A controversial newspaper columnist has been accused of being transphobic after she wrote an article attacking transsexuals as 'bed-wetters in bad wigs' and 'd**** in chicks' clothing'. Julie Burchill wrote a column in the Observer yesterday defending her friend and fellow columnist Suzanne Moore who came under fire on Twitter for an article that said women were under pressure to have bodies like 'Brazilian transsexuals'. The Observer website was swamped with comments in response to Miss Burchill's column, many describing it as 'vile' and 'horrible'. Comments have since been suspended on the story and a message posted on the website says that it is now subject to an 'inquiry' to be carried out by the paper's Readers' Editor.
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Julie Burchill has come under fire for a column in yesterday's Observer
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The columnist described transsexuals as 'd**** in chicks' clothing'
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She was writing in defence of fellow columnist Suzanne Moore
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Miss Moore had been forced off Twitter after criticism of another article
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She said women were pressured to have bodies like 'Brazilian transsexuals'
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Lib Dem minister Lynne Featherstone has called for Ms Burchill to be sacked
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Miss Featherstone also wants Observer editor John Mulholland sacked
She said on Twitter: ‘@placeholder rant against transgender community is absolutely disgusting – a bigoted vomit for which the Observer should sack her.’