discrimination/hate-crime/what-are-hate-incidents-and-hate-crime/
"This means that if you believe something is a hate incident it should be recorded as such by the person you are reporting it to."
"The BBC must treat matters of politics and public policy with due accuracy and impartiality and must not express an opinion on matters of public policy other than policy concerning broadcasting or the provision of online services." https://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidelines/politics
"The BBC is committed to achieving due impartiality in all its output. This commitment is fundamental to our reputation, our values and the trust of audiences... https://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidelines/impartiality
...The term ‘due’ means that the impartiality must be adequate and appropriate to the output, taking account of the subject and nature of the content, the likely audience expectation and any signposting that may influence that expectation"
"We must always scrutinise arguments, question consensus and hold power to account with consistency and due impartiality...
...Where our content highlights issues on which others campaign, we must take care not to endorse those campaigns, or allow ourselves to be used to campaign to change public policy."
