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BBC Changes Victim’s Statement To Avoid ‘Misgendering’ Her Rapist

Virginia Kruta
BBC Changes Victim’s Statement To Avoid ‘Misgendering’ Her Rapist
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reportedly changed a victim’s statement in order to avoid the backlash that could have been sparked if they had allowed her to publicly misgender her rapist.

According to a report from the Times of London, the BBC published a story about a woman who claimed that she had been raped — but her alleged attacker was a transgender woman.

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