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  • India Willoughby will not accept Amanda Barrie’s misgendering apology

    “Apology not accepted” India Willoughby, 52, has taken a firm stance on misgendering while in the Celebrity Big Brother house and has refused to accept the apology of 82-year-old veteran actor Amanda Barrie. In the lead up to India not accepting Corrie legend Amanda Barrie’s apology, Amanda misgendered India twice. India accused Amanda of misgendering her – and […]

  • BIG GAY GLOSSARY | Misgendering

    BIG GAY GLOSSARY | Misgendering

    What does Misgendering mean?   Misgendering is when someone accidentally or deliberately refers to a person with the wrong gender pronoun. It can happen to cisgender and transgender people. Referring to a trans woman as “he” saying “him” or “his” or a trans man as a “she” or “her” is misgendering. It is considered deeply offensive […]

  • Did we misgender Jack Monroe in our reports?

    Editorial note: For those of you who are wondering why we used the female pronouns “she” and “her” in our latest reports about Jack Monroe and her legal case against Katie Hopkins, we approached Jack to find out which pronouns she would prefer us to use before filing our article. Jack Monroe told us that female […]

  • DILEMMA | My co-workers aren’t respecting my identity, they keep misgendering me

    DILEMMA | My co-workers aren’t respecting my identity, they keep misgendering me

    A reader is finding that their co-workers are misgendering them. The only problem is the reader hasn’t yet spoken up about it yet.