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Virgin Media O2 will pay for gender transition treatments for its non-binary and transgender staff as part of employee perks in new diversity strategy

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LittleWhingingWoman · 14/04/2022 15:32

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10717175/Virgin-Media-O2-pay-gender-transition-treatments-non-binary-transgender-staff.html

How bizarre. Will they be paying for menopause HRT for its women staff?

Or cancer treatments?

Or is it only for the special Rainbow people?

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tabbycatstripy · 14/04/2022 17:11

Imagine working there and having to listen to all that ‘ally’ stuff.

Who has time to do their actual job?

IvyTwines · 14/04/2022 17:07

Will Virgin become liable for care / compensation / reconstruction if they detransition too?

NotMeekNotObedient · 14/04/2022 16:56

Another company to avoid!

EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 14/04/2022 16:55

@BootsAndRoots

How does a non-binary position "transition"?
It's a little bit Lady Macbeth unsex me here for some NBs. It's not transitioning but the removal of secondary sexual characteristics, iirc for those who desire surgery, or it might be medical intervention (some hormones) for those who want to go that route. E.g., there seems to be a desire to believe belief that it's plausible to customise a T dose sufficiently to deepen a voice and change a jawline but not create MPB.

It seems there is a desire for some for genital nullification.

The removal of genital structures with preservation of the urethra to allow for voiding of urine.

However, there are many variations.

www.mymarinhealth.org/programs-services/surgery-procedures/surgical-specialties/gender-affirmation-surgery/nonbinary-gender-affirming-surgery/

BootsAndRoots · 14/04/2022 16:25

How does a non-binary position "transition"?

MiniatureHotdog · 14/04/2022 16:04

Blimey. I need to renegotiate our package with them, but on reading this I'll just switch to someone else.

Whatwouldscullydo · 14/04/2022 16:03

I wonder how far their allyship/inclusive employment roles go.

Do they have arbitrary 9/5 hours so parents have to pay fir wrap around care instead of doing 10-6 and taking theor lunch break at 3 so they can pick kids up from school ?

Sufficient accessibility?

Free San.pro in the womens loos?

Assistance with costs for hrt for menopausal women so not reliant on nhs and subject to medication postcode lotteries?

They chip in for all the physio.therapists right ?

Occupational therapists?

What's their maternity package?

RoseslnTheHospital · 14/04/2022 16:01

"I trust they've got the basics down pat such as parental leave, carers' leave etc."

Quite. I am pessimistic on that front.

ExMachinaDeus · 14/04/2022 16:01

Will they be paying for menopause HRT for its women staff?

This was my first thought, especially given the shortage of Hormone REPLACEMENT Therapy at the moment, and the medical necessity for many women to have it, in order to keep functioning as employers want us to function.

Because we know being trans or non-binary is not a medical or a health condition. Oh no no no no.

EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 14/04/2022 15:58

@RoseslnTheHospital

What about people with physical disabilities getting funding for adapting their homes, or for getting an adapted vehicle, or a better wheelchair? Or is that not a diversity priority?
I'd hope that it does mean that. Or digital hearing aids for their employees with hearing loss. Good, lightweight spectacles. There's a mass of stuff that I'd hope they're now funding for people with disabilities.

I trust they've got the basics down pat such as parental leave, carers' leave etc.

ResisterRex · 14/04/2022 15:53

I agree with tabby. This reminds me of law firms who pay for women to freeze their eggs, rather than provide a balanced workplace where working until you drop in your best fertile years is the norm and all else is a failure.

It's a step way too far into employees' personal lives, as well as what you could reasonably expect of an employer. Wrong in both directions. This initiative will backfire at some point.

FrancescaContini · 14/04/2022 15:51

OMG. Unbelievable.

Wonder if they’re going to cover the cost of staff prescriptions for HRT/antibiotics etc?

RoseslnTheHospital · 14/04/2022 15:48

What about people with physical disabilities getting funding for adapting their homes, or for getting an adapted vehicle, or a better wheelchair? Or is that not a diversity priority?

QuiltedHippo · 14/04/2022 15:46

Do they mean they offer private healthcare and this would included under that, totally fine if so. Otherwise I'd like my macectomy covered please.

IsadoraQuagmire · 14/04/2022 15:43

That's sickening

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 14/04/2022 15:42

It's always only the special rainbow people.

Signalbox · 14/04/2022 15:42

Could get expensive.

3timeslucky · 14/04/2022 15:41

So could I get a breast reduction? Or is it just full mastectomies that are available?

If I need a hysterectomy for medical reasons will they fund that? Or is it only the removal of a healthy uterus that can be funded?

Nnique · 14/04/2022 15:41

They were already waaaay off my list tbf. But this is just creepy on a whole new level.

tabbycatstripy · 14/04/2022 15:41

I actually think this is unwise strategically. In time, many people (I accept not all) will regret some of the extreme things they have been persuaded to do to their bodies. I wouldn’t want to be a business that did this.

tabbycatstripy · 14/04/2022 15:37

Strikes Virgin off the list.

Nnique · 14/04/2022 15:35

Wow. That’s sinister as fuck.