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Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *

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🧊 THEY LIED TO THE COURT ‼️ The Eastern 767 (N703KW) flight to Equatorial Guinea that ICE claimed in court was canceled – in order to avoid returning a wrongfully deported man – just landed in Malabo 👀

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

BREAKING: Officials in the Ahmed Soliman case tell the court the government can’t return him to the US on the ICE flight I reported was scheduled to land there tomorrow because it has been canceled. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Active bills in Congress seek to remove gray wolves and Mexican gray wolves from the federal Endangered Species List, all because they’re incorrectly blamed as threats to livestock producers. 📣Tell your Members of Congress to stand for wolves and oppose anti-wolf bills: https://ow.ly/bMjG5100iOP

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JD - I've got 15 free minutes before my son's hockey practice ends, so let me see how many of Trump's enrichment schemes you didn't see that I can remind you of. 1/ First one is easy: Trump has executed over 30,000 stock trades, many on inside information, netting him millions.

“Don’t you hate how you can come to America tired, poor, and huddled and make a good life for yourself? Isn’t it awful how anyone can make it in America?”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "You go up to Minnesota -- number one place in the entire country for the sale of Mercedes-Benz. And Somalians are buying them. They come here with low IQs and no money and they get rich. Do we feel stupid? Our fraud division is getting them all."

“How we gonna pay for it?”

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social

Breaking: Trump says he'll close East Potomac golf course Nov 15 and begin his overhaul. "The current Course is old, broken, dilapidated, and of no further use or effect," Trump wrote. Officials didn't immediately respond to Qs about cost and other parts of project. More with Rick Maese →

Look, if you’re too popular sometimes we just gotta shut you down. It is what it is yknow

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

NEW: META comms guy claims the takedown of the No Kings Instagram account during the largest early vote action in history was a simple error. I call BS. I’ll be speaking with @ezralevin.bsky.social at 4:20 PT (in 20 minutes) on Substack. Join the conversation: muellershewrote.com

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Meta took down the No Kings organizing page today - the biggest day of protest this fall. They provided zero explanation. It stayed down for the entire afternoon until most of the protests were done. Outrageous. Put this on the January investigation list.

There are actually several approaches better and more tactful than the DOGE hatchet job. Consider: raising taxes because we’re big kids who understand responsibility

Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Absurd: Elon Musk tells biographer Walter Isaacson in a new podcast interview that the fizzled DOGE experiment proved there's "no way we were gonna solve the deficit from within the government." "The only way we're going to solve the national debt is with AI and robots" www.axios.com/2026/10/17/e...

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Update: Montana will also be cutting coverage of care for trans youth in accordance with Trump's rule. Like Colorado, the tapering period doesn't apply to puberty blockers. Interestingly, this also confirms that Montana Medicaid restarted coverage of gender-affirming care for adults at some point.

Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com

Colorado & Michigan have become the latest blue states to end Medicaid coverage for trans youth. Solidly blue Colorado will also be IMMEDIATELY shutting off care for all trans kids receiving puberty blockers—despite Trump's rule allowing a 6 month ‘tapering’ period. This is a complete betrayal.

Laundered Russian talking point

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ron Johnson blames US for Putin invading Ukraine: "The way we treated Russia after we won the Cold War, how we pushed them. I'm not defending Putin, but we said we were not gonna move NATO one inch to the east. We brought it right to their doorstep basically. What did we think Putin was gonna do?"

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Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

Voter: So many young people can’t afford to buy a home James Talarico: I’m hearing this from young people all over the state. In the state legislature, I passed a bipartisan bill to repeal outdated regulations and allow for a new kind of housing to be built here in Texas.

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I'm in state long-term planning meetings this week, and we just saw this fascinating (& terrible) graphic on how unaffordable housing has become here in Montana. Median Price to Income Ratio Montana = 9.3 Nationally = 5.8 Ratio of 5.0 or greater is where housing is deemed "unaffordable."

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Yellowstone’s wolf packs had another poor year for pup production in 2026, according to a Park Service biologist. This follows a year when canine distemper took a significant toll on wolves across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Read more: bit.ly/4erzV8X

wyofile.comYellowstone wolves struggle to produce pups, again, but don’t blame disease this time - WyoFileDespite a continued lull in adding new wolves to the national park’s population, there are no ‘biological red flags’ that have biologists concerned.

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Montana Dem Sam Forstag just refused to throw trans people under the bus in the MT-01 debate: “Keep politics the heck out of it.” He said government has no business in sports or telling parents what to do. It’s the most competitive House race in the country. Subscribe to support our journalism.

erininthemorning.com“Keep Politics The Heck Out Of It”: In Toss-Up MT-01 Race, Dem Sam Forstag Refuses To Throw Trans People Under The BusThe Democratic candidate accused his republican opponent Aaron Flint supporting people who would “pick our pocket” by distracting voters with anti-transgender attacks.

I thought cheering for Kirk’s death was bad and wrong?

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

To "revel in the death of those who truly deserve it...is normal, good, and aligned with our natural and national order," Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey wrote on X.

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CPW has temporarily suspended lethal wolf removals. The decision comes amid concerns that the state’s wolf population may not grow this biological year, along with potential evidence of an infectious parasite that could affect wolf survival. 🔗Read more: https://ow.ly/aXll50ZTCk9

ow.lyColorado to stop killing wolves amid worries over falling population, parasites and low pup countsCPW says it will continue to work with ranchers to mitigate wolf attacks but that it must address low adult wolf survival rate and pup survival rate expected to fall

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Replying to @davidho.bsky.social

NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.

They tell us it’s a “solstice,” but do you really believe that? Night comes earlier and we’re expecting it to stop? Do you actually believe that? What might they be hiding?

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com

has anyone noticed the days are getting shorter?? what exactly is the plan when we're all engulfed in eternal darkness

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“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week. Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.

motherjones.comThe Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”