Men! Want to turn £5 into £12,000?

Here's how!

Men! The BBC have come up with another way you can take some of the resources that are supposed to belong to women! For the low, low cost of £5, you can take the place of an ACTUAL female on the shortlist for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting!

Step 1.

Spend a fiver to change your ‘gender’ in the UK. Remember, to receive your medical diagnosis, you must prove you have been ‘living as a woman’ (whatever that means) for two years.

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The cost of the application to legally change your gender in the UK is to fall from £140 to £5 in the next few days, funded by the taxpayer. The CEO of Stonewall says the £5 fee will 'still create a barrier for some trans people'

bbc.co.ukCost of changing legal gender cut to less than £10The £140 application fee will fall to “single figures”, months after the reduction was announced.

Step 2.

Write a play.

Step 3.

Enter a competition specifically set up to address the problem of women playwrights missing out on major prizes. Twelve thousand pounds that would have gone to a young undiscovered female playwright now has the potential to go to you instead.

So what are you waiting for? We’re living through a gold rush for men, but only if you have the right stuff.

Because, remember…

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You can complain to the BBC here. I’ll be doing so.