IPSO‘s head of standards and regulation Jane Debois explains why the press regulator is consulting on its new guidance on reporting sex and gender identity.

Over recent years, there has been a developing and complex debate on sex and gender identity. This has had significant implications for journalists; this debate is felt very deeply, with great seriousness and sincerity, by many people, no matter what their views are.

In fact, the strength of feeling is a unifying factor in this debate which is otherwise hugely polarised.