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13 April 2013
Equality campaigner starts petition to raise awareness of trans issues after the death of Lucy Meadows 22 Many people were shocked recently by the tragic death of Lucy Meadows.
2 April 2013
London: NUJ to host debate on homophobia and transphobia in the media 4 The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is hosting a debate on homophobia and transphobia in the media, later this month.
27 March 2013
Over 200,000 sign petition for sacking of Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn over Lucy Meadows article 12 A petition calling for the sacking of Richard Littlejohn, the Daily Mail columnist who wrote an offensive article about a transgender teacher, has been delivered to the paper's offices.
27 March 2013
Lancashire: Inquest opened into death of Lucy Meadows 4 An inquest has been opened and adjourned into the death of Lucy Meadows, a teacher and trans woman in Lancashire.
26 March 2013
London: Hundreds gather outside Daily Mail offices to remember Lucy Meadows 1 Up to 300 members of the trans community and supporters gathered outside the Daily Mail offices in central London on Monday evening to hold a candlelit vigil for Lucy Meadows.
26 March 2013
Press Complaints Commission receives complaints over Daily Mail Lucy Meadows article 14 The Press Complaints Commission says it has received a number of complaints about Richard Littlejohn, the Daily Mail columnist who wrote a controversial article about a transgender teacher.
22 March 2013
Comment: Julie Burchill – the message she is sending to trans people and aspiring writers 20 Vienna Karakas writes on the Press Complaints Commission's decision regarding a transphobic article by Julie Burchill, and the implications it has for journalism.
22 March 2013
Analysis: Trans suicide and the way the media reports the trans community 37 Following the death of Lucy Meadows, Maeve Regan explores for PinkNews the impact of transphobic language in the media and the findings from the Trans Mental Health Study.
22 March 2013
UK: Activist Helen Belcher to meet MPs over media mistreatment of trans people 8 Helen Belcher of Trans Media Watch has contacted MPs over the mistreatment of Lucy Meadows, the trans teacher who was hounded by the media, and who was found dead this week.
21 March 2013
Observer transphobic Julie Burchill article did not breach Editors’ Code of Practice says PCC 45 A highly offensive article about the trans community which was written by Julie Burchill and published in the Observer did not breach the Editors’ Code of Practice, the Press Complaints Commission has ruled.
18 January 2013
Observer’s readers’ editor says ‘it was wrong’ to publish transphobic slurs 62 The Observer’s readers’ editor, Stephen Pritchard, has issued his full response into the paper’s decision to publish a transphobic article by Julie Burchill.
18 January 2013
Press Complaints Commission to investigate Julie Burchill’s transphobic article 8 The Press Complaints Commission is to launch an inquiry into the Observer's decision to publish a transphobic article by Julie Burchill.
15 January 2013
UK: Hate crime charity criticises Julie Burchill for writing ‘transphobic hatred’ 9 Hate crime charity Galop has become the latest LGBT organisation to criticise Julie Burchill for writing a highly offensive article about the trans community in last weekend’s Observer newspaper.
19 November 2010
Ray Collins and Michael Bishop to become peers + Labour Party general secretary Ray Collins and businessman Michael Bishop, who are both gay, are to become peers.
18 February 2010
Tatchell attacks PCC ruling on Jan Moir 39 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has criticised the Press Complaints Commission for rejecting complaints over Daily Mail writer Jan Moir.
18 February 2010
Comment: The PCC should not be dismantled 37 The Press Complaints Commission made the correct decision about Jan Moir's article on Stephen Gately.
18 February 2010
PCC rejects complaint over Jan Moir’s Stephen Gately article 47 The Press Complaints Commission has rejected a complaint from Stephen Gately's civil partner over a Daily Mail article about his death.
29 January 2010
Former Evening Standard theatre critic attacks newspaper’s defence of Jan Moir 28 Exclusive Nicholas de Jongh, the former Evening Standard theatre critic, has attacked the newspaper for publishing an article defending Jan Moir's remarks on Stephen Gately.
26 January 2010
Gay Daily Mail journalist to write ‘out and proud’ column 20 Andrew Pierce, the former assistant editor of the Daily Telegraph, has revealed he will write a column for the Daily Mail reflecting his "out and proud" outlook.
4 January 2010
Trans woman wins complaint against newspaper for ‘tranny’ headline 22 The Press Complaints Commission has ruled that a Belfast newspaper breached the press code of practice for calling a trans woman a "tranny".

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