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# Protest held outside BBC after anti-trans article
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/protest-held-outside-bbc-after-anti-trans-article/
- Published: 2021-11-08T13:33:57.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-08T10:34:32.000Z
- Description: On November 6, around 100 people gathered outside of the BBC headquarters in London to protest the publishing of an anti-trans article.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, BBC, LGBTQ, London, Trans

On Saturday November 6, around 100 people gathered outside of the BBC headquarters in London to protest the 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”*, which detailed the experiences of some lesbians who said they are *“increasingly being pressured and coerced into accepting trans women as partners”.* Despite widespread backlash, the BBC has [defended the article](https://www.gscene.com/news/transgender-news/bbc-defends-anti-trans-article/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) and confirmed that it will remain live on its website.

The crowd of protestors included non-binary comedian [Mae Martin](https://www.instagram.com/p/CV8HMpxMIy5/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed), who wrote on social media: “\[I am unsettled\] *by the fact that and other UK media continue to uncritically platform misinformed, demonstrably biased and transphobic opinions. It’s bad journalism and it’s contributing to a culture of hysteria that makes life scarier for trans/nonbinary people in this country (and it was already scary).”*

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

The anonymous organiser of the protest told LGBTQ+ news outlet, [*What The Trans!?*](https://www.whatthetrans.com/london-protest-2021/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), that the article was written *“without evidence, to paint a target on the backs of every trans person in the country.”* They added: *“This is not news, it is targeted hate-propaganda that has no place on any news platform. The UK media has hermetically sealed trans people out of the discussion about trans people, this is the real silencing.”*