Why is the BBC going wrong in its coverage of the political furore over women's rights? Have we just seen the BBC inch closer to impartiality? What needs to change? My personal Substack. …

Jan 10, 2024 · Its melodramatic interview with the guy who took the Women’s Champion of Champion’s pool title - because principled and fabulous Lynne Pinches withdrew - could have been copy-pasted straight from Pink News. Harriet Haynes suffered ‘vile transphobic abuse’ the author wails. ‘She’ was ‘shocked’ Pinches forfeited their final.

Jan 22, 2024 · ‘This is the story that's woken up the BBC's gender team, with this rather breezy little report’ said Transgender Trend, and they’re right. The article on Gender Plus, previously under investigation by the Care Quality Commission and made up of ex-Tavistock staff, was little more than a puff piece.

Feb 12, 2025 · We’re now into the second week of the Sandie Peggie tribunal and it’s turning out to be a game-changing case. But the struggle over media coverage started before the hearing began last Monday. An attempt by NHS Fife to hold it in private was defeated.

May 21, 2023 · There hasn’t been a tectonic shift this week in the way the BBC covers sex and gender. Signs of hope, yes, but rather in the way that green shoots have no choice but to go along with spring temperatures. If the environment turns frosty again for reality-focused voices, the BBC’s minimal effort will certainly droop and probably die.

May 31, 2023 · Cath Leng points out that actually the Channel 4 program took a very trans activist-friendly view of the core issue.

Apr 23, 2023 · “After years of ignoring the US scandal of the medical transitioning of minors, along with women’s voices and detransitioners, the BBC platforms without balance a male transactivist who objects to laws preventing kids being given GnRH blockers, hormones and surgeries.”

Spent the last five fighting sex and gender imbalance from editors, staff networks, HR and Diversity and Inclusion: and pitching reality-focussed stories across health, education, legal …

Headline appears updated, but accused is still described as a woman. Journalists need to stand up for accuracy when women are losing their jobs and face threats online and in the street.

Oct 18, 2023 · Going to write a brief thread about the BBC’s strange relationship with the truth on sex and gender. It won’t start any fires but it might help people understand why the BBC has adopted such an irrational approach. It was put on the record, but not publicly, in January. — Cath Leng (@leng_cath) October 17, 2023.