Once Again Cissexist Media Failed, Now They Finaly Strat To Admit It …
Mail, Telegraph, Sun, Mirror and Record admit wrong to mention transgender status of stag attack victim Six national newspapers have acknowledged it was not relevant to state that a Cambridge academic who was attacked by a charging stag was transgender. Dr Kate Stone was charged by the cornered animal, which gored her in the neck and left her in a coma and fighting for her life, in Scotland on New Year’s Eve. Most national newspapers in England and Scotland reported on the incident, and six – the Daily Record, Daily Mirror, The Sun and Scottish Sun, The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail – highlighted her transgender status. Headlines included “ Deer spears sex-swap Kate ”, “ Sex swap scientist in fight for life ” and “ Sex-swap scientist gored by stag ”. Dr Stone complained to the Press Complaints Commission that the coverage of the six newspapers was in breach of Clause 12 (Discrimination) of the Editors’ Code of Practice. This states that details of a person’s...