by Newswire

The Sun newspaper has been slammed by the charity Trans Media Watch for institgating a “hunt” for a pregnant man.

Paris Lees from TMW said the Sun was harassing the individual:

Is it in the public interest if a private individual chooses to become pregnant? Quite frankly, this person’s gender identity is nobody else’s business – and certainly not cause for a national phone-in.

The Sun has urged its readers to call a hotline and expose the man’s identity.

The move has led to heightened anxiety in the trans community.

There are trans men around the country who’ve been living in fear for the past few days, scared they could be paraded as freaks on the Sun’s front page. What right does a newspaper have to make innocent members of the public feel this way?

TMW has taken its complaint to the PCC, saying the Sun breaches the PCC Editors’ Code in four areas: privacy, harassment, protection of children, and discrimination.