Munroe Bergdorf has been dropped as a Childline ambassador just three days after she was announced as the charity’s first LGBTQ campaigner.
Munroe released a statement, saying: “I’m so sad to be writing this, unbelievably sad. Yesterday a Times journalist Janice Turner decided to launch a transphobic hate campaign on Twitter, calling me a ‘Porn Model’ and suggesting that if @childline_official didn’t stop working with me as a campaigner they would be urging people to cancel their direct debits.
“Firstly I have never shot porn in my life, secondly demonising those who do isn’t okay either.
“This Pride Month Childline had the opportunity to lead by example and stand up for the trans community, not bow down to anti-LGBT hate and overt transphobia. But instead they decided to sever ties without speaking to me, delete all the content we made together and back-peddle without giving any reason why.
“This comes just a couple of months after parents throughout the UK threatened to remove their children from schools for teaching about LGBT relationships and identities. My role with Childline was not paid, I accepted their request to become their first LGBT+ campaigner because I care about the wellbeing of all LGBT+ kids, but especially trans kids who are consistently targeted by British media outlets.
“My heart goes out to all the LGBT+ kids who have contacted me over the past week and the 6000 LGBT+ kids who contacted Childline for help in the past year.
“Pride is about resisting this kind of hate, not giving into it.”
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