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# LGBTQ+ BBC staff told to accept hearing views they disagree with: “That’s what the BBC is.”
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/lgbtq-bbc-staff-told-to-accept-hearing-views-they-disagree-with-thats-what-the-bbc-is/
- Published: 2021-11-16T09:09:19.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-15T16:35:56.000Z
- Description: Head of outgoing news Fran Unsworth has told LGBTQ+ BBC staff to get used to hearing and seeing views that they do “not personally like”.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Queer Corner, BBC, LGBTQ, Stonewall, Stonewall's Diversity Champions programme, Tim Davie, Trans, transphobia

During a meeting between LGBTQ+ staff and BBC director Tim Davie, head of outgoing news Fran Unsworth [reportedly](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fran-unsworth-tells-bbc-staff-get-used-to-hearing-views-you-dont-like-gz7f07cpk?ref=scenemag.co.uk) told staff to get used to hearing and seeing views that they do *“not personally like”*, as *“that’s what the BBC is”*. Following the news that many BBC staff are [resigning](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/lgbtq-staff-quitting-bbc-over-hostile-environment/) due to anti-LGBTQ+ ‘hostility’ within the organisation, Unsworth – who is due to leave her position in January – told meeting attendees that they should not *“walk away from the conversation.”*

Davie also addressed the BBC’s [recent decision](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/bbc-quits-stonewalls-diversity-champions-programme/) to withdraw from Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme, insisting that the broadcaster remains committed to making LGBTQ+ staff feel comfortable in the workplace. However, some meeting attendees argued that the BBC was *“institutionally transphobic”*, and that Davie *“was not in a position to make decisions on this issue, because he’s not trans.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bbc-trans-600-400.jpg)

The BBC has been accused of platforming transphobia on multiple occasions, including the recent publishing of an [anti-trans article](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/bbc-condemned-for-anti-trans-article/) titled: *“We’re being pressured into sex by some trans women”*. The supposedly ‘investigative’ piece details the experience of some lesbians who say that they are *“increasingly being pressured and coerced into accepting trans women as partners”*, and was met with widespread backlash for spreading *“myths”* about the trans community. Despite the outrage caused by the article, the BBC has insisted that it was *“carefully considered”* and meets editorial standards.