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mxactivist:

Support the BBC for having a trans character in recent episodes of ‘Doctor Who’

Apparently the BBC (UK) has had 144 complaints about a recent episode of Doctor Who because it contained an openly trans character.

News article screenshot. Newspaper name: Deadline. Headline: 'Doctor Who' Gets More Than 100 Complaints Over "Inappropriate" Transgender Character By Jake Kanter, December 8, 2023 1:43am. Photograph with caption: 'Doctor Who' starts David Tennant and Yasmin Finney.ALT

I’ve made a complaint to the BBC that there weren’t enough transgender characters in Doctor Who. I would love if 144 other people did the same thing. Here’s the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint

(For your easy reference: “The Star Beast” aired on 25/11/2023 on BBC One, and the trans character is called Rose.)

Please note that the complaint form asks for your UK postcode, so only UK folks can join in with this - but if you suspect you might have any UK-based followers, maybe give us a reblog to boost the signal?

Edit: I’m told that you can fill in the form even if you’re outside of the UK, because the BBC provide service to many countries other than the UK, including the USA! Go for it. :D

Reply to confirm that you’ve done it, so I can keep a count!

Here’s my complaint:

Screenshot of online form. Select the best category to describe your complaint: Bias What is the subject of your complaint? Not enough trans people. Please enter your complaint, and please don’t add personal details such as your name, email or phone number in this field – we’ll ask you for those at the next stage. Textbox: I am upset because Doctor Who only two transgender characters - Rose (Donna's daughter) and the Doctor. I think Doctor Who would be way better if there were more trans people in it. If we assume the Doctor is genderfluid kinda, and Rose is a trans woman, there should at least be a trans man in there somewhere! Anyway, thank you for adding some trans representation, I appreciate it, and I'm sorry to hear you had complaints about Doctor Who being "too woke". Trans people are all over the shop in real life, it only makes sense to have them on TV every now and again too. Take care, [remaining text not visible]ALT

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Edit again: I’m seeing some concerns in the replies/reblogs that the BBC might not distinguish between “less trans people, please” complaints and “more trans people, please” complaints. Rest assured, this is nothing to worry about - the BBC publish fortnightly complaint reports, and they do pay enough attention to know when a complaint is in favour of or against trans inclusion. In fact, their 20 November – 3 December 2023 report is where the various news articles are getting the 144 complaints figure; that report says there were precisely 144 complaints that they have categorised as “Anti-male / inappropriate inclusion of transgender character”.

That means the next complaints fortnight window is 4 December - 17 December. We have 8 more days to beat 144. By my count, over Tumblr, WhatsApp, the Fediverse and Telegram, we have 85 so far, which is well over halfway there.

Also, when you’ve done it, please reply to confirm you have done it, so that I can count us!

Thank you, everyone!