Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-12-26 16:23:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 64E1D134EBA73E6FDEF251E912F214EF5B11E75F2499F8265655EBC6BA8959AA
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsstyleguide/g#:~:text=For%20wider%20references%2C%20talk%20about,feel%20represented%20by%20these%20initials The use of "queer" to describe a gay man by a BBC social media account does not comply with the BBC's own style guide:- "The issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people can be very different and the more specific we can be with our language, the better."
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