Respectful reporting on gender identity

The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, 10 January 2017

Kristen Hilton, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner, said that despite great advances in recent years, misgendering still occurs in the media and can be particularly harmful to trans people.

“Getting the language right is respectful and easy to achieve,” Commissioner Hilton said. The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission has developed an easy-to-use gender identity reporting guide to help with this.

Download attachments:

• Guide for media – gender identity (JPG 1.8MB)
• Guide for media – gender identity (PDF 200KB)
• Guide for media – gender identity (DOC 560KB)