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TIL in 2024 the BBC censored a non-binary reference in a Transformers cartoon
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𝙈𝙞𝙖 quokk.au Quokka@quokk.au
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With all the news about the BBC censoring a “Protect the Dolls” t-shirt, it’s sad to see how this transphobic trend goes back years. The BBC is literally participating in trans erasure.

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DeadEndLink lemmy.ca DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca
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BBC is a fucking joke.

Transformers has had variable gender characters going back to the 80s/90s.

Nobody complained about fucking "woke" back then.

So sick of this garbage society.

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Category:Nonbinary_characters

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Obituarykidney lemmy.world Obituarykidney@lemmy.world
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They cut drag race, a gay dating show, and spent the time/money to censor a shirt that said "protect the dolls" on a dancing show. All within the last couple of months. Definitely starting to see a pattern with them.

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orca orcas.enjoying.yachts orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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They cut drag race, a gay dating show, and spent the time/money to censor a shirt that said "protect the dolls" on a dancing show. All within the last couple of months. Definitely starting to see a pattern with them.

The authoritarianism pattern is sweeping the world right now.

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setVeryLoud(true); lemmy.ca isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca
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2024? Wtf. Also, non-binary is so mild on the queer-ness scale, it's just refusing the concept gender binary altogether. (am non-binary)

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otp sh.itjust.works otp@sh.itjust.works
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BBC is a fucking joke. Transformers has had variable gender characters going back to the 80s/90s. Nobody complained about fucking "woke" back then. So sick of this garbage society. https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Category:Nonbinary_characters

The first one I checked seemed to be a character with no confirmed gender. That seems a bit misleading.

Which character from the 80s is actually non-binary?

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latetolemmy lemmy.world latetolemmy@lemmy.world
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NigelFrobisher aussie.zone NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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The first one I checked seemed to be a character with no confirmed gender. That seems a bit misleading. Which character from the 80s is actually non-binary?

All of them, according to Furman.

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NigelFrobisher aussie.zone NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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They cut drag race, a gay dating show, and spent the time/money to censor a shirt that said "protect the dolls" on a dancing show. All within the last couple of months. Definitely starting to see a pattern with them.

The Brexiteer Tory Remnant government filled the top ranks with loyalists a few years back. They didn’t like it being non-partison, so they said it was biased so they could make political appointments.

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abbiistabbii piefed.blahaj.zone abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone
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I fucking hate living on TERF Island, or as I call it; The Accursed Archipelago.

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DeadEndLink lemmy.ca DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca
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The first one I checked seemed to be a character with no confirmed gender. That seems a bit misleading. Which character from the 80s is actually non-binary?

Overlord.

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captain_oni lemmy.blahaj.zone captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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otp sh.itjust.works otp@sh.itjust.works
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Overlord.

I really want this to be true, but I'm not seeing it. The page has a note near the top:

Exactly who—and even what—Overlord is varies greatly from continuity to continuity, to the point that it could conceivably be argued whether or not the different incarnations represent different characters. See individual sections below for details.

The text "male" only appears in the word "malevolent". The text "binary" only appears in the link to the parent category "Non-binary" characters, so it doesn't seem like this is actually a non-binary (or similar) character.

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otp sh.itjust.works otp@sh.itjust.works
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All of them, according to Furman.

I mean, objects don't need to have genders! Lol

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viJilance lemmy.ca viJilance@lemmy.ca
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BBC is a fucking joke. Transformers has had variable gender characters going back to the 80s/90s. Nobody complained about fucking "woke" back then. So sick of this garbage society. https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Category:Nonbinary_characters

It was barely a thing in the 80s if at all, before it was used as a propaganda tool to brainwash children.

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JustPlainDave lemmy.zip JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip
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It was barely a thing in the 80s if at all, before it was used as a propaganda tool to brainwash children.

Is it embarrassing being that dumb or are you just not smart enough to know how dumb you are?

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tempest lemmy.ca tempest@lemmy.ca
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Is it embarrassing being that dumb or are you just not smart enough to know how dumb you are?

No chance they know how stupid they are.

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ILikeBoobies lemmy.ca ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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It was barely a thing in the 80s if at all, before it was used as a propaganda tool to brainwash children.

You responded to a comment that sourced their claim with a non-sourced rebuttal.

Do better.

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terwn43lp lemmy.world toxicbubble@lemmy.world
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why do robots need genders in the first place 🤔

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