A New Zealand TikTok content creator reported receiving messages from young lesbians who are unable to break up with their partners because they are trans. Debbie Hayton, a transgender woman who works as a science teacher, said she is concerned by "shaming" of cisgender lesbians and commented on how difficult it is to form relationships as a transgender woman. The transgender YouTuber Rose of Dawn, who started her channel over debates about whether it is transphobic to refuse to date people because they are transgender, is quoted within the article one of Rose of Dawn's videos responded to comments by the transgender academic and athlete Veronica Ivy, arguing that such decisions are not transphobic. Her social media survey of eighty lesbians found that 56% were "pressured or coerced to accept a trans woman as a sexual partner" four respondents' comments are quoted. Wild, co-founder of Get the L Out, commented that "the trans ideology is so silencing everywhere", and that lesbians "are still extremely scared to speak". A third woman recounted a sexual experience with a trans woman that occurred after she repeatedly expressed that she was uninterested although she felt that the experience was not consensual, she said that she did not tell anyone about the incident because she felt worried that she would be excluded from the LGBT community. Another reported that her bisexual girlfriend broke up with her after she declined to participate in a threesome with her and a pre-op trans woman, saying that she could not be attracted to any trans women. An anonymous lesbian said she does not "possess the capacity to be sexually attracted" to transgender women, and that she suffered death threats for saying this. Lowbridge wrote that "there has been little research" on lesbians experiencing "pressure" to "accept the idea that a penis can be a female sex organ", but that such lesbians reported pressure coming from a small number of transgender women and non-transgender "activists". A Portuguese translation was published in Brazil. It originally included quotes from Lily Cade, an American female pornographic actress, but these were edited out following later comments made by Cade about trans people. The 4,000-word article was written by Caroline Lowbridge and posted on the BBC News website on 26 October 2021. As a result, the article was subsequently renamed " The lesbians who feel pressured to have sex and relationships with trans women". However, on, the Executive Complaints Unit of the BBC ruled that although the article was a "legitimate piece of journalism overall", it had breached the corporation's editorial rules on accuracy for not making clear the statistical invalidity of the Get the L Out poll and for the title misleadingly suggesting that the article focused on pressure from trans women. The BBC initially assessed that the article met its editorial standards but that allegations against Cade should have been mentioned. She also reported telling Lowbridge that Cade had been subject to sexual assault allegations. A Stonewall executive is quoted on the subject, as is the co-founder of the LGB Alliance, which was created in opposition to Stonewall after they began to campaign for transgender equality.Ĭhelsea Poe, a transgender pornographic actress, reported that Lowbridge interviewed her for the article but did not include her comments. Critics also believed that Lowbridge's chosen interviewees had a narrow range of viewpoints. Criticisms centred on the inclusion of a social media poll from the anti-transgender group Get the L Out that was accused of having a low sample size and self-selection bias it reported that 56% of the eighty lesbians polled had been pressured into sex with transgender women. The Guardian and The Times reported that the article was met with internal backlash by BBC staff, including prior to its publication, while protests took place outside BBC offices. Trans Activism UK, Trans Media Watch and Mermaids were critical of the article an open letter with 20,000 signatories asked for the BBC to apologise. Cade's comments were subsequently removed from the article. It drew particular attention for the inclusion of comments from American pornographic actress Lily Cade, who wrote a blog post after the article's publication calling for the " lynching" of high-profile trans women. The article received widespread criticism among the LGBT community as transphobic. Produced by the BBC's regional service in Nottingham, the article claims that lesbians are being pressured by transgender women into having sex with them. " 'We're being pressured into sex by some trans women '" is the original title of a BBC News article written by Caroline Lowbridge and published on 26 October 2021. "The lesbians who feel pressured to have sex and relationships with trans women"
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