National press or national bigots?
Apparently, in Britain in the National Press mid-summer is known as the ‘Silly-season’, however recent reporting in certain of our National Newspapers has been far from silly, and to my mind bigoted and almost hate filled!
In my last blog I mentioned how great it was to know there is a National Trans Police Association when I visited ‘Sparkle’ in Manchester, yet in two of our National Newspapers it was an excuse for what I’d describe as ‘sheer bigotry. The two newspapers are The Daily Mail and The Daily Express, and amongst the headlines were: “And if you thought WPCs in burqas were ridiculous”, “Sex Swap Police Scandal”, “Pictured: The trans-gender police roadshow spreading the word at a gay festival,” Remember as I blogged earlier, Sparkle is a transgenderd festival, not gay festival! Thai probably says a heck of a lot about the standard of reporting in those newspapers, but I know that their readers believe what their newspapers say!
The reports can be read here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1206415/And-thought-WPCs-burqas-ridiculous.html
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/120671/Sex-swap-police-scandal-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206747/Pictured-The-trans-gender-police-roadshow-spreading-word-gay-festival.html
There are some greats shots of the girls at sparkle however in one of the articles!
On the positive side details of the National Trans Police Association are at:
http://www.ntpa.org.uk/ . I think the ‘so called newspapers are stirring up Trans Hatred to ‘up’ their circulation figures, but shouldn’t the anti-hate crime laws be used against this bigotry!
In my last blog I mentioned how great it was to know there is a National Trans Police Association when I visited ‘Sparkle’ in Manchester, yet in two of our National Newspapers it was an excuse for what I’d describe as ‘sheer bigotry. The two newspapers are The Daily Mail and The Daily Express, and amongst the headlines were: “And if you thought WPCs in burqas were ridiculous”, “Sex Swap Police Scandal”, “Pictured: The trans-gender police roadshow spreading the word at a gay festival,” Remember as I blogged earlier, Sparkle is a transgenderd festival, not gay festival! Thai probably says a heck of a lot about the standard of reporting in those newspapers, but I know that their readers believe what their newspapers say!
The reports can be read here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1206415/And-thought-WPCs-burqas-ridiculous.html
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/120671/Sex-swap-police-scandal-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206747/Pictured-The-trans-gender-police-roadshow-spreading-word-gay-festival.html
There are some greats shots of the girls at sparkle however in one of the articles!
On the positive side details of the National Trans Police Association are at:
http://www.ntpa.org.uk/ . I think the ‘so called newspapers are stirring up Trans Hatred to ‘up’ their circulation figures, but shouldn’t the anti-hate crime laws be used against this bigotry!