Campaigners against the normalisation of self-mutilating surgery have said a scene in Casualty, broadcast before the watershed, was a “new low” and questioned whether the BBC is taking its safeguarding responsibilities “seriously”. The Telegraph has more.
The BBC has been criticised over an episode of Casualty which shows a non-binary character discussing top surgery.
The campaign group Safe Schools Alliance posted on social media that this was a “new low” for the broadcaster, adding that it had “continually appeased the ideologues in their organisation rather than engaging with experts who understand child development and safeguarding”.
Others criticised the decision to show the scene before the 9pm watershed when children could be watching the show.
The episode, which aired at 8.20pm on Saturday on BBC One, includes a character discussing their “top surgery” and being presented with a surprise cake shaped like breasts.
‘Top surgery’ commonly refers to a mastectomy carried out on transgender men to remove breast tissue.
The character, Sah, said in another clip released by the BBC:
Fair Play for Women, a female rights charity, questioned if the BBC had taken its safeguarding responsibilities “seriously” in choosing to air the episode.
Posting a screenshot of an FOI sent to the BBC asking for the names of external groups consulted about the “top surgery” storyline, the charity said: “Let’s see whether the BBC team took its safeguarding responsibilities seriously.”
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I know the article is covering a ftm ( female to male ) transition situation but you cannot move on social media without coming across a *lot* of people who regret their surgeries. There is an awful lot of buyer’s remorse going on and I think what the BBC are doing by showing this topic in a positive light ( or at least not a negative one ) on prime time TV is reprehensible. Kids are watching this sh*t!
One example. Cut your penis off and there’s really no going back;
https://twitter.com/DrLoupis/status/1665612862415589376
BBC have been at the leftist propaganda game for years. I remember passing a TV set in a hotel 15 years ago and there was an episode of the dreadful Eastenders on there. In the Eastenders pub I saw the gay man, plus the gay muslim, the lesbian, the wheel chair, the assortment of minorities, the crossdresser etc etc all in the 5 seconds I was looking at the TV.
Is Eastenders still on the Tellybox?
What is Eastenders?
The opposite of Westenders
I have no idea if the dreadful trash is still on there. The 5 seconds I saw of it in a hotel was enough to realise it is vomit inducing BBC drama used to promote diversity and equality. —-Sad.
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Matt Walsh’s documentary “What is a Woman?” still available on Twitter…
https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1664424891372941312
170 million views so far. Definitely worth watching IMO.
I watched ‘What is a Woman’, it’s very good. If Louis Theroux had made it 10 years ago, even 5 years ago, the BBC would have happily broadcast it. Everyone would have had a good laugh at the views expressed. It’s a measure of how far & fast opinion of the broadcasters has moved that now it’s banned. However, I’m sure 90% of the population would still see it as a comedic documentary poking fun at a bizarre minority view.
Matt Walsh: “I’m just trying to start by getting to the truth.”
Professor: “I’m really uncomfortable with that language of getting to the truth.
…You keep invoking the word ‘truth,’ which is both condescending and rude.”
They are scum.
Plain and precise language is another cause that needs championing.
“Top surgery” – a disgraceful, cowardly euphemism for female mutilation, every bit as heinous as female genital mutilation – or are we going to start calling that something different as well, minor genital alteration or some such?
The fact that they will not refer to this procedure as what it is, a medically unnecessary, elective mastectomy (presumably because it would be extremely offensive to women who were forced to undergo mastectomies due to breast cancer), or the hacking or cutting off of breasts, but choose to use the inoffensive, sanguine term of “top surgery” shows they wish to hide what it truly is.
Ditto for the ridiculous phrase “bottom surgery”, which is a substantial reconstruction of a person’s genital and urinary system.
Let us call these things what they are – medically unnecessary mutilation and removal of body parts, which entail a multitude of physical risks (as well as psychological risks), the main beneficiaries of which would appear to be the pharmaceutical and health care industries. The mutilation procedures involve big money, and if things go wrong – kerching, even more money, yay!
I agree and also detest those terms, ”bottom/top surgery”. It also comes across as evasive and that they’re wanting to trivialise something which is incredibly complex and intricate surgery which can never be reversed. Well, not unless you wish to mangle your genito-urinary system further and incur more life-altering damage.
The fact that they will not refer to this procedure as what it is, a medically unnecessary, elective mastectomy
Medically unecessary is an important point: Despite all advances of technology, this will result in considerable pain for a prolonged period of time (months), ie, until the fairly large wounds have healed, and it’s absolutely not risk-free. People might as well die because of it and some of them certainly do. That’s a very good reason why nonsense like this should be strongly discouraged.
Excellent post.
We should always take care with the language we use and how we use it.
‘Misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ really anger me. There is one word for both – lying.
We must never cede the language and use of to our oppressors.
It would be interesting to find out how many transgender surgical interventions are carried out each year and the outcomes from those interventions. Presumably some of them are considered successful by both the surgeons and the patients?
Dear Telegraph. There is no such thing like a transgender man and no matter how much plastic surgery this entity undergoes, it’ll never become a man. Its pseudo-balls, provided it has some, will never hurt.
BBC´s Bud-Lite moment . . .
BBC´s Bud-Lite moment . . .If only.
”When Ritchie Herron woke after gender reassignment surgery, he had a feeling he had made a terrible mistake.
Five years later, his scars still sometimes weep and he cannot walk long distances or ride a bike. “I’ve awakened from what was a mental health crisis, to a body that will be for ever changed and damaged,” he said. He no longer identifies as transgender and is living as a gay man “as best I can, given what has happened”.
Now, the Newcastle-based civil servant, 36, has launched legal action against NHS England, alongside the “heartbroken” father of a 21-year-old who has been booked in for imminent genital-removal surgery at an adult gender clinic. The two men are demanding a judicial review which includes an independent inquiry into the safety of NHS treatments being offered to young people under the age of 25 who are experiencing gender dysphoria.”
https://archive.is/2023.06.03-232645/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-trans-surgery-damaged-my-body-for-ever-its-not-safe-jt2hhbrgk
If he has really had this surgery or is not just playing someone who has the surely he must also have his gonads and penis removed. Even if he does, that will not make him a woman.