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17 March 2011updated 17 Jan 2012 5:01am

A step forward for privacy and dignity

Channel 4 launches a significant memorandum of understanding.

By David Allen Green

Earlier this week, Channel 4 hosted the launch of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which it has entered into with Trans Media Watch, an organisation set up to combat prejudiced, sensationalist, and inaccurate depictions of transgender people in the media. The MoU is a practical and constructive attempt to improve the depictions of transgender people. I was honoured to be invited to speak at this launch, alongside Lynne Featherstone MP, the excellent Lib Dem equalities minister.

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