Julie Burchill’s article ‘Transexuals Should Cut It Out’ published in The Observer on January 13th 2013 did not “breach the editors’ code of practice” according to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), although it was found to be offensive.
Campaigners remain unhappy, however, and argue that the article did more than transcend barriers of what constitutes good taste. Referring to “chicks with dicks” and “women, real or imagined” was, they argue, discriminatory on the grounds of gender.
Guardian newspapers, who own The Observer, removed the article after complaints on the 14th of January, but it was re-published on The Telegraph website.