Solidarity in Aldi today!

Love it.

Yay! As a side note I've managed to make my teenager understand that this is not simply a 'be kind' issue. I saw the penny drop, the 'oh' and she gets it. Tbh at 15 with little experience of the world I'd have accepted almost anything I was told, I'm sure most of us would. I've been trying to explain all her life that being kind shouldn't mean accepting bad treatment to spare the perpetrators feelings. Teenagers are so untested, they have a huge world to navigate and learn about.

Former secondary teacher here [waves]. What a glorious moment!

Loved watching that video with Posie and Dr Harrop. She's fucking awesome.

I have the "I ❤️ JK Rowling" tote bag and use it daily. It has a number of lovely GC badges on it too. Would love to spot a fellow realist out and about.

I am openly GC at work, I work in a primary school and have encouraged a lot of my colleagues to question the current dogma. So far all those who have expressed a preference have agreed with my thoughts and have been horrified by how far things have been pushed.

So, if I believe my son and my daughter should have equal access to both football and sewing (and wish for society to expect them equally to partake), does that make me GC? Or is it deeper than that? 🤔

Sorry if this has been posted already. Just another example of how a simple declaration is deemed transphobic by a small minority.

www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-merseyside-51708961

Very happy for you, OP. 😊

As others have said, it often feels dangerous to be openly GC, especially at work.

@HeronLanyon the first time I heard of preferred pronouns was in a meeting I attended last year. I was genuinely bewildered as to what the frig they were on about and said something ‘Well I am a woman obviously, are you saying I look like a man, I’m not a bloody he am I’ They gave up and looked at me aghast. I looked it up online after and I could not believe what I reading! I bet I will be on diversity training soon..

Thank you OP for sharing this and it is lovely that you had the opportunity to speak with the woman in the queue to make both your day better.

I did like the other side of the bag as well 'identifies as a basket' and the I/me/mine t-shirt.

WTAF? I would fucking roast a Science colleague who did that. It not better than teaching a lesson about how 'evolution is just a theory'.*

I'd say it's worse. Not understanding evolution probably won't materially affect someone's life to any significant degree. Buying into 'gender is a spectrum' rot could lead to a kid thinking they can 'change sex', a pathway of medical and surgical interventions and sterility. It has consequences.

www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/voices/transgender-gender-critical-recognition-act-jk-rowling-lgbt-a9687576.html%3famp

I think schools vary wildly. Mine is pretty sensible, although I've complained about a couple of resources in Pshe. Meanwhile another school I went to interbiew at during the GRA consultation had Stonewall posters up telling the kids how to fill it in. I can't imagine any other circumstance where a school would engage in political lobbying of their students.

Was pretty appalled when one of our science teachers told me about an amazing lesson she’d taught focusing on an article that described biological sex as a spectrum.

WTAF? I would fucking roast a Science colleague who did that. It not better than teaching a lesson about how 'evolution is just a theory'.

Brilliant.

I had a similar moment a few weeks back. It was fab

@Palindromic that's awful of a science teacher to do that! I am actually shocked!!

Just ordered the T-shirt!

Secondary SLT - my colleagues know my views and many agree with them. Was pretty appalled when one of our science teachers told me about an amazing lesson she’d taught focusing on an article that described biological sex as a spectrum. I guess every group is a mixed ability group!

I suppose that with a bag, you could have the written definition facing inwards if you felt uncomfortable. A bit more difficult if you are wearing it, though!

I love this. I am not 'out'. The women's branch of my union deleted a social media post on their page just yesterday because 'mis gendering is hate speech' and honestly, the comment that came before the deletion were respectful and not confrontational (over a picture of Fallon Fox and opponent).

I can't afford to have my union and my company potentially going after me for hate speech. I hate that I can't.

Love this!

Thanks for this. I have just found the bag and will buy when it’s back in stock. I too work for an increasingly ‘woke’ company. We have a man who wears a cheap tarty wig from amazon on the days he wants to be a woman. Other days he identifies as a male. . He is gender fluid apparently. In fact he is a nice bloke but clearly needs help but will all have to act like it’s perfectly normal.

I would love to wear a Adult Human Female t shirt, but I would worry about being physically attacked tbh in the current climate
Good to see solidarity in all forms though

Love it- adult human female meet-cute in Aldi ♥️😀

I am so hoping your fellow viper sees this. Imagine the trouble you could foment over the aisle of crap! (does Aldi have that? I’m a Lidl shopper so clueless)