Trans activist India Willoughby, who last night had the words ‘Labour Killing Trans’ written on her arms at the Attitude Awards, has criticised producers of Big Brother for casting “anti-trans” events organiser Ryan Bradshaw, who mocked ‘woke people’ using ‘certain pronouns’.
In his intro tape, Blackpool native Ryan said: ‘There’s a lot of woke people out there. It’s all well and good if you want to use certain pronouns and I get that. It gets a bit confusing sometimes when people start identifying as a spoon or whatnot.’
Really disappointing @bbuk . I wonder if this guy would have been allowed in the BB house if he’d been derogatory about Black, Asian or Jewish people in his VT? It really is shocking how trans people can now be openly belittled in the UK. Mainstream. @ITV https://t.co/JWFSCdtDgZ
— India Willoughby (@IndiaWilloughby) October 7, 2024
Sharing a clip of him on X, India wrote: Really disappointing, Big Brother UK. I wonder if this guy would have been allowed in the BB house if he’d been derogatory about Black, Asian or Jewish people in his VT?
‘It really is shocking how trans people can now be openly belittled in the UK mainstream.
An X user commented on India’s post saying they feel society is going backwards to which India replied: ‘Absolutely’
They wrote: ‘Especially given a trans person WON Big Brother like 20 years ago. Like, how far backwards have we gone!?’
India replied: ‘Absolutely. It’s all a joke to them. Reminds me of the 70s.’
A Big Brother spokesperson said in response: ‘Housemates receive Respect and Inclusion training and an extensive briefing from the Big Brother Senior team to prepare them for living in the House and to set out Big Brother’s expectation for appropriate behaviour and language.’