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Ash Paley
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PhD student at IMS - University of Leeds. Neuroqueering medieval mystics.
Trans masc. Autistic 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸
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Anyone contacted should reply asking if they'll be referred to (if trans feminine) as a "biological male who identifies as a woman)".
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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This is why context and intent is important
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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I got my passport with my new name and correct gender marker last week
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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They are now referring to her entirely by her surname bar the first mention, something the BBC style guide notes is reserved for convicted criminals?
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Also obviously violating this (already awful!) part of style guide
It is BBC policy not to refer to the accused by surname alone - until a guilty verdict is returned. This is true even of people, like sportsmen and women, who would normally be referred to by surname only. Transgender, or trans, is an umbrella term for a person whose gender identity differs from their sex recorded at birth. A person born male who lives as a female, would typically be described as a “transgender woman” and would take the pronoun “she”. And vice versa. We generally use the term and pronoun preferred by the person in question, unless there are editorial reasons not to do so. If that’s unknown – apply that which fits with the way the person lives publicly. If
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Which is reserved for convicted criminals or celebrities, Sophia is neither.
honorifics: Mr, Mrs etc should be used, except for convicted criminals - and also journalists, sports people, authors, actors, artists, musicians and entertainers in their professional capacity (eg: Throughout the interview, Paxman refused to be sidetracked. But: The burglars entered Mr Paxman's house.) Court reports, in the UK and abroad, should give defendants an honorific unless and until they are convicted. In choosing between Miss, Mrs and Ms, try to find out what the person herself uses, and stick to that. Avoid foreign honorifics (eg: Herr, Madame or Signora).
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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The BBC said ‘teenage trans woman’
No she was a child
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM