Adult film actress Lily Cade had called for the ‘lynching’ of high-profile trans women
BBC removed the words from a controversial article about a porn star’s comments Article about lesbians who claim they were pressured to have sex with transgender women after she claimed that transgender people are ‘vile and weak’.
The broadcaster defends the piece that was published last week under the headline “We’re being forced into sexby some trans women” after complaints that it was ‘transphobic’ and ‘poorly evidenced’.
On Thursday the BBC said the article has been edited to remove the quotes of former porn actress Lily Cade ‘in light of comments she has published on blog posts in recent days, which we have been able to verify’.
Ms. Cade had called to have trans women of high profile ‘lynched’ and called them vile, weak, disgusting’ on her website. It has been down since Wednesday.
She said: “I need the mothers to my side.” I’m on the side for the breeders. I am on the side for the children. F*** feelings. I care about the emotional and physical well-being of the future generations, not some spoiled little f*** of the easiest, stupidest, path of least resistance society that has ever existed’s bulls*** delusions.
‘No woman should ever feel sorry for a weak man. Tear your f***ing blinders off, b****, what the f*** is wrong with you? Your pity rewards weak people for their weakness. That pity has cost your children their futures.
These comments were not included in the BBC article.
More than 20,000 people have signed an open letter condemning the BBC’s piece and accusing it of ‘transphobia’.
A statement on the BBC’s complaints page stated that “We acknowledge that an admission made by the same contributor should have appeared in the original article.”
After publishing an article detailing the pressures that three lesbians faced from their trans-partners into having sex, the BBC faced a fierce backlash
An open letter was signed by more than 20,000 people condemning the article
A spokesperson for the BBC stated that “This is an important piece journalism that raises issues that need to be discussed.”
“We have updated the article, published last Wednesday, to remove a contributor from one person in light of comments she published on blog posts in the recent days, which have we been able to confirm.
“We acknowledge that an admission by the same contributor of inappropriate behavior should have been included in this article.”
The piece was published last week and asked whether lesbians are ‘transphobic’ if they don’t want to have sex in public with trans women.
It also contained comments from a number lesbians who claimed they were criticised for not wanting sex with transwomen, including one who said that someone had told them they would rather kill me than Hitler.
Trans Activism UK sent a letter to the BBC critiquing the article. It was signed by more then 20,000 people.
It criticised the piece’s inclusion of a social media survey of 80 lebians. 56% responded that they had been coerced or pressured to accept a transgender woman for a sexual partner.
The letter stated that the article “dangerously frames” lesbians being pressured to sex as a widespread problem’.
The BBC has now updated the article, revealing that Ms Cade had been removed from the article
Caroline Lowbridge, the author of this article, spoke to three women using aliases. They said they had faced backlash after they stated that they didn’t want sex with trans women.
Jennie, who is a lesbian who is attracted to biologically female women, said that she was transphobic and a Genital Fetist, a Pervert, and a Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF).
She said to the BBC: “I’ve had someone say they would rather kill my than Hitler.”
‘They said that they would strangle me with their belts if they were in a crowded room with Hitler and me. It was so bizarrely violent because I won’t have sexual relations with trans women.
Another woman, Chloe, said to the BBC that she felt so pressured that she had sex at university with a transgender woman after repeatedly explaining her indifference.
She continued, “I felt very guilty for hating every minute, because the idea that we are attracted to gender over sex is what I felt, and I felt terrible for feeling like that.”
Ms Lowbridge stated that those who were affected had told her that the pressures came from a small number of transgender women.