BBC gets 115 complaints for Father Ted creator's comments on transgender kids

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Graham Linehan has come under fire for his comments

The BBC has been hit with viewer complaints after Father Ted creator Graham Linehan compared doctors treating transgender children to Nazis experimenting on kids in concentration camps.

According to the BBC complaints report which is published fortnightly, the BBC Two channel received 115 complaints because of the following, ‘Bias against Graham Linehan / felt Graham Linehan’s views on the transgender community were offensive.’‘You say you have been vilified, and have even lost work because of speaking out in this trans debate,’ she began.

The Father Ted writer defended his comments as he continued: ‘There are a couple of parallels, one is at the moment children are being experimented on with puberty blockers.’

 

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