Marks & Spencers bra fittings and trans women - they've missed the point

They have said that yes.

I actually don't think a woman should have to fit a bra for a man. It's a matter of consent. Of course, some women might be fine with doing so, and that's fine, I suppose, but I don't think female members of staff should have to touch a male body as part of their job if they don't want to. It's not what they'll have signed up for.

No it isn't - you must think we were born yesterday.

Debbie Hayton is a man who identifies as a trans woman who has been clear about AGP and what led him to claim to be a woman.

https://debbiehayton.com/agp/

female bra fitters absolutely must not feel compelled to perform bra fittings for men, regardless of their identity.

if there is a demand M&S could employ men to perform bra fittings for men, but is suspect there wouldn’t be much uptake

You don’t believe there are any men who dress up as women as a fetish? None.
where have you been living your whole life.

From the article in the OP

“Our bra-fitting service has been developed for our female customers and all our bra fitters are female,” a spokesperson told The Scottish Sun. That meant “biological females”, they said.

Especially when we know that for many men who identify as trans women it is literally a fetish.

This is absolute rubbish and shows you’ve never met or spoken to anyone who is trans.

He wasn’t deployed in the lingerie department. I think it’s right that female staff shouldn’t have to fit bras for AGP men.

Have m&s said that bra fitters must be biological women only?
If not then they have very much missed the mark

That member of staff wasn’t even working in that department, and then approached an unaccompanied minor.

Who do you suggest does these bra fittings on these men. We also don’t want men in our changing rooms. Maybe they can offer the same service in the men’s department, apparently all staff are trained in bra fitting so there should be male staff who could do that.
Not allowing men into women’s changing room is not discriminating them BTW.

Do you know what? I don't think a female member of staff should have to do a bra fitting for a man, no matter what body modifications he's performed on himself.

Especially when we know that for many men who identify as trans women it is literally a fetish.

So your AIBU is incomplete and asks the wrong question. Women should be protected from being involved in validating male identities whether they (the women) are staff or customers.

Well done M&S.