Europe @feddit.de SubArcticTundra @lemmy.ml 10 mo. ago

The Guardian gets a dedicated Europe Edition

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Hopefully the transphobia can be quarantined to the cursed UK edition
- I'm not aware of the situation - are the journalists transphobic or the commenters?
  
  The journalists. The Guardian has been shockingly bad when it comes to transphobia, to the point where the writers for the US edition has publicly criticized the UK edition.
  
  Given it's position as a mostly progressive/liberal paper their line on transgender topics is weirdly backwards. And it's not just commenters. It does match the overall atmosphere in the UK in general, but it's extremely jarring when looking at it from the outside.
  
  And so that it's not just a "I told you so":
  
  https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-guardian-faces-boycott-from-lgbtqia-journalists/
  
  https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/10/08/guardian-transphobia-protest-london/
  
  https://rejs71.medium.com/is-the-guardian-transphobic-yes-and-no-4fefc796eaef
  
  There are rumours that the editor, Kath Viner, is a TERF, though she hasn’t made her own views clear. The Guardian has given columns to a lot of professional anti-trans commentators, such as Hadley Freeman, Julie Bindel and Suzanne Moore.
- That would be lovely.
I like this because it strengthens the concept of there being such thing as a 'Eurosphere'
- Would you say the concept of "eurosphere" is a good thing? For me it is synonymous to the "eurobubble" and the large gap between EU institutions and citizens.
  
  Oh I see. I didn't think about the eurobubble aspect of it. I like there being a eurosphere because it would create a 'European' super-national identity which I feel would be quite a unifying thing for Europe
Ironic, but understandable

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