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TIL in 2024 the BBC censored a non-binary reference in a Transformers cartoon (bleedingcool.com)
submitted 2 days ago by Quokka@quokk.au to c/til@lemmy.ca
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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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[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

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?

[-] DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Overlord.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

All of them, according to Furman.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

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

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