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"The Observer editor John Mulholland has responded to the controversy over a recent article by Julie Burchill. The journalist wrote a piece titled &amp;#039;Transsexuals should cut it out&amp;#039;, in which she defended Suzanne Moore&amp;#039;s essay reprinted by The New Statesman that argued society pressures women to have the body of &amp;quot;a Brazilian transsexual&amp;quot;.   Burchill was accused of using transphobic language, such as &amp;quot;a bunch of dicks in chicks&amp;#039; clothing&amp;quot;, prompting The Observer to launch an inquiry. The article has now been removed from sister paper The Guardian&amp;#039;s website, with Mulholland stating: &amp;quot;We have decided to withdraw from publication the Julie Burchill comment piece &amp;#039;Transsexuals should cut it out&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;The piece was an attempt to explore contentious issues within what had become a highly-charged debate. &amp;quot;The Observer is a paper which prides itself on ventilating difficult debates and airing challenging views &amp;quot;On this occasion we got it wrong and in light of the hurt and offence caused I apologise and have made the decision to withdraw the piece. The Observer Readers&amp;#039; Editor will report on these issues at greater length.&amp;quot; Moore briefly returned to Twitter earlier today to address the furore. She wrote: &amp;quot;I did not set out to offend and the murder of all women trans or not is clearly something I DO care about. I think readers know this?&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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