Benjamin Cohen

CEO @PinkNews 👬: @DrAnthonyJames 🍼Dad to Macaulay, #Jew✡️, Live with #MS, #Disabled

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

The BBC has deleted its own defamatory content about us, but the impact of social media means that once a false claim has been published, it is impossible to ever completely remove it from the internet. (3/

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

The BBC's apology and full retraction of false claims about my husband and me did nothing to cover the impact of the people who spread the BBC's false claims on social media, nor the impact it had on our family life, just months after we welcomed our son born through surrogacy. (1/

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

@JournalistJill I note they knew exactly what a woman was when trying to hire female staff members’ uteruses.

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

During our routine parental order hearing at the family court, the magistrate commented on the negative impact of social media speculation relating to our surrogacy journey, and this followed extended investigations by social workers because of the BBC's false claims (2/

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

@taylorkwinship @jk_rowling The limitation of defamation is a year. Also in absolute fairness, JK Rowling has donated more towards MS research than I could possibly even imagine even with the BBC’s assistance yesterday and as someone who lives with MS, for that anyway I’m always grateful.

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

@steverichards14 You are 100% right, and no lessons will ever be learned, and the mistakes will keep on happening

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

@jk_rowling @DreyfusJames @PinkNews I thought you might want to read this considering your post of the earlier article in this series two years ago https://t.co/vmAfFeMxRC

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

@SteveO726332 @GuidoFawkes It’s the BBC.

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

@ripx4nutmeg @DrAnthonyJames I'm not aware that the MS Society or the Bedfordshire NHS Trust Charity are trans charities

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

🚨At the High Court today, the BBC has withdrawn and apologised for false and defamatory allegations made about myself and my husband @DrAnthonyJames in 2024. We will be donating the compensation to charity.

More to follow.

https://t.co/XMmpiaGp0u

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

@nlygo Thanks!

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

Just to say- on Threads this birthday post for me and our son got nothing but love. Every post on this platform about my family ultimately results in homophobic, racist and ableist comments. I think that this tells me everything I need to know.

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

@mssocietyuk @Laviai This is so incredible, congratulations @Laviai a massive inspiration to those of us with MS even if we can only manage a basic Peloton class!

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

@ProfWoodward Yeah basically the GP receptionist predicted that I would go backwards and forwards as they’ve had a lot of it this week with 111 but said that would just have to try and make the 111 operator refer me to the right person

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

Dressed in 2020 vintage to look after Macaulay today as both Daddies have Covid

As someone with MS on an immunosuppressant it was a more confusing process with the NHS than the height of the pandemic but I started antiviral treatment within 5 hours of a positive result

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

When I had Covid in 2022, I registered my result online in the evening and had a call the next morning to say that someone would drop the medication to me. This time was actually faster but a lot more steps and confusion.

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

The process I went through: Letter from NHS a while ago said to call GPs, they said to call 111, 111 booked me an call with my own GP who then told me to call 111 back, eventually a 111 GP prescribed the treatment which my Mum got for me after phoning around 5 pharmacies

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

@JulietteBuet @PinkNews @DrAnthonyJames Thanks loving being a Daddy!

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

19 years ago today saw the birth of my first baby @PinkNews- I love it but not as much as our actual baby Macaulay!

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

@AnotherQuinn1 @BraddockBessie I said my little nieces have a trans cousin. I don’t as far as I know but would welcome them if I did.

[Benjamin Cohen @benjamincohen]

@PickardJE 👏👏👏