Transphobia row | BBC boss tells LGBT+ staff: 'get used to hearing views you don't like'

A BBC chief has told LGBT+ staff to get used to hearing views they disagree, amid accusations from its own employees that it was “institutionally transphobic”.

As reported by The Times, the broadcaster’s Head of News, Fran Unsworth, hit back against claims during a Zoom call with the BBC’s Pride network last Friday morning.

The meeting was reportedly held in the wake of the corporation’s departure from Stonewall’s diversity champions scheme, under which it paid for advice and assessment.

Critics of the BBC’s participation in the scheme argued that it “ran contrary to its commitment to impartiality, because of Stonewall’s lobbying on transgender issues”, The Times wrote.