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November 13, 2017

Editor and reporter both leave Kentish Gazette after suspension over column which got transgender issues ‘badly wrong’

By Dominic Ponsford

The editor of the Kentish Gazette and a reporter have both left the title after being suspended following publication of an article that publisher KM Group said got transgender issues “badly wrong”.

Editor Bob Bounds and reporter Alex Claridge were suspended last month after the  Harry Bell column, which uses a pseudonym to cover topics in a more informal way, singled out a “very obvious transperson” in Canterbury in an apparent attempt to tackle trans issues.

The column ran in the 5 October edition of the weekly title, which is owned by the Kent Messenger (KM) Group – itself bought out by Iliffe Media earlier this year.

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