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[CatMor]

1. How are they supposed to write about it if they can't attend..

Is the BBC considering the events not news. It doesn't make sense.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Attending personally and attending as working press are different things. They can't attend a lot...

of things that are politically charged unless reporting on them. Reporters in the US often even don't register to vote with a party.

The question is-- are they banned from all politically charged events or just left-leaning ones?

[CatMor]

5. I read it wrong as you are right ...

but I'm not sure it is fair to the workers.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Life is not always fair. And as often for good reason as not.

[msongs]

3. are they penalized to attend hetero events (99% of all events are default hetero) nt

[geardaddy]

4. Are they banned from other political events

Like Guy Fawkes Day?

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Article has been changed to say "told not to attend LGBT pride *protests*"

though the headline has not.

BBC staff who are required to be politically neutral have been told not to attend LGBT pride protests under new impartiality rules announced on Thursday, i has learned.

David Jordan, the corporation’s director of editorial policy and standards, told a meeting of senior executives on Wednesday that the new rules include not attending “political protests”, such as Black Lives Matter events and LGBT protests.

According to sources, there was pressure to extend the ban to pride events over concerns the BBC could be seen to take a side in the debate around transgender rights.
...
Staff were told that attending pride can be acceptable if it is seen as “a celebration”, but in cases where it is a protest, such as with the “trans issue”, as it was described, the rules on impartiality apply.

A non-binary staff member later questioned “what you mean by the trans issue”. Management clarified that they hoped their shorthand choice of words had not caused offence.

It still sounds dubious. There may need to be warnings to news staff to be careful about participating in protests they may have to cover something related to, but why single out LGBT?

[Denzil_DC]

8. This sounds like it could be a series of lawsuits waiting to happen.

Discrimination in employment on the grounds of sexual orientation is against the law under the Equality Act 2010. That surely extends to employees' non-work activities.