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The journalist investigated by police for ‘using the wrong pronouns’

Here we go again. Another woman is facing a police investigation – and potentially, a jail sentence — because she wrote things online about sex, gender and a person who changed gender.

So far, so familiar, but this tale has a significant feature. The woman is a journalist. A British police force is investigating a journalist over words that she published.

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James Kirkup
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James Kirkup is a partner at Apella Advisors and a senior fellow at the Social Market Foundation.

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