Saying ‘Trans Women’ Are Male Breaches Guidelines, Confirms BBC Chief

The director-general of the BBC has defended the corporation’s decision to uphold an impartiality complaint against a Radio 4 presenter for saying “trans women” are male. Tim Davie made the remarks during a meeting of the Culture, Media, and Sport Committee in the House of Commons on Wednesday, where he said that Justin Webb using the phrase “trans women, in other words, males,” was a breach of the BBC’s editorial guidelines. In August 2023, the corporation upheld the impartiality complaint against Mr. Webb, who had made the comment during a discussion of the new guidelines by the International Chess Federation on the “Today” programme. The federation had introduced a ban on men who identify as women competing in women-only events....