UK Reform

London — The BBC is under mounting pressure after more than 650 parents lodged a formal complaint with Ofcom, accusing the broadcaster of biased coverage on transgender issues that they claim has negatively influenced their children. The group, organised under the Bayswater Support Group, alleges that the BBC’s reporting has created a "constant drip feed of one-sided stories... celebrating the trans experience without adequate balance or objectivity". Many parents say this coverage led their children to believe they were transgender, only for them to later regret or reverse their decisions. The complaint comes amid growing scrutiny of the BBC’s editorial approach to gender identity. Earlier this year, internal concerns were raised in an explosive memo from Michael Prescott, a former independent adviser to the BBC’s editorial guidelines committee, who warned that the broadcaster’s trans coverage was subject to, “effective censorship”, by specialist LGBT reporters unwillin...